A few wandering thoughts and questions about ginger,
will any ginger do?
I mean I assume fresh and raw would be best- it would contain the highest amount of whatever active substance it is that quells a queazy stomach- It is however generally a little hard to eat raw. Hot bitter and strong- not to mention woody.
However, being a chef and a bit of a food freak, I personally love ginger, and have happily eaten it raw (when not on a boat!) by chewing on it with pinch of sugar.
I actually really recomend this as far as taste goes. If you do enjoy the flavour of ginger, then you will be surprised how the simple addition of a bit of sugar will turn a raw burning lump of woody ginger into a delicious juicy fiberously chewy warm and vitalising treat!
You chew and chew until in the end you are just left with fiber and you spit it out.
I think I discovered this when camping or something, late at night, round a fire, with the muchies, and craving something sweet. Poor mans chewing gum or something. I also tend to try to eat this thing when I have a cold or flue or sore throat, as most people know the benefit of ginger for these ailments.
The sugar was always a bit hard to manage though,
Maybe at sea sugar cubes would be an easy way to deal with it?
Break off a lump of ginger, start chewing and nibble on a sugar cube when needed.
In two days when I move my boat to its new mooring I will try this very thing.
The other option of course would be the candied ginger. I don't know how this would compare to fresh, but at least it is easy, and yum (for the less adventurous).
I assume for the histamine reasons one wouldn't want to take chocolate coated ginger.
In Australia at least, there is a drink that you can get from a lot of health food and organic type shops called ginger nectar- I have had the stuff since I was a kid, being that it was made in my small home town, and now it seems to be available across the country. It is a delicous sweet sort of nectar juice made out of ginger, lemon and sugar/honey I think. This might be another easy option.
Then of course, you could just swallow a capsule.
but that just seems like a waste to me, of something that can be so delicious.
Hans. (ginger freak)
