Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Question for the Ginger Folks, 1 by UniQueTreasures

UniQueTreasures wrote:
My sister and I recently bought our first Ginger plants. We noticed this "stumpy" looking thing between the leaves (on the soil). Looked like a gnarly knuckle.

A few weeks later, we visit this new gardening/'gift place and the owner's outside watering the plants. She has huge elephant ears and she plucks up this potato looking thing and tells us that they eat them (she's Asian). We talk for a bit and ask her if it's like bamboo shoots, etc. that we usually see in Chinese food. She says yes, that they slice them and use them in all kinds of things.

My sister asked me if I thought perhaps that the gnarly knuckle thing on our Gingers were ginger root? Hmmmmmmmm

Have we lost our minds???

Janet

Here is the Ginger we bought.