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The fresh rhizome of the ginger plant, knobbly and golden-skinned, sold loose year-round. A few smashed slices — skin on or off — go into almost every fish soup to kill fishiness, and into pots of cooling gourds and greens to balance their cold nature with pungent warmth.
Nature · warming Flavour · pungent Meridians · lung、spleen、stomach
In Cantonese food therapy ginger warms the middle and dispels cold, harmonises the stomach and settles queasiness; it is the standard counterweight to cooling ingredients in the soup pot.
Wash a few slices and bruise them, skin on or peeled.
山東、廣東等地廣泛栽種 — Australian ginger is mostly Queensland-grown (Buderim area) and notably expensive in winter
Common at Asian grocers · A$44–44 / kg
≈$44/kg from Harris Farm min-150g pack $6.60; winter price, notably expensive per kg
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
“Simmered the whole day — nothing held back.”
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.