Zingiber officinale

I had hoped to hit a different market this weekend, but with house guests and a whole mess of other things happening, I had to go with the familiar. (Really, I needed one that was open at 9:00 on Sunday and was close to me).

Among the vendors in the bank parking lot, I cannot for the life of me remember their name right now, was one selling fresh local ginger root. That’s right, Zingiber officinale itself grown right in our own backyard. I grabbed one of the roots and then decided that having two would be better. You see at home, The Wife was in the first few days of a cold, nursing a sore throat among other symptoms.

If you did not know, ginger has been shown to aid “…the motility of the gastrointestinal tract and have analgesic, sedative, antipyretic and antibacterial properties. “ (Wikipedia) In other words, it’s a good home remedy for relief of symptoms from a common cold.

Heading home I hit on an even better idea: ginger would be good for her cold, and what’s good for a sore throat? Ice cream, of course! Even better if it’s sweetened with honey from Maryland instead of sugar! I went up to Glut Food and picked up some Trickling Springs heavy cream and half & half and went home to cook up some medicine. This locally-made, locally-sourced ginger ice cream would be, of course, for medicinal purposes only.

It was not to be used as some dessert, it would be strictly medicinal!