What does boiling vinegar do? Does it take away the strong smell?

Question

I'm cooking a glaze for a recipe, it has rice vinegar in it, but the smell is too potent and wondering if boiling the glaze (rice vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, salt, etc) longer would help dilute the smell.

Answer 1

If it's a balsamic or some other type of vinegar with high sugar content, it will reduce the vinegar into a lovely thickened sauce.

If it's just wine vinegar or white vinegar, it will simply evaporate- probably making the whole house smell like hot vinegar. Do be very careful if you need to do this for some reason- vinegar steam can really damage your eyes and nasal passages if you stand over the boiling pot.

Answer 2

No...vinegar consists of acetic acid diluted in water. Because the water boils at a lower temperature than the acetic acid, boiling vinegar will make it smell stronger, rather than taking away the smell.

Answer 3

uhh not sure about the glaze, but if you boil in your kitchen, it will take away funny smells like fish and stuff...if the smell is too strong, try adding Vanilla extract!

Answer 4

vinegar boils at higher temperature than water. You will only have a stronger acetic base after boiling.

Answer 5

it does not take away the strong smell.