Legit though, a few drops of aged balsamic on eggs is amazing.
The “fake” balsamic, meaning regular vinegar that’s flavored and colored to be kinda similar to aged balsamic, but lacks the best parts, is barely acceptable for salad dressing and roasting Brussels sprouts. And that’s what was used here. Either that or they have way too much money to be wasting stuff that’s as much as a hundred bucks for a small bottle that’s meant to be used a few drops at a time.
Not aged, DOP balsamic. And I specified the aged balsamic in my comment.
That stuff is aged in barrels until it’s a thick, syrupy bit of heaven. A minimum of 25 years to meet the DOP standards.
The IGP standard for balsamic is less stringent, and it is cheaper, but you still aren’t paying 1 euro for it anywhere that I could find online. It’s more like 5 or 6 euro.
Here in the US a decent IGP balsamic is closer to 25 USD.
The cheapest aged balsamic I can get here is 35 a bottle, and it isn’t DOP, it’s made here in the states, and isn’t aged as long; it goes 12 years. The DOP stuff can actually end up over 100 here by the time all the costs of it getting here get involved. And they’re small bottles compared to the U.S. made aged stuff.
Legit though, a few drops of aged balsamic on eggs is amazing.
The “fake” balsamic, meaning regular vinegar that’s flavored and colored to be kinda similar to aged balsamic, but lacks the best parts, is barely acceptable for salad dressing and roasting Brussels sprouts. And that’s what was used here. Either that or they have way too much money to be wasting stuff that’s as much as a hundred bucks for a small bottle that’s meant to be used a few drops at a time.
Where the fuck are you spending 100 bucks on balsamic? It’s €1 a bottle
Not aged, DOP balsamic. And I specified the aged balsamic in my comment.
That stuff is aged in barrels until it’s a thick, syrupy bit of heaven. A minimum of 25 years to meet the DOP standards.
The IGP standard for balsamic is less stringent, and it is cheaper, but you still aren’t paying 1 euro for it anywhere that I could find online. It’s more like 5 or 6 euro.
Here in the US a decent IGP balsamic is closer to 25 USD.
The cheapest aged balsamic I can get here is 35 a bottle, and it isn’t DOP, it’s made here in the states, and isn’t aged as long; it goes 12 years. The DOP stuff can actually end up over 100 here by the time all the costs of it getting here get involved. And they’re small bottles compared to the U.S. made aged stuff.
This is a decent IGP balsamic on us amazon
And here’s a DOP that’s supposedly amazing, but way outside my budget, so I’ll never know
And this is just “balsamic” with no standard applied at all
I never knew anything about this ever but my interest in incredibly piqued now thank you.
No worries :)
You really gotta try some of the more affordable DOP stuff, it is an experience