"David Hare-Scott" > wrote in message
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> A recipe for ginger ice cream specified 2-3 balls of stem ginger.
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> I have seen stem ginger in stems but not balls. What is it?
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> David
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I think the 'stem' ginger you think you have seen is in fact fresh root
ginger. Both 'root' and 'stem' are misnomers, I think they both come from
the same part of the plant, ie the rhizome. Stem ginger is rhizome that has
been boiled in sugar syrup. This 'stem' ginger looks like angular balls, and
would be the one to use in your recipe, if you like it sweet.
HTH
Wazza