— Mijo Kaliger

I personally, when I reduce, uh, balsamic vinegar, uh, sometimes I have to put a couple of drops or, you know, a little pinch, a cornstarch in it just to kind of help it thicken along. You could, I, I know some, uh, vegan chefs would put a little bit of agar in it just to help it thicken along as well. But sometimes it's difficult for the reduction to take place without some sort of an agent. And if you read this, you know, you bring up another very good point, uh, just about, uh, commercial, uh, balsamic lasers, uh, because some of them have a lot of added sugar in them. Uh, a lot of them have other different kinds of preservatives. So make sure that you read the label of the, uh, commercial balsamic glaze. And that's the other part of the equation here, um, mijo, is that, uh, oftentimes we are comparing things to how we know them commercially, which might be something different. So you might wanna try that and let us know how that works out for you.