Peeling ginger in bulk

Andy Katz said:

Hi everyone,

Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
ginger?

Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?

TIA

Andy Katz
"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."

Joel Shurkin

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It may well work if the ginger is cut into potato shaped lumps, but do
you actually need to peel it? Would you care to tell us more about
what you intend to do with the peeled Ginger?

Regards
JonH

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Andy Katz said:

Hi everyone,

Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
ginger?

Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?

TIA

Andy Katz
"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."

Joel Shurkin

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It may well work if the ginger is cut into potato shaped lumps, but do
you actually need to peel it? Would you care to tell us more about
what you intend to do with the peeled Ginger?

It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

Good point about it needing to be peeled, though;-)

Andy Katz
"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."

Joel Shurkin

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Andy Katz said:

It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

I never peel my ginger before steeping it for drinks. I just
shred it and strain later.

-sw

Don't peel it. Scrape it with a spoon. Maybe after doing this for a
few hours you can figure out some type of machine building peeling
technology. At business start up maybe scraping with spoon would be
feasible. You could hire a homeless person who would scrape for food.
Or some such truck.

Steve Wertz said:

Andy Katz said:

It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

I never peel my ginger before steeping it for drinks. I just
shred it and strain later.

-sw

I usually peel mine with a knife because it's hard to get the grit out
of all the knobbly bits with washing alone - having said that, if the
ginger is a nice smooth bit, I don't bother. My recipe for (peeled)
ginger beer is here:
http://www.gastronomydomine.com/2005/12/ginger-beer.html - it's lovely
stuff.

--
www.gastronomydomine.com

Steve Wertz said:

Andy Katz said:

It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

I never peel my ginger before steeping it for drinks. I just
shred it and strain later.

-sw

That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
any mud/grit/sand. And chopping off any manky bits is probably a good
idea as well.

HTH
JonH

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That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
any mud/grit/sand.

I am thinking using a soft (small) toothbrush might be great for getting any
dirt off.

And chopping off any manky bits is probably a good

Quoted message said:

idea as well.

HTH
JonH

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:10:35 +0200, "Jke" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
any mud/grit/sand.

I am thinking using a soft (small) toothbrush might be great for getting any
dirt off.

<SNIP>

Troll. Ginger is a fairly robust plant. In bulk, I'd be prepared to
try a power washer to clean it. Might even strip the skin off as
well.

Regards
JonH

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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:10:35 +0200, "Jke" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
any mud/grit/sand.

I am thinking using a soft (small) toothbrush might be great for getting
any
dirt off.

<SNIP>

Troll. Ginger is a fairly robust plant. In bulk, I'd be prepared to
try a power washer to clean it. Might even strip the skin off as
well.

Regards
JonH

Good luck trying.

Andy Katz said:

Quoted message said:

Andy Katz said:

Hi everyone,

Does anyone here know of a machine that will peel large quantities of
ginger?

Can commercial potato peelers be applied thus?

TIA

Andy Katz
"Modesty is in thought, not clothing."

Joel Shurkin

************************************************
[email hidden]

It may well work if the ginger is cut into potato shaped lumps, but do
you actually need to peel it? Would you care to tell us more about
what you intend to do with the peeled Ginger?

It's not for me, but a friend, in Jerusalem, who's interested in
starting up some kind of ginger-based medicinal drink company.

I've never owned one so don't know which one to recommend but I think
this could be what you want:
http://healing.about.com/cs/juicing/tp/aatp_juicers.htm

Sheldon

Quoted message said:

That's fine - some of the recipes that I use require the Ginger
unpeeled. However, I suggest that it is throughly scrubbed to remove
any mud/grit/sand. And chopping off any manky bits is probably a good
idea as well.

Hmm. I use a lot of ginger and have never had a grit probelm.

You could use one of those industrial sized potato peelers. They
tumble around in a drum, where friction removed the peels.

-sw