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vinagre madre

English translation: vinegar mother (or starter)

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Spanish term or phrase:vinagre madre
English translation:vinegar mother (or starter)
Entered by: Justin Peterson

07:20 Apr 16, 2024
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Vinegar
Spanish term or phrase: vinagre madre
Nuestro Cepa Vieja tiene un **vinagre madre** de 40 años y mejorará cualquier receta que requiera Vinagre de Jerez DOP. Es tan profundo y complejo en sabor que seguramente generará la invención de nuevas recetas.

Mother vinegar
OR
Mother of vinegar
Are they the same?
Justin Peterson
Spain
Local time: 19:56
vinegar mother (or starter)
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Isabelle Villancher
Spain
Local time: 19:56
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7vinegar mother (or starter)
Isabelle Villancher
3 +1mother of vinegar
Adrian MM.


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
vinegar mother (or starter)


Explanation:



    https://preserveandpickle.com/how-to-make-a-vinegar-mother/
    https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/sep/27/it-starts-with-mother-20170927/
Isabelle Villancher
Spain
Local time: 19:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
3 mins
agree  John Wyke
4 mins
agree  Manuela Junghans
34 mins
agree  Ligia Fonseca
2 hrs
neutral  Rick Larg: The first link you give suggests both terms are correct: A vinegar mother or mother of vinegar (MOV) is a gelatinous membrane called a biofilm that forms on top of a liquid being made into vinegar
3 hrs
  -> Good point!
agree  Cecilia Gowar
3 hrs
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
16 hrs
agree  Valentina Seguel Tamaríz
1 day 11 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mother of vinegar


Explanation:
> had been what our Galician / gallego - family hotel & catering cooks / chefs had called it, as opposed to the vinegar mother of our UK chemistry shool teacher.

Example sentence(s):
  • IATE: es madre del vinagre COM en mother of vinegar
  • A vinegar mother or mother of vinegar ... A vinegar mother or mother of vinegar (MOV) is a ... Vinegar, Canning Recipes, Healthy Recipes,

    Reference: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/mother-o...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_vinegar
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Penrod: If you do a google search, this is by far the most common name.
5 hrs
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