Making herbal vinegars is a deeply satisfying process. They have been used therapeutically throughout the history of medicine-making because vinegar is a good living solvent and extracts many herbal constituents effectively.

I make Christmas herb vinegar around the same time I make our Christmas fruit cake. We will consume the vinegar ourselves and we also give some away as Christmas presents.

I have been tinkering with this vinegar for a little while now. In formulating this recipe, I had the delicate structures of the lungs and the blood vessels and capillaries that serve them very much in mind.