As part of cooking adventures- I bought some Galanga Ginger for Thai food!
It is very expensive (3.99/lb). I used a little. Now how do I store it so
it wont get rotten?
Thanks in advance to those who care to reply and help!

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:48:55 -0500, "Surething" >
wrote:

>As part of cooking adventures- I bought some Galanga Ginger for Thai food!
>It is very expensive (3.99/lb). I used a little. Now how do I store it so
>it wont get rotten?
>Thanks in advance to those who care to reply and help!
>
Plant it in a pot and keep it in a sunny window, or plant it outdoors
if you live in a warm climate.

Pretty soon it will sprout & you will have lots of nice, fresh
galangal whenever you need it. Dig some up, take a chunk, re-plant.

Boron

WOW- Really?
"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:48:55 -0500, "Surething" >
> wrote:
>
> >As part of cooking adventures- I bought some Galanga Ginger for Thai
food!
> >It is very expensive (3.99/lb). I used a little. Now how do I store it
so
> >it wont get rotten?
> >Thanks in advance to those who care to reply and help!
> >
> Plant it in a pot and keep it in a sunny window, or plant it outdoors
> if you live in a warm climate.
>
> Pretty soon it will sprout & you will have lots of nice, fresh
> galangal whenever you need it. Dig some up, take a chunk, re-plant.
>
> Boron

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 16:11:29 -0500, "Surething" >
wrote:

>WOW- Really?
>"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:48:55 -0500, "Surething" >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >As part of cooking adventures- I bought some Galanga Ginger for Thai
>food!
>> >It is very expensive (3.99/lb). I used a little. Now how do I store it
>so
>> >it wont get rotten?
>> >Thanks in advance to those who care to reply and help!
>> >
>> Plant it in a pot and keep it in a sunny window, or plant it outdoors
>> if you live in a warm climate.
>>
>> Pretty soon it will sprout & you will have lots of nice, fresh
>> galangal whenever you need it. Dig some up, take a chunk, re-plant.
>>
>> Boron
>

You betcha. I have mine in front of my patio doors with a southern
exposure.

DO NOT give it a full sun exposure out of doors, though. It needs
dappled light.

Boron

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:57:18 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:48:55 -0500, "Surething" >
>wrote:
>
>>As part of cooking adventures- I bought some Galanga Ginger for Thai food!
>>It is very expensive (3.99/lb). I used a little. Now how do I store it so
>>it wont get rotten?
>>Thanks in advance to those who care to reply and help!
>
>$4/lb is cheap for Galangal (notice correct spelling). Store it
>at room temperature in moist sand.
>
>-sw



Gernot Katzer, who graciously posted to this group the other day, has
a listing of the name variations on his pages. Either way is
acceptable.

http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~katz...?Alpi_gal.html

Mr. Katzer is an expert in the field and his web pages are remarkable
for their depth and accuracy, as well as their lovely pictures.

Boron

Boron Elgar > wrote in
:

> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:48:55 -0500, "Surething" >
> wrote:
>
>>As part of cooking adventures- I bought some Galanga Ginger for Thai
>>food! It is very expensive (3.99/lb). I used a little. Now how do I
>>store it so it wont get rotten?
>>Thanks in advance to those who care to reply and help!
>>
> Plant it in a pot and keep it in a sunny window, or plant it outdoors
> if you live in a warm climate.
>
> Pretty soon it will sprout & you will have lots of nice, fresh
> galangal whenever you need it. Dig some up, take a chunk, re-plant.
>
> Boron

If you don't want to "take care of it", you can in a jar and cover it with
dry sherry, rice wine, etc., and refrigerate. It will keep indefinitely.

Wayne

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 22:36:27 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:35:22 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:57:18 -0600, Steve Wertz
> wrote:
>>
>
>>>$4/lb is cheap for Galangal (notice correct spelling). Store it
>>>at room temperature in moist sand.
>>
>>Gernot Katzer, who graciously posted to this group the other day, has
>>a listing of the name variations on his pages. Either way is
>>acceptable.
>
>The OP spelled it two different ways. "Galaga" is a video game,
>not a rhizome.
>
Amazingly, I inserted the proper letter in the word when reading it.
Sorry.

Boron