Ginger (Fresh and Ground) - Margaret Ullrich

Ah!  Ginger!!

No, I'm not thinking about Gilligan's Island.



Ginger is another old favorite spice.

Especially at this time of year.



Who hasn't chomped off the head of a gingerbread man?

Or built and decorated a gingerbread house?

Speaking of building...

Egyptians were eating ginger when the pyramid of Cheops was new.



Gingerbread was popular in Greece 5,000 years ago.

By the twelfth