Ginger and Figs

[highestself]

With a strong background in anatomy, physiology, biology, etc it's rare that I am ever disturbed by anything that happens to the body. On the contrary I usually find it interesting. It's been a while since I've cooked with fresh ginger and couldn't recall if you skin it first or not. I did a search and read several pages and only 1 lead me to the

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[helios4]

im torn, i have a similar background but i cant decide if i want to know what you know about "figging"

[helios4]

ok of course i looked it up. wow.

[highestself]

So I don't know what bothers me more. The fact that it's common enough to have a term, or that the article I read described several 'best practices' for preparing the ginger and discussed the usage of fresh vs special aging methods.