Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
vinaigre de soja
English translation:
soya vinegar
French term
Australia
vinaigre de soja
One of the dishes is "Poireaux cuits vapeur et glacés au vinaigre de soja".
I'm having trouble finding any product called "soy vinegar": what comes back when you google this is any number of things flavoured with soy AND vinegar, but not a vinegar product fermented from soy.
I'm wondering whether "vinaigre de soja" is a misnomer for Chinese black rice vinegar (like "pousses de soja" is a misnomer for mung bean sprouts). Anyone know?
Thanks for your help.
| 4 +4 | soya vinegar |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
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| 4 +2 | Soy Vinegar |
Colin Morley (X)
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Jul 5, 2009 20:46: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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soya vinegar
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Note added at 52 mins (2009-07-05 07:33:23 GMT)
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I did not check any google stuff, but you can find that in any decent 'delikatessen' shop.
| Can you provide any weblinks to pages that show/describe the product? |
Soy Vinegar
http://www.bigoven.com/102082-Japanese-Soy-Vinegar-Dressing-...
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B D Finch
: Your ref. is for a dressing made with soy sauce and **rice vinegar**!
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texasweed
: right on and so obvious!
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Tony M
: As BDF says, your ref., along with all the others I was able to investigate, refers to the combination of soy + vinegar; I was unable to find a single one that unequivocally referred to 'soy vinegar' as an ingredient in its own right. May be mainly US?
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emiledgar
: I have seen and bought Soy vinegar in the US. It's easy to find.
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Reference comments
One ref.
Gourmet Japanese cuisine at buffet prices - Community News
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19 Jan 2006 ... Small limes, a soya vinegar as well as a sweet tomato-sauce based dip ... I preferred them with just a squeeze of lime or the soya vinegar. ...
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Note added at 39 mins (2009-07-05 07:20:43 GMT)
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And here's another source from which you can actually buy it (there are plenty of examples of it used as an ingredient, but you do have to hunt a little bit to weeed them out of the 'noise'):
http://i-mage-e.stores.yahoo.net/orientexpress.html
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-07-05 14:46:59 GMT)
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Yes, "soybean vinegar" certainly gets more (reliable) hits.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-07-05 20:44:49 GMT)
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And although there are 'dark' and 'light' versions of it available (just as for soy sauce), I certainly don't think it is the same thing as 'black rice vinegar'.
| Thank you very much for these refs and comments: as you say, there's so much "noise" when you search for "soy vinegar" and it just wasn't a product I'd ever heard of. |
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Jean-Louis S.
: there are also a few "soybean vinegar" (also used as a lab reagent!!)
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Merci, jlsjr !
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