Where to buy malt vinegar - Hamburg

I have been in Hamburg for 6 days now and took vinegar for granted back home in England. I am used to using it quite a lot. There was some of this white 'essig essence' in Lidl however it looked like it should be used to pickle onions and guerkins etc Is vinegar not used here? I assume this is why I cannot find salt and vinegar crisps?

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Any supermarket. Look for Aceto balsamico (balsamic vinegar), Rot- und Weißweinessig (red and white wine vinegar), Apfelessig (cider vinegar), Reisessig (rice vinegar), to not buy Essigessenz - it is the Devil's sputum and only useful for descaling kettles. The only vinegar that's hard to find is, sadly, malt vinegar.

Edit: Salt and vinegar crisps (Walkers) are available from "Subway" fast food chain, the lesser quality German Essigchips are available from Edeka.

thanks,

sadly malt vinegar is the one i want!

Looks lke i shall have to bring some back with me on my next trip back to England

what is Edeka?

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And before declaring that you must have malt vinegar, has it occurred to you to try some of the others?

There is no substitute for malt vinegar!

Out of desperation I used to put other vinegars on my chips at the work canteen but nothing tastes similar.

i have tried all others apart from rice vinegar. they do not blend well with chips!

i do intend to try rice vinegar thanks although i do know it is malt vinegar i desire.

Your Chips will be cold by the time it get here, but I just found this plave on the net...

They look to be quite well set up.

The Britsuperstore.

Food from home is where I get my malt vinegar (or, in Munich, Pomeroy and Winterbottom - but it's a bit more pricey):

https://ssl.webpack.de/foodfromhome.de/inde...product_id=2965

Then your original question should have been "where can I find malt vinegar?", not "do the Germans not use vinegar?".

Well, sorry, i will learn to do better nxt tme.

This is my first time using this site- i do hope i haven't offended anybody else with my question about (malt) vinegar.

Thanks Janx, the link looks like it will be most helpful to me.

After 25+ years here i have absolutely no desire to put vinegar on my Pommes...


You could put just a little more info into your profile... Enjoy the Hamburg weather

for your malt vinegar you could always try one of the two English shops:

British shopping in Hegestr., Eppendorf or English Books and Food in Stresemannstr.

They also have a huge selection of walkers ...

And that is relevant how exactly?