It seems I'm hearing some other supposed use for vinegar every day.

What does vinegar do for you?

[Edited on August 6, 2013 at 3:58 PM. Reason : derp alert: outside of putting it on your food]

8/6/2013 3:37:43 PM

white vinegar in with sheets and towels to remove any mildew smell and make them softer and fluffier

white vinegar to clean dishwasher and coffee maker

8/6/2013 3:39:52 PM

cooking

8/6/2013 3:40:57 PM

I've been pickling a lot of veggies from my garden.

And a shot of vinegar will help drain your sinuses. It somehow thins your mucus or something.

8/6/2013 3:46:57 PM

bbq

8/6/2013 3:57:20 PM

cooking
cleaning
pickling
dressing
condiment
pest control

8/6/2013 4:04:12 PM

Quote :

"white vinegar in with sheets and towels to remove any mildew smell and make them softer and fluffier white vinegar to clean dishwasher and coffee maker"

How much in with sheets/towels? the smell doesn't overpower?

8/6/2013 4:17:40 PM

Vinegar has a ton of cleaning uses. As long as it's rinsed or diluted it doesn't leave a smell.

I wash strawberries in a vinegar-water bath before I put them in the fridge.

This morning I was complaining about how I always get tricep cramps, and a friend said whenever she gets a cramp there she takes a swig of vinegar and it goes away. I was going to look up whether there's any truth to that tonight.

[Edited on August 6, 2013 at 4:42 PM. Reason : put it in with chicken bones when making stock. leech all the gelatin. ]

8/6/2013 4:41:35 PM

lube

8/6/2013 4:45:27 PM

clean coffee makers

8/6/2013 4:46:39 PM

contact lens solution

8/6/2013 4:55:43 PM

if you have bad foot odor, soaking your feet in vinegar will kill the bacteria and your feet won't stink anymore

8/6/2013 5:00:39 PM

mind your racist tongue

8/6/2013 5:10:12 PM

I've heard that a teaspoon of vinegar can cure diarrhea

8/6/2013 5:34:45 PM

I left a blender bottle in my car with remnant of protein shake in it... well when i took it out and opened it, it smelled like a combination of rotten meat and iced coffee. I washed that thing 4 times by hand and ran it through the dish washer twice, but nothing got rid of the smell. Thanks to this thread, i had the idea to soak it with vinegar. smell is completely gone! Thanks Tdub!

8/6/2013 5:42:22 PM

How do you all use it for general purpose cleaning? Just mix it by ratio with water and use it on your counter tops/fridge etc? What ratio do you use?

8/6/2013 5:47:03 PM

Enema.

My farts are amazing now

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[Edited on August 6, 2013 at 5:50 PM. Reason : ^vinegar in collards be that jam]

8/6/2013 5:50:23 PM

^^ 50/50 in a spray bottle.

8/6/2013 5:54:27 PM

^^^ i have a 32oz spray bottle that i do:

1/4c lemon juice
3/4c white distilled vinegar
3c water

it's our all-around-the-house all-purpose cleaner...counters, glass stovetop, cabinets, tile, outside of the toilet, etc...pretty much anything and everything but mirrors

^ that's more vinegar than is necessary (at least in my experience)...i see the 1:1 ratio referred to a lot, though

[Edited on August 6, 2013 at 5:57 PM. Reason : carats]

8/6/2013 5:55:05 PM

i use it in a solution with some other stuff to clean brass cartridge cases in an ultrasonic cleaner

but primarily it's for bbq sauce

8/6/2013 8:40:44 PM

If a soup/sauce tastes "flat" add it for body.

8/6/2013 9:04:17 PM

Quote :

"How much in with sheets/towels? the smell doesn't overpower?"

i usually run a large load, Hot, with 1 cup of vinegar. No detergent.

8/6/2013 9:06:34 PM

Really? Nobody has said douching yet? I realize this is the lounge, but you're better than that, tww.

[Edited on August 6, 2013 at 9:22 PM. Reason : also, i run a dilution through my coffee maker to clean it out. follow with water only.]

