Alternative Uses for Food #2: Hair Care
Today as I was showering in my local municipal pool after a swim, my nostrils caught the unmistakable whiff of vinegar. I'd smelt vinegar here before, and had always assumed that it was being used to clean the drains or something. Today though, when I looked around for the source of the smell, I noticed a tiny old lady pouring capfuls of a dark liquid from an old soft drink bottle onto her hair.
'Is that vinegar?' I asked her, to which she answered 'Yes, it's very good for your hair!'
After a little Google sleuthing I came across this article, which states that rinsing with vinegar leaves your hair 'shinier, smoother, and easier to manage'.
Seeing as I'm heading off to Langzhong, Sichuan's vinegar capital, tomorrow morning, maybe I should try it out for myself; unlike some other alternative uses for food that I've seen...
UPDATE: My very own mother has just emailed me saying that when she was 'a young lass' (her words not mine!), she frequently used vinegar in her hair to help it shine - so there you go.
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At the market in Nanning today a young couple from selling old Wahaha bottles full of strange-smelling black gunk made from some kind of fruit that they said would cure dandruff. I almost bought a bottle (only 10 yuan), but then thought of all the quackish remedies being hawked on just about every street corner of this city, and worried what this stuff would do to my hair (besides, I don't have dandruff!) I can't remember the name of the fruit - I hadn't heard of it before, like so many things here.
Wish I could go to Langzhong with you - can't wait to read your report.
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