Ginger Facts

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Ginger was cultivated in China up to 5000 years ago.

The word ginger comes from the Latin zingiber which in turn is from singabera in the ancient Indian Sanskrit meaning antlers (which dried ginger roots resemble).

A Greek baker on the Isle of Rhodes is credited with introducing gingerbread in 2800BC. But he is thought to have learned about gingerbread from Chinese cooks who had been using ginger for much longer.

During the Middle Ages, ginger was valued on par with black pepper. A pound of either was worth the price of one sheep.

In the 1800's English taverns began keeping ground ginger at the bar for patrons to sprinkle onto their beer - which led to the still widely consumed ginger beer and ginger ale drinks.

Gingerbread was a gift of love and respect. At the birth of Russia's Peter the Great, the Czar received over 100 loaves of gingerbread.

In a recent AC Nielsen survey 74% of Australian adults were found to eat ginger with 48% saying they "love it ".

There is a daily ginger hit for everyone in the family; from gingerbread men to ginger beer, from marmalade to stir fries, from tea's to chocolates and confectionary.

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