Hullo, all. I am just back from 10 days in the UK and I have a confession to make.
I have become addicted to vinegar and chips aka French fries and ?
the “?” is because the clear, brownish stuff available on tables in less refined restaurants and take-aways doesn’t resemble the vinegar I use here in the states. (Actually, I use white vinegar as a cleaning agent, only).
So, my question is this: where do I buy some of the British type of vinegar for chips? I did see some apple vinegar at the store here (blech)–it is malt vinegar? A more courageous woman would just purchase a variety and go from there, but I have the SDMB at my disposal…
Thanks for the help. I’ll share my chips with you, I promise.
I too am an addict, my addiction is with the fish, but same vinegar.
So I just went to the cupboard an pulled out my vinegar, and it is a malt vinegar. I bought it at Ablertson’s in TX, so it certainly isn’t exotic. It’s called: Old English Fish & Chip Vinegar, 100% Natural Malt Vinegar. The brand is Crosse & Blackwell.
I believe that white malt is the brown stuff, distilled.
Personally I much prefer French and Italian white wine vinegars, and cider vinegar is very nice too - except when it comes to crappy English fish and chips. Then it must be brown malt - and the batter must be soggy, and the chips undercooked and inedible, all the better to feed them to seagulls and pigeons.
(Thank you, by the way, good citizens of the US, for recognising the beauty of HP Sauce. It truly is the sauce that Allah would have on his sausages. Er…)