http://www.tracyfood.com/2010/05/19/wednesday-weird-ginger-condensation/ A big hot tasty mess. Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.tracyfood.com/2010/05/19/wednesday-weird-ginger-condensation/comment-page-1/#comment-81363 Michal Young Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:26:23 +0000 http://www.tracyfood.com/?p=2308#comment-81363 Hmmm ... when I work with fresh ginger, one of the things that impresses me is how much water it contains. Make a few slices of fresh ginger and put them in a small bowl of sugar, and the ginger will give off enough liquid to melt a whole bunch of sugar. So it isn't completely surprising that there would be some residual moisture in (dried?) ground ginger, and that it might condense on the lid. And if there is enough fine powdered ginger in there, I can imagine the drops would re-absorb ginger and become sticky and gingery. Hmmm … when I work with fresh ginger, one of the things that impresses me is how much water it contains. Make a few slices of fresh ginger and put them in a small bowl of sugar, and the ginger will give off enough liquid to melt a whole bunch of sugar. So it isn't completely surprising that there would be some residual moisture in (dried?) ground ginger, and that it might condense on the lid. And if there is enough fine powdered ginger in there, I can imagine the drops would re-absorb ginger and become sticky and gingery.

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