len garden wrote:
g'day david,

we might have to beg to differ on that aspect, ginger is ginger, and
as one hears from tv cooks some say it is stronger flavour some say
not as for me it serves the same purpose.



On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:39 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

I'll buy in here, both ginger and galangal are members of the family
Zingiberaceae however ginger is a member of the genus Zingiber
(Z.officinale) whilst galanangal is a member of the genus Alpinia
(A.galanga). Though they may taste similar they are quite different.

Horses (Equus caballus) and donkeys (Equus asinus) are more closely related
to each other tan ginger and galangal.