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On 2/19/2020 at 10:56 PM, andiesenji said:My grandparent's cook stored ginger in sand
Yes. Ancient storage method. The Chinese for one type of galangal literally translates as "sand ginger" for that very reason.
沙姜 (shā jiāng) -- Kaempferia galanga - sand ginger
On 2/19/2020 at 10:56 PM, andiesenji said:My grandparent's cook stored ginger in sand
Yes. Ancient storage method. The Chinese for one type og galangal literally translates as "sand ginger" for that very reason.
沙姜 (shā jiāng) -- Kaempferia galanga - sand ginger
