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> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:52:50 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
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>> A butter knife basically 'rubs' the skin off, rather than using a
>> peeler to take a layer.

>
> I don't care. A peeler is faster and takes the skin off better. I
> don't peel ginger most of the time because I usually grate it and the
> peel mostly just lifts up on the sides. If I get a little grated peel
> in whatever it is I'm making, that doesn't matter either.
>



Extra fibre :-)

Doing the candied ginger........ well, it's gotta be peeled, and I like my
peeled ginger to look nice.




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On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:26:00 GMT, "I'm back on the laptop"
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> sf > wrote in
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> > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:52:50 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> A butter knife basically 'rubs' the skin off, rather than using a
> >> peeler to take a layer.

> >
> > I don't care. A peeler is faster and takes the skin off better. I
> > don't peel ginger most of the time because I usually grate it and the
> > peel mostly just lifts up on the sides. If I get a little grated peel
> > in whatever it is I'm making, that doesn't matter either.
> >

>
>
> Extra fibre :-)
>
> Doing the candied ginger........ well, it's gotta be peeled, and I like my
> peeled ginger to look nice.


Heh. That's the main reason why I don't even try making candied
ginger. No matter what implement is used for it, I absolutely hate
peeling ginger.

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On 16/02/2012 6:26 PM, I'm back on the laptop wrote:

> Extra fibre :-)
>
> Doing the candied ginger........ well, it's gotta be peeled, and I like my
> peeled ginger to look nice.




I usually chop it up and add it to stuff so it doesn't really matter
what it looks like. There are lots of nice big round pieces for anyone
who has is overly concerned about appearance.
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