In daily life, ginger is a flavoring. However, ginger is mainly divided into old ginger, ginger and young ginger. Ginger is commonly used as a seasoning food, can also be used to make sauces and snacks, etc. Generally do sauces and snacks with young ginger, do seasoning and medicinal use of old ginger is better. So, where is the difference between ginger and ginger? And I came to see it!

The difference between old ginger and ginger

1, the appearance of different: ginger, also known as fresh ginger, new ginger, the appearance of the general yellow, ginger head is red; and old ginger is commonly known as ginger, ginger, ginger, is harvested after the fall of ginger, often as ginger seeds, the appearance of the wrinkled, very rough, the color is not bright.

2, the taste is different: ginger skin thin meat tender, taste thin, eat crispy, moisture, no fiber; old ginger skin thick meat, taste spicy, break open the water is less, fiber filaments are more, it is difficult to chew when eating.

3, different food value: the old ginger is generally used in fireworks dishes, such as stewing, simmering, simmering, burning, cooking, steak, etc., the main flavor, cooked and discarded ginger. Therefore, ginger needs to be processed into slices or blocks, and to shoot loose so that it cracks, ginger flavor to enter the dish.

Ginger can be used to flavor sweet or savory foods, such as soups, meats, seafood, pasta, fruits, cakes and other beverages, and can also be used to make jams and candies, and the younger ginger can be used to make savory dishes.

4, different medicinal properties: ginger flavor, warm, into the spleen, stomach, lung meridian, can sweat to solve the table, warm stop vomiting, warm lung cough, the main treatment of cold, cold, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, fish and crab poison and other diseases. And ginger main treatment of warming and dispersing cold, back to the Yang pulse, dry dampness and phlegm.