Tart up your cukes

Rice vinegar

Noshing & Sipping by Joanne Hinkel

The cuisines of the Far East have given us many lean and flavorful seasonings. One is rice vinegar, the ingredient that provides the tang in sushi rice, spicy peanut noodles, and other popular Asian dishes. Compared to other vinegars -- white, cider, and balsamic -- the rice version sweetens more than it sours. Even used alone, it can serve as a tasteful salad dressing (try it over cucumbers). Marukan manufactures the least acidic version (diluted to 4.1 percent) in a 12.7-ounce bottle that costs $2.59 at supermarkets.

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