A few times recently I have said a silent thank you to La Gringa, an American woman blogging from Honduras, and I thought it would be a bit nicer of me to thank her publicly.
First, it is drippy glass season again! While I have more or less given up on crisp neat clothing for the duration of the summer (15 minutes after dressing, anyway) I hate to have drips all down my front every time I take a sip out of a glass.
La Gringa’s post La Gringa’s Invention works like a charm. A before picture of my glass and the puddle of condensation is at the top of the post. Below, is my glass outfitted La Gringa style!
All of us adjusting to life in a new country have certain things they miss or would like to be able to get more regularly. One of those for me was fresh ginger. I love ginger and while it would be in the stores now and then it often was pretty well past its prime.
La Gringa’s post Grow your own Ginger inspired me to grow my own! It grows just fine in a pot and I am enjoying being able to have fresh ginger whenever I want it. And having never had really fresh ginger, I didn’t know the joy of just washing it off and grating it or mincing it as is. The skin is so thin and beautiful you don’t need to bother peeling it. See a picture of a piece of just picked ginger, below.
So thank you, La Gringa, for making my life a little better.
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June 21st, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I thought of you and La Gringa yesterday as the condensation from my glass was dripping down my shirt. Where do you find the ginger for your pots? It sounds like a great idea. Perhaps I can grow it here in the sea breeze. Almost everything burns to death with the salt.
June 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I just bought mine at the grocery store. Just look for the nice plump pieces if they have them. La gringa gives great instructions on her blog.
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 am
I’m a little worried about La Gringa, she has a political post up on her site that is true to her style. No posts to her Yahoo people-I hope she went on vacation or something.
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:18 am
I love reading La Gringa’s blog too. I planted ginger following her directions and it is flourishing.
regards,
Theresa
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:18 am
Just had my Indian in-laws here this weekend, and they are ga-ga for chai. Finely shave some ginger into a boiling pot of black tea and milk, and voila, almost instant masala chai.
June 25th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Norm, She has since posted, and is fine, but I had been worried, too.
Theresa, Isn’t it fun to have nice fresh ginger all the time? Is yours in the ground or in a pot?
Alice, I will have to try this…I am not a milk drinker but I have some chai tea that I could shave the ginger into….hmmm. maybe right now!
June 25th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Thank you, Nancy! I’m so glad that those tips worked out for you. I loved the photo of the fresh ginger. You can just tell from the photo how much more tender it is than the dried out stuff at the stores.
June 26th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Thank you, you mean! I never would have even thought about growing my own, so thank you!
Now, if I could just figure out how to get a sock around my wine glass….