If your child's DT teacher asks for vinegar...

[WhoWants2Know]

Which sort would you buy? It's for a chickpea and tomato pasta dish. I don't generally put vinegar in sauces, and the supermarket has about 10 different types, so I am mystified.

Red wine or white wine vinegar. Cider vinegar would also be fine. Id look for the cheapest and/or the smallest bottle so your dc doesn't have to lug anything big around.

I would expect my child to go back to their teacher and clarify.
But if I had to guess, I'd go for white wine vinegar.

So each child has to bring in a couple of tablespoons of vinegar? I wonder if it wouldn’t be easier for each child to bring 10p and one child buy the vinegar!

Smallest bottle to carry sounds like a good idea. Each child is bringing in vinegar, oil, mixed herbs, etc. But I think some of those items will be used several times over the course of the term.

And this is why our school ask for a contribution at the start of the year and provide all the ingredients

See I think I might assume balsamic for a tomato pasta dish, but hard to tell if not specified!

Make a name for yourself as "that" mother and send them in with multiple bottles of different types of vinegar

It's just as well that I asked. At home I only have white vinegar for cleaning and malt vinegar for chips.

I'd bring balsamic as that's what I cook with.

I would use white wine vinegar

Anything other than malt vinegar.

White wine or red wine vinegar I'd guess, although cider vinegar would probs be OK. If not specified I wouldn't bring balsamic because it's so strong in taste.

I'd go to Waitrose and buy Guatemalan indigo vinegar. That'd teach her to plan the communication her lessons so poorly.

Or anything from the cupboard if I'm honest. You can't ruin something crap.

@Damnloginpopup

I'd go to Waitrose and buy Guatemalan indigo vinegar. That'd teach her to plan the communication her lessons so poorly.

Or anything from the cupboard if I'm honest. You can't ruin something crap.

...and my phone promptly messes up my own communication once again.

If you’ve got any vinegar in the cupboard send that.

Sounds grim.

apple cider organic, just because.

Just send in the ones you have at home, so I would just send in the white wine vinegar in your case.

Morrisons have small plastic bottles of apple cider vinegar and cheap as chips!

I'd either send the white vinegar from the cupboard or else a squeeze of lemon juice in a little pot. It's the acid they're after, in terms of the recipe.

Malt or distilled white. It's just for a tang. You won't taste subtleties under the tomato sauce.

I've put too much thought into this, haven't I? 😂 A recipe involving spaghetti hoops is not going to be saved by a splash of slightly better vinegar.

@hibeat

apple cider organic, just because.

What other type of cider is there, (ignoring the organic)?

I think a spaghetti hoop and chickpea dish would need one of those vinegar sachets you get in service station cafes.

@SapphosRock

I think a spaghetti hoop and chickpea dish would need one of those vinegar sachets you get in service station cafes.

Oh yes. Oh absolutely yes. I think you win.