Pork Chops with Balsamic Vinegar

The proliferation of cheap balsamic vinegar has prompted its excessive use. I have seen recipes that instruct one to “reduce ½ cup balsamic vinegar.” For one thing, a half cup of real balsamic vinegar would have been considered a young girl’s dowry in the aristocratic families of Modena. Furthermore, no reduction of balsamic vinegar should ever be necessary. I am not suggesting that only the $150 perfume-sized bottle of balsamic vinegar