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Old 12-09-2012, 01:00
swingaleg
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Just made a lovely hot ginger drink.............take a piece of root ginger about half an inch cube, cut the skin off, grate, chop up or put through the garlic crusher.............put in a pan with a mugfull of water, couple of teaspoons of sugar, bring to boil, simmer for 10 minutes.............

pour into mug through the tea strainer and top up with cold water

Lovely...............I made a bigger pan full and filled a bottle with it and stuck it in the fridge for a cold drink tomorrow............

Ginger is such a great taste..................
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Old 12-09-2012, 07:23
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Love ginger. Drink Ginger & Lemon tea at work all day. Come home and stir-fry with lots of ginger.

The wife crazily tried to grow it on the allotments (UK is far too cold for this), and if you go to an Asian supermarket you can buy it in bulk for far far cheaper than "English" supermarkets.
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Old 12-09-2012, 09:06
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I sometimes make ginger tea, since the ginger can add a lot of warmth to the tea, and it's great for sore throats and colds and when the weather is chilly. I make the tea in a pan by boiling water, tea, sugar and a touch of milk, and when it starts to boil I add the ginger and turn the heat down, but I keep stirring it because the juices in the ginger can do funny things to the tea. I sometimes add some crushed green cardamom too. Then I just pour it through a tea strainer. I find it better than the chai teas you can get where the ginger doesn't have that spice you can get from using it fresh
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Old 12-09-2012, 14:34
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add a shot or two of vodka, bourbon or golden rum into a glass.
then add some ginger ale or reggae reggae ginger, lime and honey.
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Old 13-09-2012, 15:33
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I adore ginger & ginger tea. You can freeze it btw but you have to grate it from frozen - it's handy to keep an emergency piece on the freezer.
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Old 13-09-2012, 23:55
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I make fresh ginger tea too but don't boil the ginger. I finely grate some ginger into the cup (about 1 teaspoon) and pour over boiling water. I leave it to "sit" about 5 mins then add honey and lemon juice.
It's quite powerful but I like it that way. I want to gain the maximum (anti-flammatory) benefit from it. (I even eat the ginger, sitting at the bottom of the cup, once the tea is drunk).

Am guessing that boiling it makes the ginger less fierce?
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Old 14-09-2012, 00:30
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I make fresh ginger tea too but don't boil the ginger. I finely grate some ginger into the cup (about 1 teaspoon) and pour over boiling water. I leave it to "sit" about 5 mins then add honey and lemon juice.
It's quite powerful but I like it that way. I want to gain the maximum (anti-flammatory) benefit from it. (I even eat the ginger, sitting at the bottom of the cup, once the tea is drunk).

Am guessing that boiling it makes the ginger less fierce?
I don't know to be honest..........i assumed bringing to the boil and simmering for 10 minutes would abstract the flavour ?

Perhaps I'll try your method for comparison................

Also..........I wasn't aware of any beneficial health effects but obviously that's a bonus if there are some. I could do with something anti-inflammatory for my aging joints...........
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Old 14-09-2012, 08:31
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I love ginger and consume the stuff in some form nearly every day. I have a real thing for mashed sweet potatoes and ground ginger at the moment. It's such a warming and healthy snack
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