Malt vinegar, or alegar, is a type of vinegar which is made by malting barley, turning the barley into a beer, and then allowing the beer to turn into vinegar. From LearnThat.org. [http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-malt-vinegar.htm]
Take a little good alegar, put to it a little long pepper and. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
Take a quart of vinegar or alegar, put it into a jug, then take. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
Take a little alegar or white wine vinegar, and put to it two or three blades of mace, with a little whole pepper and Jamaica pepper, a few bay leaves and salt, put to your buds, and scald them two or three times, then they are fit for use. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
Jamaica pepper, a few bay leaves, a little horse-radish, a handful or two of mustard-seed, a little salt and a little rockambol if you have any, if not a few shalots; boil them altogether in the alegar, which put to your walnuts and let it stand three or four days, giving them a scald once a day, then tie them up for use. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
Take a little alegar, (the quantity must be equal to the quantity of your cucumbers, and so must your seasoning) a little pepper, a little Jamaica and long pepper, two or three shalots, a little horse-radish scraped or sliced, and little salt and a bit of allum, boil them altogether, and scald your cucumbers two or three times with your pickle, so tie them up for use. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
"And there is alegar in the house, plenty," added Matthew. From Wordnik.com. [The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century] Reference
And as to your Rhenish and claret, and such stuff, I would not give a penny for the lot -- I'd as soon have a quart of alegar. From Wordnik.com. [It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot] Reference
Whose small soul, transparent wholesome-looking as small ale, could by no chance ferment into virulent alegar, -- the mother of ever new alegar; till all France were grown acetous virulent?. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution] Reference
= alegar =, to allege. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
= to allege =, alegar. From Wordnik.com. [Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.)] Reference
= alegar = to allege. From Wordnik.com. [Novelas Cortas] Reference
Jamaica pepper whole, some sliced ginger and mace; a few cloves, some lemon-peel, horse radish sliced, sweet herbs, six shalots peeled, eight anchovies, and two or three spoonfuls of shred capers, put all those in a linen bag, and put the bag into your alegar or vinegar, stop the jug close, and keep it for use. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
Take your buttons, clean ’em and cut ’em in three or four pieces, put them into a large sauce-pan to stew in their own liquor, put to them a little Jamaica and whole pepper, a blade or two of mace, and a little salt, cover it up, let it stew over a slow fire whilst you think they are enough, then strain from them their liquor, and put to it a little white wine vinegar or alegar, which you please, give it a boil together, and when it is cold put it to your mushrooms, and keep them for use. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
Take the largest eels you can get, skin and split them down the belly, take out the bones, season them with a little mace, nutmeg and salt; begin at the tail and roll them up very tight, so bind them up in a little coarse inkle, boil it in salt and water, a few bay leaves, a little whole pepper, and a little alegar or vinegar; it will take an hour boiling, according as your roll is in bigness; when it is boiled you must tie it and hang it up whilst it be cold, then put it into the liquor that it was boiled in, and keep it for use. From Wordnik.com. [English Housewifery] Reference
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