On 2007-01-01 20:02:02 -0800, "Walter Rhee" > said:

> Sounds like galanga/galangal. The Latin name is Alpinia galanga
> (Southeast Asian galanga). There are other species of galanga, Alpinia
> is the genus. It belongs to the ginger family AFAIK. Used primarily in
> Thai cooking, Vietnamese do use it somewhat, but not as extensively as
> the Thais do. eg. Thai curries.

That's the stuff. Thanks everso to you and James Silverton. My wife
said she thought it might be galanga used for Thai food, but I hadn't
pursued it yet.

This seemed to cinch it as it had a picture as well:

http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Alpi_gal.html

There was no mention, specifically, of "Cu Ghieng", but there's no
reason to think that the supermarket really knew what they were doing
with the labeling.
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