Fresh Ginger

Hello all. I bought some fresh ginger today (some to eat and some to plant) and got 300g for 89c (about 76p). Was just curious as to the price over there these days.

 

Waitrose have 100grammes for 79p on their home delivery.

 

Thanks for that Pete ... so ours is about 1/3 of the cost and comes from Brazil ... :hehe:

 

I dont know where ours comes from, but Tescos is probably a bit cheaper.:lollol:

 

Sorry I can't help Victoria - I grow my own.

 

0) Shiney, I think you cook in rather larger quantities than most ... :yez: I only buy Basmati and Jasmine rice in 1kg packs.

 

That's cheap, Sis, and it is the price we paid for a very long time, €2.95 / kilo, in one of the big supermarkets. Then it went up to €3.95 / kilo last year, but I though, oh well, it is still cheaper than in other shops. It didn't stay at that price very long though, before it took a great jump up to €5.95 / kilo.

I brought a great piece back from Florida in July as it was even cheaper than our first price, but unfortunately, I've used it all up now. I've resorted to the powered kind for the last few weeks we are here before going back over to Florida.

I'll take note next time where it comes from, both here and there.

Shiney, that is an awful lot of rice. Were you feeding the thousands? I, like Sis, just buy it in 1 kilo bags / boxes. Oh, and, like you, we are both great Basmati fans.

 

I brought a great piece back from Florida

Don't try that again without the paperwork

http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/imports/want_to_import/xfruit_vegx

Customs don't like that sort of thing.

 

How do you grow ginger, Alice?

I tried once after I heard it on Gardeners Question Time - popped a chunk from the shop into a pot, watered it, and nowt happened.

 

Marley, looks like your Tesco is marginally cheaper than our Aldi.

Sis, I also thought it good value to use in cooking and for growing purposes.

Ziggy, who really cares .... :hehe: Customs don't like anything anywhere .... :skp:

Andrew, you just cut an 'eye' off and plant it, not a chunk of the flesh ... assume it has to be the right 'time' and 'weather conditions' ... even here ginger dies back in the winter and I don't have frost. No doubt Alice will advise you how she grows hers in Scotland.

 

I grew one years ago, had a root that was starting to sprout, just put it on top of the soil in a plant pot & it grew a girt spike with a flower. Cant remember what I did with it, due to the other 'erbs I was growing back then.

 

You gave me a fright there Ziggy!

The UK Customs doesn't apply in Germany but after reading that part, I then did immediately check up on the German site. Thank goodness ginger is not on the list, nor any of the few foodstuffs that I do bring back.

But thanks for the tip.