Today’s Photo Hunt involves candy. It took me a long time to think of something. We don’t eat much candy and I don’t regularly visit candy stores after having six teeth removed! (I had a vicious sweet tooth as a kid).
However, last time we were out, galavanting around Barneveld, NY, up in the lower portion of the Adirondacks, we stopped at an old time-y country store. It had wooden floors and enormous wooden bins. There were hundreds of wonderful things to see and buy. The kids and I paused to drool over the Adirondack cheese (homemade!), horehound candy, and peppermint sticks, but stopped when we saw this:
It’s candied ginger. None of us had ever tasted it before. I bought a small bag and we ate a little on the way home. It’s very spicy! My youngest son said it made his mouth feel hot. The granulated sugar coating was so, so good… uh oh! I must remember my teeth!
Here’s a traveling tip for you: ginger is known to help relieve nausea and motion sickness. Pack a small bag for people in your company who are prone to car sickness (we have two in the family who feel it). Sucking on the ginger will help.
What did you do for Photo Hunters today?
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May 17th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Oh my! I’m not much into hard candy — but I surely would have had to give that a try too! I LOVE ginger!!! Yum!
May 17th, 2008 at 9:40 am
My grandmother and her sister loved crystallised ginger but I wouldn’t touch it in those days. Now I love it:)
I’ve used ginger for motion sickness for years now, but find it works only for fairly mild cases. I read an article about it in a newspaper, perhaps about 20 years ago now.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:17 am
My Mommie likes candied ginger! One year at Thanksgiving she made a recipe for pumpkin pie that had pieces of candied ginger on top.
May 17th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Melli, I prefer soft candy over hard candy, too. Mmmmm.
A, yes, eating ginger is an old remedy. And I suppose someone in the throes of green-faced, tempest-tossed motion sickness would take ANYTHING for even a little relief. Not that I have any prior experience, noooo.
Daisy– you MUST force your Mommie to post that recipe, or at least email it to me! You MUST! Tell her you will shred the curtains or meow loudly at 2am every morning until she does!
May 17th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I love candied ginger! They have it at my local grocery store.
May 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Lovely photo…I’ve been in some of those old fashioned
general stores and they are wonderful for finding interesting things.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I like chocolate! That was interesting to read. I like your photo.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I have not had young ginger candy for a very long time. I’m sure I love them. It used to be a common candy in Asia.
May 20th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
I hear ya…candy was tough for me too. we just don’t eat it. My shot was even more out of the box. Your Candied Ginger is awesome - such a terrific capture.