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red wine vinegar + lemon juice + salt + sugar + garlic paste + dried oregano + dried basil + black pepper. Dried herbs are dehydrated leaf: they need water to give up their oils, and there is no water in oil. Ten minutes in the acid rehydrates them and dissolves the salt and sugar — salt added after the oil stays gritty because it cannot dissolve in fat