Essence of vinegar: how it turns out, in what proportions is it divorced and how is it applied?

The owners are well aware of this chemical - acetic acid. Most often it is used in home canning vegetables, replacing lemon. But is it only acetic in essence used in cooking? How is this liquid and table vinegar obtained? In this article you will find answers to your questions, as well as folk recipes for treating coarse heels and lowering body temperature.

How to make vinegar essence?

In its pure form, acetic acid is used to produce fragrant and medicinal products, in book printing and dyeing, and also as a solvent in the production of acetone and cellulose acetate. For residential use, less concentrated solutions are needed . When the acid is diluted with water to 70-80% solution, the essence is acetic. It is in this form that this chemical is sold in stores. But more often on labels you will read "Acetic acid (70% solution)". Know, this is exactly what you need to use, for example, in cooking. This means that you have acquired the essence.

How to get table vinegar?

Vinegar is a widely used component of various salad dressings and sauces. Without this acidic liquid, it can be impossible to cook some pastries, as it is prescribed by means of a prescription to use it to extinguish baking soda. But what about the favorite shish-kebab? After all, a classic marinade is an acetic solution with seasonings. Agree that in the kitchen without him simply can not do. What if you only have acetic essence? How to dilute it to get table vinegar? The proportions are shown in the table below.

As you have noticed, labels usually indicate that to obtain vinegar 70% acid (that is, acetic essence) is bred in twenty parts of water. This is the recipe for the preparation of 3 percent vinegar.

Essence of acetic : treatment of coarse heels

Some folk recipes are so unpredictable that it seems they are dangerous to use. For example, there is a proven method of treating cracks on the heels, and also very effective. We offer you two recipes, the main component of which is acetic essence.

Recipe 1

Dilute glycerin with 70% acetic acid in a 2: 1 ratio. Before use, always shake. Lubricate the damage on the heels very carefully moistened in the solution with a cotton pad.

Recipe 2

On top of the shell of a fresh chicken egg, make a small hole measuring 1.5 x 1.5 cm. Pour into it the essence. Gluing a hole with tape or sticking plaster, put the egg in the jar. After three or four days, the egg, together with the shell, will dissolve under the influence of acid. Carefully strain the mixture through gauze and pour into a small bottle. Apply for the treatment of dry skin, feet and cracks on the heels. Shake the solution before use.

Use of vinegar to lower the temperature

This folk recipe is well known to everyone. You can use both diluted in half with water vinegar, and a solution of essence. To do this, dilute one teaspoon of acid in five hundred grams of water. Wet a towel in the liquid and apply to lower the temperature to the elbow and knee joints.