On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:20:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 05/08/2012 6:53 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> >>> Because most ginger is from mainland China,
> >>> I'd recommend peeling it. They use "natural"
> >>> fertilizers there.
> >>
> >> Where did you get the information about "most" and "natural"?
> >
> > The ginger I buy at the Asian food store is from China,
> > and they sell mountains of it. The only exception is
> > ginger from Hawaii, which is packaged separately and
> > costs three times as much (at least it did at the nearest
> > Asian food store, which closed recently -- the other
> > Asian food stores don't carry Hawaiian ginger).
> >
> > The widespread use of natural fertilizer is why uncooked
> > vegetables are not popular in mainland China.
>
>
> From what I understand, "natural" fertilizer is human waste.
>
I understood. What I'm not agreeing with is that the ginger I buy
comes from China.

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