12 hours ago, liuzhou said:One thing I intended to mention but forgot is that Zhenjiang vinegar is aged for at least three years (not the three months Wikipedia ridiculously suggests) but can be much longer. If no age is given on the bottle, it is 3 years. The oldest I've had was 10 years. The older the better.
The number may be in Arabic numerals or Chinese characters, the most common being:
3 year old - 三年陈
6 year old - 六年陈
8 year old - 八年陈
10 year old - 十年陈
I appreciate all the information you've presented. It does, indeed, look like I grabbed a decent, if not great, bottle of vinegar from the shelf. It should work fine for its intended purpose. Certainly a good starting point for future explorations.
