Ginger

[libertango]

So I'm having Fresh Ginger Gelato Classico and Hansen's Diet Ginger Ale, both from Trader Joe's. Almost overkill, but not quite. :)

Have you ever noticed that ginger-the-spice is not ginger-the-color? It's more yellow.

Comments

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

What sort of ginger? Dried, fresh Hawaiian, Jamaican, Chinese, Indian; young, middle aged, getting kind'a old and fibrous? I'm sooo confused!

The color range referred to a 'ginger' is a slightly reddish lighter brown; although sometimes it is given to a 'neutral' light brown. Some of the Asian packed ground ginger that I see is a bit more red than when I grind dried Hawaiian root, which here in the NW tends to be and loses the red tint as it ages. I suspect that some of the color differences relate to how much of the skin is included when grinding.

Applying the name to color goes back a ways, and it may relate to both the color of dried ginger after being shipped from Asia by slow overland or round-the-cape routes, and to the grouping of several members of the ginger family under the name (at least by the supplies, the Europeans may have thought they were getting pure ginger).

But ginger is something that is difficult to have too much of.

[hal-obrien.livejournal.com]

I mean either the chunks of ginger root that are in the gelato, or the finely cut spears of ginger in soy sauce I've been served at an old favorite Chinese restaurant.

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, fresh ginger is pale yellow to yellow-green. But the Europeans generally saw the dried roots, which are more on the tan side.

Now you've got me craving something ginger...which means I'l lhave to grate some root and make something with it.

[hal-obrien.livejournal.com]

Ummm.... no.

"Singing"? Performance, maybe... :)

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

You really need to add in TJ's triple ginger cookies there. Highly recommended. In fact, I think I'll have some now.

MKK