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Fruits or vegetables - what the ginger actually counts
Ginger is usually found in the exotic fruit section of the trade, although the spicy tuber is more reminiscent of vegetables in terms of taste. The main root used in the form of the so-called ginger rhizome belongs more to the spice plants. Nevertheless, there are definitely reasons for the occasional assignment to fruit and vegetables
A plant with versatile use
The assignment to the fruit ginger is likely to result from the processing of candied ginger, which tastes like other candied fruits aromatic and sweet. For a comprehensible classification as vegetables speaks against the common in Japan recovery of young ginger sprouts as acetic Gari.