I was in the supermarket t'other day buying vinegar for my next batch of pickled onions and I noticed that they had gallons of the stuff and many brands (all white unfortunately). Any one know any Thai dishes that have vinegar in the recipe? I've not come across any and the FG can't stand the taste.

Never use them for Kuai tiaw??

Bull

It seems to make the chillie hot kind of 'pop' out at me, is all I can think of. I use in in making a mexican salsa for that effect.

Oh, and it makes a great cleaner, too. I use it in my pool and bathroom quite often...

A lot of the 'sweet and sour' dishes use white vinegar as the 'sour'

The relishes used with TawtMan Bplah (Fish fritters) and Por Piah (Spring Rolls) also use it.

There again, white vinegar is dilute Acetic Acid which has industrial uses and is useful for cleaning some metals in the home (mix some with common salt and scrub it on your copper botton pans!)

There may be a more subversive use if large qauntities are involved. There again, they might be small shopholders stocking up there shelves for local retail sales.

The salad that you usually get with Satay has viniger in, cant think of many more that have'nt been mentioned already.

Normally we dont use like pure Vinegar for salad like Europeans. As you can notice Chinese food with some dips like vinegar mix with sugar and chillie , then made it cook for one or 2 mins then cucumbers or plum sauce with vinegar. Thai vinegar is like acid, have to use only very little small amout mix with water or sugar. Better avoid thai vinegar for noodle, it gives you only bad effects, better use lemon or lime instead of vinegar. Chinese food using mostly vinegar, thai food using lemon or tamarind to make sauce. Better buy apple vinegar for your salad.

Oh, and it makes a great cleaner, too. I use it in my pool and bathroom quite often...

Definitely right! Nothing like vinegar and newspapers for cleaning windows!

At most every Thai restaurant there are condiments and one is a clear liquid with sliced yellow peppers floating in it...it is called nahm som....the clear liquid is vinegar. Also pak dong (pickled vegetables) are made with vinegar sometimes.

Also if you have something that is galvanized and want to remove the zinc coating you can soak it in vinegar and it will dissolve off the zinc.

In my Thai shop in UK, before I sold it, we used to cater for filipino's as well. Their food is not so different, but we sold 10 different types of filipino vinegar, compared to I type of Thai vinegar.

Give me Sarsons anyday,can't buy it here.

Definitely right!  Nothing like vinegar and newspapers for cleaning windows!

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There's a much better use for newspaper and vinegar - fish and chips! Oh dear, dreaming again.

Dreaming is permitted Jay

Dreaming is permitted Jay

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Not if you call her name out in your sleep.

Nam Som Sai Choo - Vinegar. The wife uses it all the time in every Kway Teeow dish she makes.

Arroy maak!

Vinegar, What do Thais use it for?

To put on their chips...??

totster

There's a much better use for newspaper and vinegar - fish and chips! Oh dear, dreaming again.

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Come to Phuket! There's a fish 'n' chips shop just opened in Chalong! (By a New Zealander - but hey, TIT!)

At most every Thai restaurant there are condiments and one is a clear liquid with sliced yellow peppers floating in it...it is called nahm som....the clear liquid is vinegar.  Also  pak dong (pickled vegetables) are made with vinegar sometimes.

Also if you have something that is galvanized and want to remove the zinc coating you can soak it in vinegar and it will dissolve off the zinc.

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As said above every Thai noodle dish, be it soup or fried, needs a touch of vinegar. It is also used when preparing fish for cooking (or so I am told - I do not do the murder in the kitchen routine myself).

It used to be a 'habit' in the UK to add vinegar to the water when poaching eggs. I've never understood how this assists in keeping the egg "together".

Vinegar is also an anti fungal agent (think athletes foot / jock itch), room deodoriser.

Drain cleaner when mixed with bicaronate of soda.

The list is endless re' the uses for vinegar

Thais use it extensively for pickling.

Yes I do know it's not Thai related.

I use vinegar on my dog when he gets itchy.

Oh, and it makes a great cleaner, too. I use it in my pool and bathroom quite often...

Definitely right! Nothing like vinegar and newspapers for cleaning windows!

It's also great if you have Ants in the house. Pour some vinegar into your mop bucket with water and mop the floor with it. Ants hate the stuff.

Mr BoJ

I'll give that a go

Ants hate the stuff.

So do dogs.

If a dog ever runs to attack you, spit a fine spray of vinegar at it and see what happens... No matter how vicious the dog is, it will immediatly run away from you terrified.

This also works with water and you only need a cpful, just enough to emit a spray.