Hi everyone,

Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
ginger?

Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?

TIA

Andy Katz
"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."

Joel Shurkin

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On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:47:29 GMT, Andy Katz
> wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
>ginger?
>
>Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?
>
>TIA
>
>Andy Katz
>"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."
>
>Joel Shurkin
>
>*********************************************** *



It may well work if the ginger is cut into potato shaped lumps, but do
you actually need to peel it? Would you care to tell us more about
what you intend to do with the peeled Ginger?

Regards
JonH

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:53:44 GMT, wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:47:29 GMT, Andy Katz
> wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
>>ginger?
>>
>>Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Andy Katz
>>"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."
>>
>>Joel Shurkin
>>
>>********************************************** **

>
>
>It may well work if the ginger is cut into potato shaped lumps, but do
>you actually need to peel it? Would you care to tell us more about
>what you intend to do with the peeled Ginger?

It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

Good point about it needing to be peeled, though;-)

Andy Katz
"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."

Joel Shurkin

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Don't peel it. Scrape it with a spoon. Maybe after doing this for a
few hours you can figure out some type of machine building peeling
technology. At business start up maybe scraping with spoon would be
feasible. You could hire a homeless person who would scrape for food.
Or some such truck.

Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:56:14 GMT, Andy Katz wrote:
>
> > It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
> > starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.
>
> I never peel my ginger before steeping it for drinks. I just
> shred it and strain later.
>
> -sw

I usually peel mine with a knife because it's hard to get the grit out
of all the knobbly bits with washing alone - having said that, if the
ginger is a nice smooth bit, I don't bother. My recipe for (peeled)
ginger beer is he
http://www.gastronomydomine.com/2005...nger-beer.html - it's lovely
stuff.

--
www.gastronomydomine.com

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:03:58 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:56:14 GMT, Andy Katz wrote:
>
>> It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
>> starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.
>
>I never peel my ginger before steeping it for drinks. I just
>shred it and strain later.
>
>-sw

That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
any mud/grit/sand. And chopping off any manky bits is probably a good
idea as well.

HTH
JonH

> That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
> unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
> any mud/grit/sand.

I am thinking using a soft (small) toothbrush might be great for getting any
dirt off.


And chopping off any manky bits is probably a good
> idea as well.
>
> HTH
> JonH

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:10:35 +0200, "Jke" >
wrote:

>
>> That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
>> unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
>> any mud/grit/sand.
>
>I am thinking using a soft (small) toothbrush might be great for getting any
>dirt off.
>
<SNIP>

Troll. Ginger is a fairly robust plant. In bulk, I'd be prepared to
try a power washer to clean it. Might even strip the skin off as
well.

Regards
JonH

> schreef in bericht
...
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:10:35 +0200, "Jke" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
>>> unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
>>> any mud/grit/sand.
>>
>>I am thinking using a soft (small) toothbrush might be great for getting
>>any
>>dirt off.
>>
> <SNIP>
>
> Troll. Ginger is a fairly robust plant. In bulk, I'd be prepared to
> try a power washer to clean it. Might even strip the skin off as
> well.
>
> Regards
> JonH

Good luck trying.

Andy Katz wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:53:44 GMT, wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:47:29 GMT, Andy Katz
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Hi everyone,
> >>
> >>Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
> >>ginger?
> >>
> >>Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?
> >>
> >>TIA
> >>
> >>Andy Katz
> >>"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."
> >>
> >>Joel Shurkin
> >>
> >>********************************************** **
>
> >
> >
> >It may well work if the ginger is cut into potato shaped lumps, but do
> >you actually need to peel it? Would you care to tell us more about
> >what you intend to do with the peeled Ginger?
>
> It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
> starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

I've never owned one so don't know which one to recommend but I think
this could be what you want:
http://healing.about.com/cs/juicing/tp/aatp_juicers.htm

Sheldon