[Sca-cooks] candied ginger

[Daniel Schneider]

Hi all

Rannvaig wrote

> I think the store bought is made from ginger much younger and more 
> tender than we usually see here.  Really young ginger doesn't have 
> all those fibers and the flavor is fresher.  Years back I grew some 
> ginger as a house plant, but it never grew any new roots.

When you're buying ginger, if you want to candy it, or make sushi ginger, look for smaller hands with a thin non-wrinkly skin; it's younger, and isn't as fibrous. Dunno about elsewhere, but here in upstate NY, it's starting to show up in the supermarkets right now.

Dan