{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/66cded4b407cbc46095d185b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vinegar - A Sweet and Sour History","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e0dcf0c36fdf5a65ebe67ad/1724772157712-a8ceff64-d1d8-4217-855d-a98644289a26.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What is with vinegar? Why it is so popular as an ingredient in our cooking?</p><p>Why do we love the sour taste so much when mixed in our dishes?</p><p><br></p><p>In the ancient Mediterranean vinegar was practically always made from wine, hence the epic epithet oininon oxos 'winy vinegar' employed by Archestratus.</p><p>Vinegar is most often used as a culinary ingredient and as a preservative. Numerous medicinal uses are listed by ancient physicians. A vinegar and water mixture, known in Greek as oxykraton, was also used medicinally. A very similar mixture, flavoured with herbs, formed a popular cheap drink (Latin posca, Greek oxos and later phouska)</p><p>Music by Pavlos Kapralos.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>The Delicious Legacy</p>","author_name":"The Delicious Legacy"}