On Mar 16, 10:34*am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> Perhaps I qualify as village idiot but I have mentioned that I usually
> keep ginger root in the freezer. Well, I looked for it yesterday and
> found the defrosted root in the regular vegetable bin. It was completely
> mushy and unusable of course.


I buy the smallest piece available, remove outer 'skin', chop into
smaller chunks and store in a glass jar immersed in cheap sherry in
the fridge. It has never gone bad and I only have to do this about
twice a year.