Vinegar can do almost anything, so would you like to know how to use vingegar? While most people are familiar with vinegar's uses in the kitchen--using it to alter the taste and texture of foods and to make salad dressings--vinegar also has many uses in every other use of the house as well!http://www.vinegarman.com/Uses.shtml

Using vinegar all around the home is a tradition that stretches back over 10,000 years--back to the days when Babylonians used the clear stuff as a condiment, Ancient Romans used vinegar as a beverage, and Cleopatra used it to dissolve pearls. The multi-tasking potent, clear liquid is the end product of two fermentations: The first transforms sugar into alcohol, while the second converts the alcohol to vinegar. The result is a product that is all-natural and completely preservative-free, and it can accomplish a wide range of feats including cleaning, deodorizing, cooking, food preservation, pest repelling, and even beauty help.http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Vinegar/index.htm

Keep a jug of white distilled vinegar around the house as an amazing, inexpensive all-purpose product that can substitute for dozens of other cleaning and beauty products. White vinegar is the most versatile of all the different vinegar types you'll find at the store, and is the most practical to keep around the house. http://www.vinegarman.com/Uses.shtml But other types of vinegar have practical uses as well: Stock your cupboards with apple cider vinegar for an upset stomach recipe, age spots, and to get rid of warts. Wine vinegar can make strawberries taste sweeter,http://gomestic.com/homemaking/seven-types-of-vinegar-and-their-uses/ and fruit vinegar is delicious for salads and marinades. Read on to learn how to use vinegar in some unique and surprising ways.refhttp://www.rd.com/home-garden/extraordinary-uses-for-vinegar/article24053.html</ref>

The content in this page is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Consult your physician before using vinegar as a health aid.

In addition to salad dressings, pickles, and sweet and sour sauces, vinegar can be used in numerous ways in the kitchen.

1. Soak fish in a solution of 1 tablespoon vinegar to 1 cup of water before cooking to freshen taste. It will also make it firmer while cooking, so it's less likely to fall apart.
2. Vinegar can help prevent sugar granules from forming in cake icing or candies. Add a teaspoon to your favorite recipe.
3. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to the water when hard boiling eggs. The vinegar will prevent the egg from seeping out through any cracks in the shell.
4. Boil potatoes with a teaspoon of water to prevent them from discoloring.
5. If salad greens have wilted, soak them in a tablespoon of vinegar mixed with water for 30 minutes to perk them up.
6. Marinate tougher cuts of meat in a solution of 1/3 vinegar and 2/3 oil or other liquids to tenderize them before cooking.
7. Wipe the mixing bowl and beaters with a paper towel that has been dampened with vinegar before beating egg whites, to increase their volume.

Vinegar can be an effective household cleanser, saving you money by doing double duty in place of a number of products.

1. You can remove berry stains from your hands by washing them with vinegar.
2. If a cooler or lunch box has a sour smell, soak a piece of bread in vinegar and leave it in the lunch box overnight.
3. Vinegar has been shown to be more effective than bleach in getting rid of mold.http://www.care2.com/greenliving/vinegar-kills-bacteria-mold-germs.html
4. You can descale steam irons, humidifiers, and coffee pots by using a mixture of 50% vinegar and 50% water in place of commercial descalers.
5. Combine 1/4 cup of white distilled vinegar, 2 cups of water, and a 1/2 teaspoon of dish soap in a spray bottle for an effective, inexpensive, nontoxic window cleaner.
6. Clean silverware by soaking it in a blend of 20ml of vinegar and 2 teaspoons of baking soda. Allow the silverware to soak for 1-2 hours, then rinse with water, and wipe with a soft cloth.http://gomestic.com/homemaking/seven-types-of-vinegar-and-their-uses/

Using vinegar around the yard and garden can save you a lot of money on expensive products. Plus, since it is an all-natural product you can rest easy knowing you're not harming the earth.

1. To remove weeds growing in sidewalk cracks, just pour straight white vinegar on them. They will shrivel up and die over the course of the next couple days.
2. Pour white vinegar on ant hills to eliminate them.
3. Repel rabbits from your garden with vinegar! Soak a couple cotton balls in white vinegar can place them inside a small plastic bottle with lid (such as a 35 mm film bottle). Poke a hole or two in the lid, and then place the canisters in the garden.
4. Plastic patio furniture can be cleaned with this cleaning mixture: 1 gallon of water with 1 tablespoon of distilled white vinegar.
5. Keep your cut flowers peppy by adding the following to a quart of water in the vase: 2 tablespoons of white distilled vinegar and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
6. Soak your empty houseplant pots and saucers in straight vinegar for a few hours to remove crusty white deposits.

Vinegar also has antiseptic qualities.

1. Use 2 tablespoons vinegar to one pint of water to wash fruits and vegetables.
2. Straight vinegar will help reduce the pain from a bee sting or sunburn.
3. Rinse with a solution of 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup of vinegar after shampooing to fight dandruff.
4. Apply apple cider vinegar before going out into the sun to lighten hair inexpensively.
5. Soak feet in one cup of vinegar and two cups of warm water before a pedicure to make it easier to remove rough dead skin.
6. Use apple cider vinegar to get rid of warts.
7. To help fade age spots, soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar, and then dab on your age spots twice a day. Results should be visible within a couple months