On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:51:35 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:53:16 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>
>> You can grow ginger root, too. That stuff is ridiculously priced.
>>
>> http://www.ehow.com/how_318_grow-ginger.html
>>
>> Jill
>
>ginger root is expensive if you look at the per-pound price, but how much
>do you use in one dish? maybe a nickel's worth?
>
>your pal,
>blake

What does ginger sell for in your area?
Around here (Southern Ontario, Canada) Asian groceries have beautiful
firm ginger anywhere from $0.99 to $1.49 per lb. At regular
supermarkets it's sometimes the same price or very little more.

Ross.