Do any of you know what makes a person

[Liberty Belle]

crave vinegar? I have since I was little and now my youngest son craves it (and mustard), too. I remember my mom asking my doctor when I was a teen because I used to eat a whole jar of pickles and drink the juice. My doctor didn't have an explanation.

 

[Stevania]

Some people just like vinegar.....

 

[TaraPA]

No idea but both of my sons will drink vinegar straight up too. They also dip french freis, chicken nuggets, etc. in it. One loves pickle juice, one mustard...so I see a pattern here but have no explanation! My mom (who has LOTS of PA Dutch old wives tales) swears that her grandmother used to drink a full cup of vinegar every night to "clean her out." She lived to almost 100 so I won't knock it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Some people just like vinegar.....

I accept that, but it's a definite craving. I love chocolate, but I don't crave it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

No idea but both of my sons will drink vinegar straight up too. They also dip french freis, chicken nuggets, etc. in it. One loves pickle juice, one mustard...so I see a pattern here but have no explanation! My mom (who has LOTS of PA Dutch old wives tales) swears that her grandmother used to drink a full cup of vinegar every night to "clean her out." She lived to almost 100 so I won't knock it.

I've heard it can be good for you. I just read, also, that it can lower cholesterol, but I don't know if that's true.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

I've heard it can be good for you. I just read, also, that it can lower cholesterol, but I don't know if that's true.

I read that in a magazine last week, especially cider vinegar.

 

[Northstar]

Eating boring institutional food makes a person crave vinegar.

I don't crave vinegar or lemon juice now, but at one time in my life, I was teaching and living at a boarding school way out in the boonies. We ate cafeteria food every day.

Some people's response was to crave oily, fatty junk food. Some people doused everything in Tabasco sauce and hot red pepper. Mine was to crave pickles, mustard, lemons, and vinegar. I had a little fridge full of such things in my room.

Maybe it's unstimulated taste buds that creates this craving?

 

[poohbear1029]

I crave it like mad when I am pregnant. I could just drink it by the glass, but I resist. I have heard that it aids in digestion. I put it on EVERYTHING with DS#1 and I rarely had heartburn and I am plagued with heart burn even when not pregnant.

 

[dislal]

My in-laws mix vinegar with grape juice and drink it every day, she is almost 70 and he is almost 80 and you wouldn't know it. I think they are more active than me and I have had people who where shocked when I tell their age they always tell me they look like they are in their 50's. So I say if you like it, enjoy it.

 

[watersbland]

My brother and I always fought over who got to drink the pickle juice as kids. Glad to know we aren't the only oddballs! And like another poster mentioned... my grandma used to drink a cup every evening and said it was good to clean out yer system!

 

[PatsGirl]

Like another poster, I craved vinegar when pregnant with DS, roast beef as well. I made a salad every morning, poured vinegar over it and left it in the fridge to marinate until afternoon. I know that the roast beef was a need for iron but we never did find out why the vinegar

 

[Lanshark]

I had no idea people drank pickle juice

 

[5 'LIL *TWINKERS*]

Another pickle juice drinker when I was preggers. That is the only time I craved it though. That, lemonade and tangy, vinegary stuff. Don't know why

I love the smell of vinegar though, I will occasionally pop open the container and take a big whiff

Father-in-law always drank cider vinegar with honey. He lived to late 80's.

I have read many times how any kind of vinegar is supposed to be very healthy for you.