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Questions tagged [ginger]

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What is the difference between white and pink ginger?

Some sushi places serve white ginger flakes with their food, while others serve pink colored ginger. There doesn't seem to be any detectable taste difference that I've found. So, what is the difference between the two other than just color, and, why…
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Ginger vs Ginger Root

Does anyone know if ginger root is the same as ginger? I have a recipe with dried ginger but can only find dried ginger root. Hopefully someone knows the answer
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How do you preserve fresh ginger?

For cooking it would be great to have a self made sub-product from ginger, but: if refrigerated, you get rather something like thin ginger juice I don't like the Asia shop variant where they put lots of salt Any other ideas or well established…
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Ginger starting to sprout - can I still use it?

I have two beautiful ginger roots (rhizomes) which I had planned to turn into gari (pickled ginger). But I also have two children and the ever-changing schedule that goes with this. So the ginger sat in a bowl for a while, waiting. While Wikipedia…
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What to do with ginger leftover from ginger ale production

so I have been experimenting in ginger ale brewing lately and I have been following a method which involves fermenting the ale as always (ginger, water, sugar) and then discard the ginger before bottling. But as a good ginger lover, I found it to be…
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Ginger precipitation

I make a ginger in alcohol product and am having a problem that I though you could help with. I juice fresh ginger root through a standard juicer, discarding the solids, then let it settle in the fridge for 24 hours to let the remaining fibrous…
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Can I use a French press to get more juice out of my ginger root?

I like to make ginger beer, but I was feel like there's a lot of juice that doesn't get extracted out of the root after I grind it up and boil it. I have a French press, which I barely ever use because I tend to wind up doing instant coffee. Would…
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Will Asarum europaeum add a ginger flavor?

I was looking through a cooking catalog, and came across GINGER, EUROPEAN which made me wonder if this is like normal ginger that you cook with.
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Are these parts of the ginger plant edible?

Are these tiny roots edible? My home grown ginger has lots of them and it seems a shame to throw them out if they're edible.
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Is it OK if your pressed ginger juice has a pancake batter like consistency?

I pressed ginger yesterday and I put it in the fridge on the door, and this morning, the consistency was in the consistency of pancake batter. I have no Idea if this is okay or not. I don't know if it was ruined somehow or if it's still good.
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I left pickled ginger left out of fridge

I accidentally left some opened pickled ginger out of the fridge for 8 hours. is it still good?
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Is ginger drying out the same process as when making ground ginger?

If you Leave fresh ginger out it ‘goes bad’(looses its zingy flavour and becomes tough and chewy). Some recipes call for dried ginger which I believe is achieved by heating in an oven or just leaving it out in the sun. Is the process to get dried…
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