In article >,
~patches~ > wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2 Oct 2005 10:02:05 +0200, Pandora wrote:
> >
> >> I've never used ginger.
> >
> >
> > You'll love it! I'm still skeptical about using it in tomato sauce,
> > but I ususally add it to meat marinades.
>
> Fresh ginger tastes so much nicer than powdered ginger. I use it in
> Oriental dishes and various chutneys. Ginger stores nicely in dry
> sherry giving you a good supple of fresh ginger for chopping and ginger
> flavoured sherry for cooking with.

I just store it in a wicker basket in the 'frige.
It keeps for a couple of months, if I let it last that long. ;-)
I try not to buy TOO much at a time, but I do use a lot of it.

I don't bother with ginger powder except for baking.
All other recipes get fresh.

Cheers!
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