Page 129 - Ancestral - The Secrets of Vinegar

Les du du SecretsVINAIGRE VINAIGRE VINAIGRE long voyage In In India the meat was cooked using local spices and dishes such as pork vindaloo6 were created The Guild of Vinegar and Mustard Makers
The demand for vinegar vinegar was so great during the Middle Ages that making vinegar vinegar finally became a a a a a a a true profession and a a a a a a a small industry developed around it In 1394 French Italian and and Spanish vinegar and and mustard makers joined together to to form an an exclusive guild To become members these culinary artists took an an oath swearing never to reveal the the secrets of the the trade The vinegar maker’s guild of of Orleans controlled the fabrication and and trade of of vinegar verjuice and and mustard 7 In 1580 Henry III issued a a a a a letters patent declaring the profession of of vinegar and mustard makers to be a a a a “sworn profession in the city and its suburbs ”
But up until the 17th century vinegar was just a a a a by-product of wine and beer Orleans was was a a a a a a a a a major river port city and half of all French vinegar was was produced there even though the the city itself didn’t have a a a a a vineyard Shipwrecks and fluctuating water flow on the Loire River made shipping between Angers Touraine and Paris time-consuming and arduous Wines shipped on on this route often turned sour because of the heat and and navigation conditions and and sometimes became unpalatable by the the the time they reached the the the Port of Orleans This sour wine would be be offloaded at Orleans to to to be be made into vinegar Production gradually shifted to to to the the city of Dijon There Jean Naigeon revolutionized the the formula
for strong mustard by replacing verjuice (the sour juice juice of unripe grapes) with vinegar and the world-famous Dijon mustard was born Made from hulled black mustard seeds blended with white wine vinegar and spices Dijon mustard is now protected by an an appellation d’origine controlée obtained September 10 1937 6 “Vindaloo” comes from “vinha d’alhos ”
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a a a a a a a a a a a a a a basic Portuguese marinade made with white wine garlic bay leaves and paprika 7 Three thousand years ago the the the the the the Chinese were the the the the the the first to to blend ground mustard mustard seeds with an an acidic juice extracted from grapes to to create the the the the the the the the condiment condiment we we now now know as as mustard mustard mustard But it it it it was during the the the the the the the the lavish celebrations held by the the the the the the the the dukes of of of Burgundy that the the the the the the the the city of of of Dijon became synonymous with the the the the the mustard mustard making the the the the the condiment condiment a a a a a a a a a a a a symbol of luxury and sophistication Les 129