[Sca-cooks] Medieval Ginger

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

In reviewing a number of Medieval cookbooks recently, i find references to
-- white ginger
-- Mecca ginger

These are clearly distinctly different. Unfortunately, i don't know
what the differences are. Anyone here?

I have noticed that the ground ginger i buy from various local spice
merchants varies considerably in color. Haven't noticed the flavor,
as i have so far just mixed them together, and i think i would have
assumed that the difference was age... Guess i'll have to do... (cue
ominous music) ... another scientific experiment...

Anahita