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Default Keeping Ginger

On Aug 2, 1:14 pm, "Default User" > wrote:
> bob wrote:
> > One of my wife's little tricks. She was lamenting the loss of her
> > specially chosen ginger from the freezer after we were without
> > electricity for three days a couple of weeks ago and the contents of
> > one freezer were ruined, including the ginger she'd frozen.

>
> Why would the ginger be ruined? I keep ginger at room temp for days,
> and weeks in the refrigerator.


When you defrost the ginger, all the goodness runs out of it.
Defrosted
ginger is surprisingly mushy, considering how fibrous the fresh root
can be.

Cindy Hamilton