Why does the milk reacted with the vinegar?

Question

... i accidentally spilled milk on the vinegar.the spilled milk curdled... why???

Answer 1

milk is a base, vinegar is an acid thus causing a chemical reaction

Answer 2

You just made ricotta!

Sift it in a cheese cloth and enjoy!

( actually it would have to much vinegar) but thats how they started making simple cheeses.

Acids such as lemon and vinegar are natural coagulants.

It acts as a substitute for rennet.

Milk + acid=coalulation=cheese.

Answer 3

usually what happens is, fat molecules in the milk have atoms that want to react with atoms in the acidic vinegar. so the milk curdles because of a chemical reaction.