From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   deraldm@invalid.net wrote:   
   > Sometime recently you wrote:   
   >   
   >>Last October mentioned garlic wife had planted wondering if it would   
   >>survive the winter cold and snow.   
      
   > I had begun to have misgivings about my ginger for the same reason   
   > (without the snow, of course).  A couple of weeks ago, I noticed green   
   > shoots peeking up  between the leaves in its tub and, 'yaay, it's   
   > ginger.  Just the grocerey store stuff and kind of bland, not spicy   
   > hot but still pretty tasty and a lot less pricey than the current   
   > $2.49/lb at the local off-price store.   
      
     fresh ginger is so different from powdered or pickled   
   that i consider it a whole different spice/ingredient.   
   so good.  :)   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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