Comments on: Adult Ginger, Baby Ginger & Yellow Ginger (Turmeric)

By: Hooseny Faeza

Hooseny Faeza — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:43:22 +0000

Dear Sir,
Our company import regularly Dried Turmeric Fingers from Myanmar. Please inform if you can supply the above product.

Thanks & Regards
F . Hooseny

By: aida

aida — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:33:56 +0000

Hi!
May i know where i could find ginger for planting purposes around north of manila? Could i have a telephone number those selling a ginger? If you have know someone selling you can email me at ipiggoat@yahoo.com.sg. Thanks

By: Don Dabao

Don Dabao — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:55:13 +0000

I would like to buy luyang dilaw. My doctor says its good in detoxifying the liver. Where can i find this in the philippines. Im from paranaque? Thanks for your usual supprt guys

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:56:53 +0000

Maria Clara, yes, GINGER is a major spice, and I personally love it in baked goods! deebee and Apicio, they sell mandolines now with a safety “cover” or similar feature. Or alternatively, you can use your mandoline wearing an oven mitt to prevent accidental shredding of your fingers… Apicio, I know it takes up counter space but instead of a Kitchen Aid Hand mixer, get a stand mixer, terrific for ensaimadas, other doughs, etc. Hahaha, I am fearful of pressure cookers as well, but I do boil cans of condensed milk without much fear of explosions… DADD-F, yes, we need to really take note of what is in season, as it usually results in the best dishes… rosa, I never knew turmeric was the reason for the yellowish color of yang chow, but now that others mention it, duhhh, it is the coloring for nasi kuning a Malay dish and our own bringhe… Btw, apicio, I too with disagree with bringhe=paella, I think the nasi kuning of the Malays, a yellow rice shaped like a volcano and served at special occassions or the Indian link is much more likely… Mila, I am not sure if fresh turmeric works just as well as the powdered with respect to color, but it probably does… elaine, I figured the half plate was like digging up the ginger and coming across a 15th century blue and white in the vegetable garden… :)

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:45:46 +0000

The unassuming ginger finds its way through Buckingham Palace through gingerbread cakes or cookies which the English are famous for. Christmas across the globe is celebrated with tons of gingerbread cookies dressed up in multicolored icing. The old wifeâ€™s tale recommended ginger for every fish dish to get rid of the fishy taste in paksiw, sinigang and escabeche. The young ginger is more tame than its older sibling and gives that pinkish look when pickled that brightens up the sushi plate.

By: dee bee

dee bee — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:36:58 +0000

never seen fresh turmeric before, will keep an eye out next time i go to an asian grocer.

i, too, try to avoid the mandoline, pero i don’t mind pressure cookers.

MM, how about a poll on reader’s favourite/least favourite kitchen gadgets?

By: CecileJ

CecileJ — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:46:56 +0000

And I thought I was the only one with “pressurecook-o-phobia”! That’s why I can’t make my own dulce gatas for fear of causing an explosion!

By: corrine

corrine — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:18:46 +0000

My kitchen angel planted a piece of turmeric in our backyard. Wow it grew and has big leaves already. Its leaves are also used in Malaysian cuisine. I will plant more! Turmeric has medicinal value and is one of the ingredients in Ampalaya Plus tablets which are sold in leading drugstores.

By: Apicio

Apicio — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:46:11 +0000

I disposed of my blender shortly after it decorated my kitchen ceiling with hot chocolate thirty years ago. Still find no need for a food processor although I recently acquired a powerful wand blender that whips and emulsifies salad dressings in a hurry and I am picking up a Kitchen Aid hand mixer soon.

By: Mila

Mila — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:11:15 +0000

Apicio, I remember an episode of No reservations with A. Bourdain where he admitted to being scared/phobic of pressure cookers. It’s definitely a tool that requires a certain attitude.

Does that mean you’re not a blender/food processor owner?