Submitted 3 months ago by GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
I’ve been interested in making a ginger bug. Seems easy enough and can carbonate soda. Went to buy some this weekend and it was $4/lb. That seems like a lot! For reference, I usually buy fruits for the family or fermentation when they’re $1/lb and never go above $2/lb.
I plan on growing my own, prelim researching says it’s easy enough, but until then, where do you get yours and how much is it?
The best and cheapest ginger I’ve found has been at the local farmer’s market. Can’t remember the price but the ginger itself was fresh, large, and amazing. ymmv obvs
2.69/lb in Los Angeles right now. Could get it cheaper if I leave my own neighborhood.
I didn’t have much luck with growing. It is easy to get it started but for me drought put it out. Now on its place grows buckthorn (at least translation told me that is what’s it called).
littletoolshed@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Just as a general reference: www.selinawamucii.com/insights/prices/…/ginger/
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 3 months ago
oh that site is neat.
WTF my grocery store?!
kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Find a farmers market or an Asian food market.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
$3.99 a pound here too! We do live in a high cost of living area, but damn.