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cranbear likes raw organic apple cider vinegar mixed with water. "Today I mixed my usual batch, and after drinking half the glass noticed that it had little super short squiggly lines floating around inside of it, and all of them were writhing, moving on their own!" says a horrified cranbear. "It's not the mother—there were parts of that floating around too, and I know what it looks like. These were super-thin, clear-colored lines about a millimeter long or so, floating vertically, and swinging their little bodies from side to side. Creepy! Is that normal?"
Vinegar vats occasionally become infected with "vinegar eels," says danionavenue: small, transparent nematode worms a few millimeters long. While aesthetically horrifying, they're not harmful. "They may be destroyed by heating the vinegar to about 50°C, followed by fining or filtration after cooling. Or you can just leave them as a talking point for your guests—they will liven up any salad dressing!" says danionavenue.
Does this happen in wine too??? My daughter was horrified to find something like that at the bottom of a glass of chianti.
@FallsChurch2, THAT is the mother, ther living culture that makes vinegar what it is. It's unattractive but harmless.
I'd throw some sea monkeys in to keep them company!
When I lived in Central America, the bottled vinegar I bought at the supermarket would sometimes develop a large gelatinous blob at the bottom. What is that?