Peel or don't peel

[HollyRocks]

Root ginger. Do you? Bastard fiddly stuff. I really think life's too short for that kind of faffing about, but my mum seems to think it's going to poison me if i don't peel it.

I kind of cut off the edges

I cut a chunk off, roughly cut the skin off with a knife and then grate.

I don't think the skin would harm you though?

Peel with teaspoon

I give it a half-arsed peel using a teaspoon, then figure anything left on has fulfilled its destiny and should remain.

Skin isn't poison but depens on what you do it might not be pleasant texture

It's all about the pesticides though. She has a bit of a thing about what it might have been sprayed with when it's grown. Or contaminated with when it's being shipped. Or a million other things that she's read somewhere (probably in the Daily Express)

You peel it with a spoon, it's easy

@MontyDontysLinenTrousers

I read those words the wrong way round

half-peeled arse!!

Peal!

Teaspoon all the way

Depends what I am using it for. But usually yes peel

It's definitely peel, in this context...

Apologies for my dyslexic (and drunk) typing.
It wasn't a spelling comment. It was a suggestion that not peeling (is that write this thyme !!!!!) isn't the way to go.

I always just cut it off with a sharp knife, but now I’m going to try the teaspoon thing!

If there are corners/angles where soil could be trapped- I cut this so I can peel with the back of a blunt knife or spoon and wash off any dirt.

Unpeeled is not poisonous- just unpleasant in some recipes- esp if you get soily grit in your teeth!

OP- Your mum does realise its a rhizome which grows UNDER the ground doesn't she? Sprays when its growing would be systemic- not just on the skin- because its in the soil! Its very easy to grow at home too if she'd prefer her own, pesticide free ginger.

@SM4713 I have no idea how her mind works, never have. I rinse it under the tap, but apparently that's not enough and i'm still going to be dead by next week if i don't start to peel everything. Except fruit. Fruit seems to be ok, (unless it's grown in the Middle East)

I buy frozen! Life's too short to be peeling ginger

Teaspoon is a game changer

Teaspoon, easy!

How do you use a spoon

As in how do you use a spoon to peel it?

Jar of lazy ginger, problem solved.

I peel but more often I just use the frozen stuff

I grate both garlic (unpeeled) and ginger. The fibrous bits/peel stay on the outside of the grater.

I always peel, if I buy it.

But I normally buy the bags of frozen stuff.