On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:57:04 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
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> wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Dec 2019 04:48:27 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
>> > wrote:
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>>> > wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:16:36 -0500, Dave Smith
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> I bought a small chunk of ginger root and a couple other things in the
>>>>> grocery store a few days ago. I didn't get a bag. I tossed the items on
>>>>> the car seat and thought I took them all into the house. It was really
>>>>> cold over night and the next morning I found my ginger root. I took it
>>>>> into the house and put it in the fruit bowl. This morning I was getting
>>>>> a banana out of the fruit bowl and discovered that my ginger had gone
>>>>> all mushy. I probably should have stuck it in the freezer and grated it
>>>>> as needed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> if you have an airfryer that will go to a low enough temp to dehydrate
>>>> then you can simply dehydrate it and turn it into a ginger powder.
>>>
>>> Except ginger powder isn?t always the best substitute for fresh grated
>>> ginger.
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>> I use both, powdered works better for baked goods, blends more evenly
>> with dry ingredients and batters. I use fresh in cooked dishes but
>> powdered works just as well in soups/stews. Essentially I use both
>> because fresh is not always available where I shop and also I don't
>> always feel like grating and cleaning the grater for just a small
>> amount. I mostly use ginger in chicken soups and Oriental dishes.
>
>We use a lot of ginger in this house, too, both fresh and powdered. My MIL
>grates it up first and then freezes it in individual tablespoon portions.
>I usually just buy smaller chunks more frequently.

When I see nice looking fresh ginger I'll buy a large piece, break it
up and freeze the pieces. Frozen ginger root grates very easily...
and easy to peel while frozen by scraping with the back of a paring
knife.
I use a cheapo stamped steel grater that I've sharpened by dressing
each hole's cutting edge with a rat tail jewelers file.... stamped
metal graters are full of burrs so need to be dressed.