Ginger

I had big plans for some ginger. I was going to make this cool salad with spinach, carrots, pimentos, candied ginger, and a creamy lemon squash dressing. I made the candied ginger a few days before. you start by skinning, works best with a tablespoon, slice thinly. Then you need a non-reactive pot, like glass or stainless steel, add the ginger and fill with water, bring to a boil for ten minutes. Now your going to repeat this step, this time when its done boiling for 10 minutes you then add, 4 cups of sugar, and a pinch of salt. Turn the heat off and let it sit for at least two hours, I then strained all the juices into a bottle and then I sliced the ginger up julienne style and tossed it in a bunch of sugar in the raw. It was pretty tasty, and the simple syrup, I took that to work and we made a ginger mandarin martini with a little bit of Cantone, and ginger Manhattan, they were really good with some Pitch Pizza. Lets not talk about the salad. Have a drink instead. Thanks.