"I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in message
...
> Saw some the other day at the markets, and at $2.99 a bag, decided to pick
> up 3 to make some candied ginger.
>
> Have only just got around to peeling the damn stuff (I keep forgetting
> about *that* part!!), and started out using a spoon, but have shifted to a
> bread and butter knife....... sooooooooooooooooo much easier, as I can
> also
> use it to cut out any knobbly bit that aren't wanted.
>
> Oh well....back into it...... at least my hands smell nice and gingery :-)
>
> --
> Peter
> Tasmania
> Australia


I'd recommend using a plane-type grater. Similiar to a cheese grater.

Jill