Vinegar is a Mild Disinfectant

And yet, I love vinegar

in pickles and olives

and even in my original recipe

 for Bens rice and patty sausage

I love the smell of bleach

and how it cleans and disinfects,

though even small amounts

I don’t like it in my food.

Like so many good things,

too much bleach

is destructive and deadly

I don’t know about

too much vinegar.