Quite alright, came across very well... made me smile.
Didn't know about either of those things. Wonder about dosages too though. Often you have to have a certain amount and chronic dosing to achieve such effects. I'm going to read more about this though. Thanks for the info.

Thanks, Lara. I also use it in stir fries, in slivers. I reminded myself, while freaking out, that I've eaten it raw before. (However I'd never do that when having burning feelings to start with.) I will eat ginger powder to treat nausea. I will also suck on a raw slice if I have fresh... and eventually chew it and eat it. Yeah, I was concerned about it being a flat slice and adhering someplace. It had most of its punch drawn out though. It should be ok.

Indian friends introduced me to what they called ginger candy when I was a kid. It sounds like the crystallized ginger you describe. Here we can sometimes find it done sort of that way, but in slices. I love that stuff.

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Interesting that you spelled that with a z! I thought the Aussie preferred variants were mostly "ise" like British... is that not so? Or perhaps we are Americanizing you?

Aha. Did not know this (ignorance is limitless ):

http://grammarist.com/spelling/realise-realize/
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