Not recommend. You would be losing the salt, spices and sugars. Not to mention the vinegar dilution. The pickle fruit/vegetable has its own juices and have diluted the vinegar by about 3 parts vinegar and 2 part other.
Yes, any type of vinegar will pickle, the flavour of the end product will change depending on the vinegar used.
If they are diced up in a recipe, it should be fine. It may help to rinse them off first to remove some of the syrup.
White wine vinegar would be the best substitute, if you have it on hand.
You should be able to. It would change the flavor slightly.
A mild and sweeter western vinegar such as champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar will substitute
White vinegar is clear, cider vinegar is golden color, never substitute one for the other unless you are making a salad dressing and if you do that the taste will be off.
yes because it is a good substitute.
White wine vinegar is the better substitute for rice vinegar.
If color is not important, red balsamic vinegar would be the best substitute for white. Otherwise, a sweet white wine would be a possible replacement.
white vinegar
You can, but white balsamic tastes stronger than white wine vinegar, so you may want to reduce the quantity that you use.
While they both are vinegar, they have very different flavors and it might have a big affect on the overall taste of the finished dish. White vinegar would be the best substitute. Even plain white wine vinegar would be closer.
Yes.
add more of the other ingredients until it tastes good!