On 2006-12-31 18:05:50 -0800, yetanotherBob > said:

Apparently I wasn't clear:

>> I bought it at a Vietnamese supermarket. Yes, I've googled to no avail.
>>
>> I bought this at the store, as it was CLEARLY ginger root. I think I
>> know what ginger root looks like.
>>
>> Does anybody know what "cu ghieng" means in Vietnamese. It's the
>> spitting image of ginger! :-)

> It means ginger. In Vietnamese.
> If you think know what ginger looks like, and you CLEARLY think you
> bought some ginger, you may ACTUALLY have purchased some ginger.
> What's the PROBLEM?

The problem is that it isn't ginger. It tastes vaguely like a
Christmas tree smells, and has a mild horseradish like burn to it. On
the other hand my wife though it was HOT and spit it out pronto. I
kept trying different parts of it attempting to find some heat, but
could not. And are tastes are not so dissimilar.

In any case it is not wasabi, it is not what is traditionally called
"ginger" in Chinese and American cooking, and it is not straight-ahead
horseradish. It tastes nothing like any of these.

So, no one has any familiarity with it, I assume?
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