How to Peel Ginger

Published on Monday, April 7, 2008, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

How to Peel Ginger

Cutting off those little pieces is a waste.

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  • i paid $43 g's too cca to learn this method. thanks for the free advice.

  • Yay! I've been using a spoon to peel ginger for a long time, and everytime I watch someone peeling ginger on the t.v. they seem to waste a lot by trimming off the peel with a knife. I hope a lot of people watch this segment.

  • Just because something is cheap doesn't mean we should be wasteful with it. Sure, in a production kitchen where time=money, the bottom line rules. But if one has the time to thoughtfully use something in its entirety, it is far more respectable to do so. Given the increase in the cost of food prices, we really should try not to waste so much, which only makes the problem of rising food prices...+READ

    Just because something is cheap doesn't mean we should be wasteful with it. Sure, in a production kitchen where time=money, the bottom line rules. But if one has the time to thoughtfully use something in its entirety, it is far more respectable to do so. Given the increase in the cost of food prices, we really should try not to waste so much, which only makes the problem of rising food prices worse. Maybe not noticeable for you and I, but keep in mind many do struggle just trying to put food on their table.

    Also, waste = bigger carbon footprint, especially for those imported goods like ginger.-COLLAPSE

  • I'd like to see some documentation of the claim about more flavor being in the nubs. I haven't found anything and I don't think it's true. And I never peel ginger.

  • Here here. No need to peel. Freeze and rasp.

  • I agree with gordon; I don't think there is necessarily more flavour in the knobs. Ginger is cheap as chips anyway ... Who cares about the knobs. Lose em.

  • good tip about using a spoon and not being wasteful when it comes to just cutting off the nubs/protruberances ...... but not sure I'd agree with the statement about "that's where all the flavor is" when referring to those nubs. there is flavor in the main body of a given piece of ginger not just the nubs.

  • I just freeze the ginger whole and grate it from frozen with a Microplane fine tooth rasp. No need to peel as most of the peel is filtered by the rasp.