Versatile Vinegar

Advantages: Its multi uses
Disadvantages: taste and smell

...Vinegar is an acidic liquid obtained from the fermentation of alcohol. Vinegar has many varieties and many uses. It can be traced back around 7,000 years ago to Babylon when it was mentioned for its healing and preservation qualities. Some of the many things it can be used for include,cleaning,cooking,preserving food and the thing I am most interested in ,HEALING. One of the reasons apple cider vinegar is so good for you is the fact it contains potassium which is necessary for the promotion of healthy cells and tissues. Apple cider vinegar is known to be helpful with weight loss.It can be taken in tablet form,available from health shops,of in liquid form.It can banish cravings and make you feel full after eating.I have tried this in the past and found my attempts quite successful.It depends on the person trying it.I feel...

gypsyangel 02.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Apple Cider Vinegar

A miracle cure for...everything!

Advantages: Treats many ailments; curbs appetite; kills germs; great ingredient; cheap
Disadvantages: Destroys tooth enamel; strong taste

...Searching around on the net recently, overwhelming testimonials as to the miraculous healing powers of apple cider vinegar convinced me to finally give it a whirl. I am now addicted! I'm hypoglycaemic, which means having too much sugar can cause me to feel rather loopy. And, having an insatiable sweet-tooth, I set off searching for ways of curbing my appetite for sugar. Lots of sources pointed to apple cider vinegar, especially in tablet form when combined with chrome - these were readily available at any health shop. The tablets themselves didn't have much effect on me, so I tried the liquid form and started to really notice a difference. Apple cider vinegar is thus, among other things, helpful for hypoglycaemia (where your body produces too much insulin) and slimming as it normalises blood sugar and insulin production while eating...

amsterdamage 30.01.2008 · Read review
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Kopparberg Mixed Fruit Cider

Advantages: Delicious!
Disadvantages: Disadvantages?!

...Yes, it's still the morning. Yes, it's a weekday. So, yes, it's probably inappropriate to review alcohol at this time, but needs must, so ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Kopparberg's Mixed Fruit cider. First of all, Kopparberg is a brewery (Kopparbergs Bryggeri) in the Swedish town of Bergslagen. It's current form has been around since 1994 after being taken over by a pair of brothers but the factory used to produce Kopparberg in all it's various forms has existed since 1945. The cider was introduced into the UK in 2003, and the rest, as they say, is history. Arguably, the pear version is the more famous, popular version in the UK, particularly so in Ikeas around the country where you can buy it freely in pint-sized cans, but in all other pubs and supermarkets I've only ever seen it in same-sized bottle form. But in 2007, along...

carl.mcqueen 13.07.2009 · Read review
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Brothers Strawberry cider

Advantages: Tasty!
Disadvantages: May be too sweet for some people. Bottles too big.

...Brothers Strawberry Cider Brothers is a relatively new company who make cider, they started out at Glastonbury festival where they started selling their Pear cider in 1995. The company is made up of four brother: Francis, Jonathan, Matthew & Daniel, and their family have been making the cider for 14 generations! As the cider proved so popular at the festival, they decided to market the cider in 2005, to pubs and supermarkets. From a small company selling cider in a field, to the huge country wide popularity of the cider, they have grown and grown, and now have 5 varieties of the cider: Festival Pear Cider- this is stronger than the other flavours at 7%, Lemon Mixed pear cider, strawberry mixed pear cider, pear cider and finally Toffee apple cider. The cider I am reviewing today is the Strawberry variety, as in all honesty, this is...

stephbond89 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Tasty Pear Cider

Advantages: Tasty
Disadvantages: Doesn't really taste of pears

...Bulmers Pear Cider: On a recent trip to the supermarket I spotted some Bulmers Pear Cider on offer and decided to give it a go as I love REAL cider and have liked a couple of Pear Ciders in the past. The bottle is what initially attracted me to it; it is a large, (568ml), brown glass bottle with a traditional style ?crown? cap. The cap is covered by green bright foil decorated with the Bulmers logo and leaves. The label is vaguely apple shaped and very green with a picture of a couple of pears. It has very ?retro? feel to it and I think it looks quite funky. Once you prise open the lid you get hit with a gorgeous smell; it smells like cider, no more than that, it smells like the cider farms I used to visit as kid with my Dad. It really doesn?t smell of pears at all and smells the same as ?normal? cider does. It does smell good though...

donnabroom 02.05.2009 · Read review
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"Here spaketh an experienced cider drinker.."

