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Ginger wine is a fortified wine often made from a fermented blend of ginger, raisins, sugar and yeast, [1] [2] that is often fortified by being blended with brandy. [3] It is one of the main ingredients of the Whisky Mac cocktail. [4] Advert c.1900 for Stone's Ginger wine. The Old King's Head, Kirton, Lincolnshire
German pastry consisting of sliced apples Bratkartoffeln: Throughout Germany Fried potato slices, often with diced bacon or onions Bratwurst: Throughout Germany Sausage that is usually composed of veal, pork or beef. It is a traditional German sausage. Not to be confused with curry wurst. Currywurst: Berlin, Rhine-Ruhr
Ginger powder is used in food preparations intended primarily for pregnant or nursing women, the most popular one being katlu, which is a mixture of gum resin, ghee, nuts, and sugar. Ginger is also consumed in candied and pickled form. In Japan, ginger is pickled to make beni shōga and gari or grated and used raw on tofu or noodles.
Zingiberaceae (/ ˌ z ɪ n dʒ ɪ b ɪ ˈ r eɪ s i. iː /) or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species [4] of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Ratzeputz (German: [ˈʁat͡səˈpʊt͡s] ⓘ) is a schnaps, a type of spirit popular in Germany, which contains extracts and distillates of root ginger. The fresh ginger it contains is said to be beneficial to the stomach. Ratzeputz today (2006) only contains 58% alcohol; whereas higher proportions of alcohol used to be common. The ingredients ...
The word pryanik is from Old East Slavic пьпьрянъ, an adjective from Old East Slavic пьпьрь 'pepper', which makes it etymologically similar or related to German Pfefferkuchen. In Germany, ginger was added [dubious – discuss] to Christmas or Easter cookies – this is how the first gingerbread, or "lebkuchen", appeared [dubious ...
The same spice mix is still used today in German and Dutch Spekulatius ginger cookies, traditionally baked for Christmas. The Danish manuscript K of the Libellus was found in a three-part collection of manuscripts consisting of a book of herbs , a book of stones and minerals used in medieval medicine, and Libellus de arte coquinaria .
In the US midwest and plains states, families with German or Scandanavian roots make a treat they call peppernuts which is smaller, harder, and lacks eggs as an ingredient. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] As with other varieties, these peppernuts are typically holiday treats and feature anice and other spices like cinnamon, cloves, allspice, etc.