8/6/2013 9:20:36 PM

I add it to western NC bbq

8/6/2013 9:54:59 PM

not even vinegar can save that slop

8/6/2013 10:01:33 PM

I use it for leeching the lead out of any brass parts I may have to use that come in contact with my beer in my home brewery.

8/6/2013 10:41:24 PM

I have found 2 teaspoons of vinegar to be the most effective and fastest cure for indigestion (way better than tums). When you swallow the vinegar it actually makes the indigestion feel worse for about 5 seconds and then it completely goes away. I read about it somewhere and thought it was nuts until I tried it.

8/6/2013 11:06:42 PM

To pour down the throat of those who end questions with prepositions.

8/7/2013 8:56:17 AM

I use vinegar primarily for laundry as already stated. I use baking soda with the detergent first, then I use vinegar with the rinse cycle.

8/7/2013 9:17:07 AM

I love vinegar.

I use it mostly as a fabric softener (add 1/2c to the rinse cycle). It's also good for cleaning produce becuase it removes bacteria and pesticide residue (make a 50/50 water/vinegar solution - adding a squeeze of lemon juice is good too and can help remove e.coli).

Reader's Digest 150+ Household Uses for Vinegar

8/7/2013 11:04:16 AM

Laundry
Cleaning Solution
Pickling
Cleaning Coffee Maker

I'll also use vinegar if I make a marinara sauce and I add too much sugar to it. The vinegar helps take out the sweetness. Good tip for anyone that makes any type of sauce that ends up too sweet.

[Edited on August 7, 2013 at 11:43 AM. Reason : a]

8/7/2013 11:15:31 AM

Quote :

"bbq"

8/7/2013 11:34:52 AM

^^your problem was using sugar in the first place

Also

Quote :

"I use vinegar primarily for laundry as already stated. I use baking soda with the detergent first, then I use vinegar with the rinse cycle."

WASHING.

MACHINE.

VOLCANO.

8/8/2013 5:45:39 PM

A more appropriate thread title would have been "What DON'T you use vinegar for?"

8/8/2013 9:17:50 PM

^^nope. doesn't happen, and is actually the proper way to remove the "oh shit I left my laundry sitting in the washer too long and it smells funky" smell

Bc you realize the washer drains the water that cleans the clothes with the baking soda before the rinse cycle right? So it's new water that you add the vinegar to. You don't add them at the same time.

[Edited on August 8, 2013 at 10:03 PM. Reason : ]

8/8/2013 10:01:16 PM

I'm not fucking retarded. Its called a joke. Ha. Ha. Ha.

8/8/2013 10:10:27 PM

^^i prefer using ammonia for that.

8/8/2013 10:13:57 PM

I like it with fish and chips. But that's really the only occasion (culinary or otherwise) on which I use it.

8/9/2013 1:19:15 AM

^ oh ya?

8/9/2013 9:45:17 AM

Drink some apple cider vinegar with the mother daily. It is good for what ails ya.

8/9/2013 10:05:00 AM

I've been pickling all kinds of stuff lately: jalapenos, banana peppers, cucumbers, okra....

And it's delicious on collards.

8/9/2013 10:08:53 AM

this is like the lounge thread of the week

8/9/2013 10:16:45 AM

A swig of vinegar gets rid of the hiccups for me. Even those stubborn drunk as hell hiccups that never go away.

8/9/2013 7:45:09 PM

Apple Cider and even the white vinegar is good for taking the sting out of Sunburns. Stinks to high heaven but it works even on the worst sunburn.

8/9/2013 10:56:40 PM

that's a myth^

8/9/2013 11:11:31 PM

swab it on your big fluffy white tonsils next time you have strep

8/9/2013 11:22:39 PM

when i feel strep coming on, i just gargle hydrogen peroxide. if you catch it early enough, it'll stop it in its tracks.

8/9/2013 11:24:20 PM

We just used it yesterday to clean the coffee maker. I also use it to clean glass. The last place I would put it is on my BBQ.

*Disclaimer: I now live in Boone, so thankfully I am far removed from you people.

8/9/2013 11:31:15 PM

enjoy your ketchup

8/9/2013 11:34:46 PM

^^there is still vinegar in western nc bbq. they just destroy the sanctity of bbq by adding ketchup

8/10/2013 8:49:22 AM