bit of a mix up making mint jelly - used wrong vinegar :(

[Imp]

Oopsie... I made a batch of mint jelly and poured cider vinegar in instead of white wine vinegar. Does anybody think it will significantly alter the end product (just draining through and old pillow case as we speak).

I posted the question on another forum too in hope of a swift response as I will abandon the whole process now if it will be a muck up.

I've never made jelly before, can you tell?

[Shirley]

I reckon it will be fine!! I bet it's realllllllllly tasty too.

[Chickpea]

Yeah, it'll be fine. You'll have slightly appley mint sauce instead of slightly grapey mint sauce, which actually sounds much better to me. It would be different if you had used malt vinegar instead - yeuch, or balsamic vinegar - nice but too overpowering.

[Cheezy]

I've started using cider vinegar in place for most others. It's much less harsh, and I think give a better taste to chuckney's etc.

They all generally have been converted from ca. 5% alcohol, so the acidity is around 5% (it's usually on the bottle), and it's the acidity that is preserving the "stuff" so use what you like.

[Millymollymandy]

I have no choice but to use cider vinegar for everything as there is no white wine or malt vinegar in France. Seems to work fine to me!