Ginger information

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GINGER (Zingiber officinale); native to Southeast Asia; also comes from Jamaica; one of the first Oriental spices known in Europe; Marco Polo wrote of finding Ginger in China; is the dried and peeled rhizomes (roots) of ginger plant; available whole and ground; is light buff in color and has a hot, spicy, sweet flavor; crystallized ginger is fresh ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ root cooked in syrup and is used as a confection or condiment, not a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ spice.

Submitted By EARL SHELSBY On 01-25-95

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