
Vinegar-pickled foods
Food placed in an already acidic liquid, vinegar, so that acidity comes from the vinegar rather than from microbes; Roman texts document the practice, and later household books extended it to vegetables, fruit, fish and meat.
1504 records with their sources, across 11 categories.
Lactic-fermented vegetables and shoots6
Acid and oil pickles2
Grain and starch ferments1
Food placed in an already acidic liquid, vinegar, so that acidity comes from the vinegar rather than from microbes; Roman texts document the practice, and later household books extended it to vegetables, fruit, fish and meat.

Small edible mushrooms are briefly cooked and packed in a seasoned vinegar marinade, a sweet-sour preserve served cold in Poland and neighbouring cuisines.