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#220926 - 10/24/05 10:20 AM
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Angela E.
Reged: 10/14/04
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Loc: Michigan
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What is the best way to use fresh ginger. I mean do you have to peel it or can you just cut it up or should you grate it?? I bought some and wasn't sure how to use it?? 
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I always peel mine.....
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When choosing a ginger root to buy, choose that which is smooth and unblemished. It should be crisp, not limp. Fresh ginger will keep for a week at room temperature and for about a month in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap. Young ginger, if you can find it or grow it yourself, has a thin skin, and can be sliced right into stir fries and other dishes. The older the ginger is, the stronger the flavor and hotness of the spice.
You can use fresh ginger in recipes that call for dried, but use about half the amount called for. Try adding thin slivers to your poached fruit recipes or compotes. Grate the ginger root and add to your vegetable recipes as you boil or stem them.
Fresh ginger is wonderful in drinks, baked goods and other dishes.
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I've seen cooks on the Food Network peel ginger root before grating it. I'm not co-ordinated enough to do that without losing a finger so I just grate it as is, peel and all, to use in casseroles and stuff like that. I never noticed the peel in anything I made.
I bought a Williams Sonoma Ginger Grater on sale years ago. It's great, but I haven't really noticed it "leaving unwanted fiber behind".
I store my ginger root in a plastic bag in the freezer. It seems to keep forever.
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Oooh oooh oooh, this reminds me of my newest kitchen tip! To easily peel ginger, just take a metal teaspoon and scrape off the peel with the edge. It's as easy as that! It comes right off...something to do with the metal. It gets into all the crevices too. And it works so much better than a potato peeler or knife.
Once you peel it, you can cut it into little matchsticks and then mince it up and use it in all your favorite recipes. Yummy, I LOVE ginger.
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I saw that on the Food Network before! I can't remember what show - I think it was Food 911. It works great!
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Ya, someone else told me about it...so they probably got it off the food network. Best tip ever!
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Thanks for the great tip! It sounds so much easier (and safer) than peeling it with a knife. 
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Thanks everyone!!!
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I do 3 things with it
1. peel with spoon and knife and cut in juliennes for my Hakka Ginger Chicken
2. peel and leave in large pieces, freeze the pieces in a bag and shave with a chef's knife or rasp
3. peel and put in a food processor and finely mince, then put in an empty jar of minced ginger
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Not sure if you got enough advice here...but I figured I would add my own. I chop off a piece of it and use my fancy potato peeler (sharp) and peel it. Then I use my giant food processor to shred it. I don't use it that often. I used it a couple of weeks ago and the leftover gingerroot is still sitting in a plastic baggie in my fridge.
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