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Wherever you may travel through out the world you will find vinegar. Vinegar is used primarily in pickling but there are so many more uses that can make your taste buds jump for joy! If you experiment with the uses of vinegar in your home, you will notice many tastes of food are actually enhanced with vinegar. What are you waiting for – get cooking!

Pasta
If you put a few drops of vinegar in pasta as it boils, the starch is cut way lower. This makes the pasta less sticky and makes it so much easier to handle.

Egg yolk substitute
If you are in the middle of baking and you find that you are running short on egg yolks you can substitute one tablespoon of white vinegar for each egg that you are short for the same great results!If you are allergic to eggs, use a tablespoon of vinegar as a replacement for eggs in cakes, muffins, brownies or cookies for a great taste that you can eat!

Scrambled eggs
When scrambling eggs, add a tablespoon of vinegar to your mixture to boost the flavor of your eggs. While milk makes your eggs fluffy, vinegar adds zest.

Poached eggs
If you are poaching eggs, add a tablespoon of vinegar to the water. This helps the egg keep it shape while not absorbing any of the vinegar.

Hard boiled eggs
Add just a splash of vinegar; a tablespoon is usually the trick, to the water when you are hard boiling eggs. If one happens to crack, it will not spill out of the shell.

Plastic containers
If you are having problems getting the smell of your egg salad or tuna out of your plastic containers rinse with vinegar and then wash with soap and water.

Coleslaw
Vinegar added to your coleslaw mixture (about one tablespoon per pint of slaw) is a secret ingredient for many restaurants.

Wilted vegetables
You can freshen vegetables using vinegar. Soak your wilted vegetables in a quart of cold water and mix in a tablespoon of vinegar then pour over your vegetables so they can ‘soak’ it in.

Hand odors
It is best to wash your hands with vinegar, after using onions, peppers or cabbage it will remove the smell from your hands.

Salad dressing
Are you short on salad dressing and dinner is about ready? Use vinegar and olive oil to create a tasty salad dressing for any occasion. Another favorite salad dressing that is easy to make is wine vinegar. Simply mix 2 tablespoons of vinegar with 1 teaspoon of dry red wine, shake, and serve!

Buttermilk
Are you cooking for the holidays and you have run out of buttermilk? You can make buttermilk. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of milk and let it stand 5 minutes to thicken. Recipe fixes fast with vinegar.

Lemon replacement
If you don’t have a lemon to fulfill the recipe you are using, use vinegar. You can substitute ¼ teaspoon of vinegar for 1 teaspoon on lemon juice. Tastes similar!

Firmer Jell-O
Does your Jell-O melt away in the summer? Try firming up your Jell-O using vinegar. Add one teaspoon of vinegar with every box of Jell-O to keep your Jell-O firmer.

Fluffier rice
If you like fluffy stick free rice, add a teaspoon to a tablespoon of vinegar to your rice when it boils. The amount of vinegar that you are adding depends on the amount of rice you are cooking.

Tenderizer
Use vinegar when cooking as a tenderizer for great results! Add a tablespoon to water when boiling ribs or meat for stews, and you will find that even the toughest meat will be so tender you can cut with a fork, or that it will fall off the bone!

Olives and pimentos
Olives and pimentos will keep indefinitely if covered with vinegar and refrigerated.

Ketchup
Do you use a lot of ketchup in your home? Add vinegar to your ketchup to make it stretch out longer while still tasting great!

Canned fish
Are you tired of eating canned fish and shrimp that doesn’t taste fresh? Use a mixture of cooking sherry and two tablespoons of vinegar to spruce it up!

Fruit salad
Add a spoonful of vinegar to fresh fruit salad to keep the flavor alive as served.

Ham
When you are cooking a ham add a couple of teaspoons of vinegar poured over the top to cut the salt back for a great tasting ham.

Tender fish
For a sweet and tender fish, soak your fish in a vinegar and water mixture for at least an hour.

Lemon and fish
Instead of using lemon on your fish, use three or four teaspoons of vinegar instead of lemon when baking your fish for a great taste.

Rubber bones
For a great trick to show your kids try this. Turn a chicken bone into rubber by soaking it in a glass of vinegar for three days. It will bend just like rubber!

Uncooked ham
You can rub vinegar on the cut end of uncooked ham to prevent mold while you store in the refrigerator.

Potatoes
Prevent discoloration of peeled potatoes by adding a few drops of vinegar to water. They will keep fresh for days in fridge. You can peel potatoes in the morning and use them in the evening without them turning colors.

Peppers
If you have a great garden and would like to preserve your peppers use this method. Put freshly picked peppers, clean and sliced in a sterilized jar and finish filling with boiling vinegar. With in just a few days you will have great tasting peppers.

Sour cream
If you are serving dinner and you ran out of sour cream you can make your own. Homemade sour cream, blend together 1-cup cottage cheese, 1/4-cup skim milk, and 1 tsp. vinegar. Wonderful quick fix that you might even want to use all the time.

Lumpy icing
Have you been making icing but always have problems with it being lumpy and too sweet. When making your own icing, prevent sugaring by mixing a drop of vinegar in the cake icing.

Soup
If you like to make your own soup, get the most out of your soup by using vinegar to extract the calcium from the bones in your soup to create a healthy soup for your family. There is no vinegar taste either!

Leftovers
A frugal kitchen chef uses the leftovers in the bottoms of the jars of ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise and mixes them with vinegar and a little bit of spices like garlic and onion to create the tasty salad dressing.

Calcium drinks
Create your own calcium drinks by using eggs shells. Rinse empty eggshells, and then soak in vinegar until they are dissolved. This mixture is high in calcium.