Advantages: The Best Cider in the lands...
Disadvantages: Avaliability of the Pear Cider...

...I have been meaning to review Magners since I joined Ciao again, but haven?t been able to get around to it until now. Magners, is by far my favourite alcoholic beverage, and has been since I was 17, replacing the copious amounts of alchopops which I used to drink. It is the staple drink I have on a night out, and can be found in nearly every pub in Britain. In fact, the only time I have had problems getting it, was when I was in Twickenham last year, where several pubs that I went in, only had Bulmers. The title, was a literary masterpiece courtesy of the one and only - Tallulahbang! The History of Magners William Magner, brought an orchard in 1935 and in 1937 joined forces with H.P Bulmer. When Magner left the business, the intellectual rights were reserved by Bulmer, ensuring that the cider couldn?t be exported outside...

obscuredbykep 03.06.2009 · Read review
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McCoy's Salt & Malt Vinegar

Advantages: Delicious!
Disadvantages: Quite a few calories!

...There's salt and vinegar crisps...and then there's McCoy's Salt & Malt Vinegar. Accept no imitation. The Pringle is of course, addictive. The Walker is of course an old favourite. But the McCoy is the 'man crisp'... The familiar ridged style crisp is a favourite with pub snacks, but more and more they are becoming a household favourite...especially if I've anything to do with it!! The glossy silver and blue packaging is eye-catching, but as you'd expect, they're not the 'healthiest' of crisps...if such a thing exists!! At 164 calories for each 32 gram bag, there are certainly salt and vinegar crisps out there which can be deemed better for you, but few will match McCoy's for flavour. When biting into one of the thick cut crisps, the sharp vinegar flavour can really test your tastebuds. Combined with the salt it's flavour that...

carl.mcqueen 22.09.2009 · Read review
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Salt & Vinegar Tasting Potato Snack

Advantages: Delicious taste, cheap as part of a multipack.
Disadvantages: High in fat (But then they are crisps!)

...I am at my fiance's house today waiting for him to finish work and was looking around his room for something nice to eat and I found these crisps. These crisps are provided in a foil bag (for freshness) which is coloured green (to represent salt & vinegar) and has a picture of crisps on the front which have been sliced off the potato in varying shades of cooking. Once you open the bag you can immediately smell the vinegar and it's pretty strong, I love vinegar and couldn't wait to start eating these crisps. The crisps are very crunchy and are flavoured with just the right amount of salt & vinegar, it's nothing too overpowering although after a few bags it might be! You will get greasy hands whilst reaching in to the bag to get your crisps as the foil bag is lined with some of the flavouring which has rubbed off of the crisps...

katyeverett 17.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Walkers Crisps, Salt and Vinegar

Vinegar Crisp anyone?

Advantages: Salt and vinegar flavour
Disadvantages: odd green crisp here and there

...Walkers Salt & Vinegar crisps When I used to live in Belgium, I used to crave these crisps as they didn't sell the salt and vinegar one there. I searched high and low to find them, even in Holland and France but no avail. I guess it's an English taste and not a European one. I bought this packet on the way to Belgium and thought when I get back must write a review on it. Walkers have a massive range in different crisps and snack foods. This is one of them. ++ The Packaging and Price ++ It comes in a green pack with the Walkers' logo in the middle. On my packet, it says Big Eat as it's the 50g size. Underneath the Walkers' logo, it says Salt & Vinegar Flavour Crisps. In a small light green banner rimmed with yellow, it says Same Great Taste ? Now Better For you. On the back, there's a picture of some potatoes...

galaxynicole 08.07.2005 · Read review
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WKD Core Apple Cider

Advantages: Refreshing, tasty, not too artificial!
Disadvantages: Doesn't really taste like cider

... WKD Core Apple Cider I first heard of this on a billboard at the side of the road, even from just seeing the advert I wanted to try the drink, as I quite like WKD the alcopop variety, although it tastes artificial and sugary, I like it. So when I saw this advert I was looking for it everywhere I went. The problem I had was actually locating it in the shops. Everytime I went to Tesco and Asda I looked on the shelves but could never find it, either in the alcopop part or cider part. But then after a couple of weeks, I went to a little pub down the road and they sold it and I finally got to taste it. Price; WKD Core cost me around £2.50 in the pub, this is for a 500ml bottle which is bigger than a normal WKD but smaller than a large bottle of WKD. When I did eventually locate it in a shop, it was £1.85 per...

stephbond89 22.09.2009 · Read review
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