ACV or organic ACV?

[Bluemoon420]

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Closest trader joes is Novi which is over an hour ( My favorite store before we moved). No whole food markets in our area either. My DH said Ann Arbor is pretty far also. I'm still learning the area

I'm trying to find a recipe for making it. We have several apple trees on our property, and it would be great to find more uses for all those apples

Bluemoon

 

[Judy]

I Googled "homemade organic apple cider vinegar" and it produced several recipes/methods.

I don't know how I survived before Google.

 

[Bluemoon420]

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Yep, I googled it, and was looking at a few recipes. The one thing we do have fairly close to us is a wine making shop. That will help

bluemoon

 

[addicted2chicks]

Bluemoon I am also having a hard time find it here, but I have 1 more store to check out if not I am going to order it online, and probably by the case so I don't have to order often, found it for $1.88 a bottle, not bad. I can't remember where you are located again but aren't you kind of close to GR?

 

[Bluemoon420]

We are sort of near Lansing. My DH said GR isn't that far, but isn't that close lol. It seems any city near us is not that far not that close

Let me know if you find it.

Bluemoon

 

[addicted2chicks]

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[1birdlady]

We're in Texas, and have an HEB grocery store. We have bought HEB brand ACV. It is not on the label that it is organic, but after a while it does get a "mother"...the gel like blob, so we figger it's good stuff.

 

[Davaroo]

I'm not that much into the whole "organic is always better" gig.

I tried both. You know what? I couldn't tell whether ACV made any real difference at all, organic or not. With or without the stuff, the chickens were as healthy as they ever were.
I was unimpressed, to be frank.

I'd go with the cheap stuff.

 

[Bluemoon420]

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I've got the cheap stuff in my pantry. To be honest, on certain things, buying organic is wasting money. However, I don't mind making my own things when it doesn't seem like a huge chore to do it. There were some things I made in the past where I would not do it again. It was either an awful experience, or it costed way more then just buying it at the store in the first place

I've made kaluha, and other things in the past, so I figure ACV shouldn't be that hard. I do like to cook with ACV, so no matter what the health benefits may or may not be. It won't be wasted

 

[Stamper]

One thing that on one has mentioned is that raw ACV (like Braggs) is a probiotic food, like yogurt. It is fermented with "good" bacteria. So the acidity is not only good, but it helps to keep the population of "good" bacteria up, which leaves less room for any unwelcome bacteria. Way oversimplified but that's sort of the idea with any probiotic.

Making it yourself is very easy but I have never done it without a starter (just a little bit of an old batch or a little Braggs...). You just mix the apple cider with some starter, cover with a lid that will let some air in (I use muslin fabric) and then let it sit for 6 weeks or so in a dark place until it gets to your desired acidity.

I guess there could be benefits to pasteurized ACV but I would definitely go for Braggs or the likes. At my NFS it is $10/ gallon and that lasts quite a long time.

Oh, and by the way, there are many brands of pasteurized organic ACV, so watch out for that. You want to look for something that says raw, "with the mother", unpasteurized, etc...

As far as the benefits to chickens goes... it's all new to me. I don't even have my chickens yet. I make sure to get some raw ACV in me every day though