Comments on: Crystallized Ginger

By: snarflemarfle

snarflemarfle — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:28:20 +0000

My only exposure to ginger is at our sushi restaurant where I have recently learned to like the taste of the sweetened ginger slices. I used to think it tasted like cleaning fluid, but now I really enjoy it with a nice piece of yellowtail tuna.

I think I might have to try this. My husband and I love hot tea and this sounds really tasty!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:48:26 +0000

Thinking if ginger is a cure for nausea I could convince my husband we need another baby. And then I can eat candied ginger everyday, all day and not feel bad about it?

By: Fiddledeedee

Fiddledeedee — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:47:16 +0000

I think you just started yourself a little food blog, missy.

Ginger is the only thing that helped me through morning sickness. Well, that and Oreos.

By: Knighton

Knighton — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:59:41 +0000

edj – I think I’ll try it then! Thanks!

Today I’ve made candied orange peel, and I think I’m going to have to bottle up all this orange-infused simple syrup as hostess gifts or something. Cannot believe how much it made. Two sets of Christmas gifts in one, I guess.

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By: @michaelswonmom

@michaelswonmom — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:25:38 +0000

I am really excited to try this. I just love ginger and it is so good for you. A little over a year ago we had a Japanese exchange student stay at our house. She had a cold and wasn’t feeling good. I did some looking on the internet and found a ginger tea of sorts. You just take some ginger root, peal it and put it in boiling water and the juice of ½ a lemon. Then add honey to taste. It was really good and even my picky teens drank it.

By: sheilah

sheilah — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:55 +0000

I have also heard of a ‘hand of ginger.’ There…that is two people…must be true.

The first time I bought some candied ginger I found it in a very high-end store. It was VERY expensive and I needed some so I meted it out in drips and drabs until it got too hard. After two years or so (okay maybe it was five…or more), it just ain’t the same. Then I would occasionally find some in the store and would grab it up and use it with abandon until it was gone (I also like it in tea).

Since fresh ginger is pretty much readily available I can now make my own candied ginger and drink it as much as I want.

Thank you, AM.

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:59:21 +0000

I wonder if it would peel more easily AFTER it’s boiled and cooled? Hmm . .

The nature-granola type stores here usually carry crystallized ginger, but it would be nice to make my own. I chop it up to use in cookies, or even in Asian recipes where a touch of sweetness won’t hurt anything. Or just eat it out of hand!

By: Buttercup

Buttercup — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:37:19 +0000

I love candied ginger and have a bag in the kitchen. Just right for a little sweet snack. I use it in homemade cranberry relish with cranberries and pears.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:47:44 +0000

I have those same Christmas dishes, and I love them! It’s time to get them out this year!!

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They are just the cheapest old things and I’ve had mine for years, but I really enjoy them. I get them out the day after Thanksgiving and use them for every meal until January.