On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:14:59 -0800 (PST), Naztazia
> wrote:

>I was ready to make ginger snap cookies this evening and a friend
>tells me that most ginger is grown in China. I said get out of town.
>So I call up McC spices and sure enough, their powdered ginger is
>indeed grown in China. Apparently even "fresh" ginger in my grocery
>store is too. To top it off, my friend said there was a big recall
>back in July because of pesticides used on ginger products from China
>(nausea, headaches, etc).
>
>Am I being paranoid, or should I just go ahead and make the cookies.
>I have nothing against China per se, just their food track record
>isn't so hot...
>
Ginger? Lemme tell you that most of the commercial garlic around here
is from China. Why China and not South America or Mexico, I dunno....
but it's from China - so ask before you buy.


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