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Can i use white wine instead of white wine vinegar?

I have a recipe that says white wine vinegar, i dont have any and the shops are shut. I have white wine, cider, and normal malt vinegar, will any of these do?

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1. Yep - should be fine, and if you've got a lemon slice it and squeeze a smidge of it into the wine before you use it. If not - should be ok, but really depends on what you're making
2. Mix a bit of malt vinegar with white wine - should do the trick. About 50/50
3. I agree with the mixing 50/50. Basically, vinegar is wine in which the sugar has turned into acid.
4. White wine won't work instead of white wine vingegar, but other vinegars will. Wine and vinegar are too different.
5. White wine will work wonderfully if in a salad dressing, or in a sauce, or for cooking meat.
6. I wouldn't substitute white wine. There's no acid in it. Not knowing the recipe it's hard to tell if you could simply use lemon juice or lime juice. I would say the malt vinegar, but use less of it or water it down a little, especially if your recipe is for a delicate sauce. If it's a dressing, lemon juice or lime juice. But straight white wine will not give you what the recipe is calling for.
7. I think white wine vinegar is more like normal vinegar rather than white wine so I would add some of the malt vinegar and it should be fine. Maybe you could add a little white wine aswel. Good luck!
8. Either should be fine, - I'd choose in the order you give.
9. as long as you leave some wine for the cook to drink - who cares!!!