From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!unc!smb
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Title: Care and feeding of ginger root
Article-I.D.: unc.3925
Posted: Tue Sep  7 17:28:18 1982
Received: Wed Sep  8 06:16:58 1982

A cookbook I've seen suggests that one way to store ginger root is to
bury it in moist, sandy soil.  Not only should it stay fresh, but it
will allegedly grow more knobs.  Has anyone tried this?  Does it work?
Failing that, what is the best way to store it?  Two books I have suggest
wrapping it and putting it in the refrigerator -- but one says to use plastic
wrap, and the other says to use almost anything but plastic, preferably
paper.  Several books suggest peeling it, chopping it up, and storing it
in a jar, covered with sherry.


		--Steve