Honestly very confused by how it can be a mainstream condiment/dressing. For me it’s just acidic. Doesn’t really taste of much but sorta tingles on my tongue/throat. Sorta like when you burp up a little stomach acid or a milder version of when you throw up stomach acid. Very confused about salt and vinegar chips and any sort of vinegar based salad dressing.

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    I love acidic foods. It’s essential for cutting through the fatty richness of some dishes. Bacon’s nice but bacon with tomato is amazing. Ham and cheese on bread are dece but it’s not really a sandwich without mustard. Most soups are better with a squeeze of citrus. And so on, and so on.

    Vinegar is another kind of acid, or really two kinds: Fermented vinegar is very different from distilled vinegar. Most people like fermented vinegar in moderation, and some (including me) like it even out of moderation. I will soak good bread in balsamic and eat it strait, for example. I barely put oil on my salads, it’s mostly vinegar.

    Distilled vinegar is the kind you clean with, but you can eat it, too. I think maybe overfamiliarity with it as a cleaning product may dampem some people’s desire to consume vinegar; I myself never used it for cleaning growing up, except small amounts to treat laundry.