This pub is inspired by Marie’sTips right here on pubwages. Marie wrote a pub called Ginger and Women’s Health. After reading this article, I began thinking about all of the other interesting things that I had heard about the healing properties of ginger.
Image of ginger root from wikipedia article on Chinese herbology
For instance, the wikipedia tells us that in China, ginger eggs are used as a cough suppressant or as a treatment for a peristent cough. How do we prepare ginger eggs? “Scrambled eggs with finely diced ginger root.” (Wikipedia article on ginger.)
I wanted to see how ginger eggs were prepared, so I went to YouTube. I didn’t find exactly what I was looking for. Some of the videos are about ginger and making a remedy for a cough or sore throat. Some of the videos are about ginger and eggs. But the exact connection between the cough remedy and ginger eggs is hard to establish.
The following video is harder for me to understand, as it is not in English, but it does involve eggs and ginger, as well as vinegar and pigs’ feet! I don’t think it’s a cough remedy. It is something to give to a woman who is going to have a baby.
The closest thing I was able to find to what the wikipedia described is this recipe for ginger egg soup :
薑蛋湯
Although the directions might be hard for you to understand, every step is illustrated visually, so this recipe in the video above might be a very good place to start.
However, I was not fully satisfied by any of these videos, so I decided that since I could not find the exact recipe that the wikipedia described, I would make up one of my own and try it. Here is my own personal recipe.
Aya’s Ginger Egg Recipe
Ingredients: vegetable oil, egg yolks, ginger root, garlic cloves.
1) Finely dice ginger root. (If you can’t dice it that finely, then that’s okay, too.)
2) Chop up a few cloves of garlic.
3) Separate three egg yolks and give the whites to your dogs. (I’m allergic to egg white, but there’s no need to let it go to waste.)
4) Fry the egg yolks, diced ginger and garlic cloves in vegetable oil, while mixing to achieve a scrambled effect.
5) Serve with the beverage of your choice.
If you happen to have a cough, it might help. Or maybe not. Either way, enjoy!
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Enjoyed this Aya! the ginger with vinegar and pigs feet is and unusual remedy . 🙂
Thanks, Marie. You inpsired me to investigate this subject more thoroughly. I think the pig’s feet are meant to give strength to a woman who is about to give birth. Including bones, and therefore marrow, is what some Asian recipes call for under such circumstances.
I have a funny story about pickled pigs feet! My mom was babysitting this boy, and we went grocery shopping. The boy started running down and aisle, and some how knocked over and broke a bottle of pickled pigs feet. Not something I would want to eat, but I will always remember that story. As you said, it seems to be intended for pregnant women, or perhaps just a dish of preference in some Asian cultures. I have used ginger in cooking and soups in the past, but I have not bought any fresh ginger in awhile. Now I might want to do it so I can try it out with eggs like you and Bow did.
Sweetbearies, it’s interesting how many different associations people have with pickled pig’s feet! I don’t think they have them here at all, as we live in a rural out of the way place, and I was lucky to find ginger root.
If you try the recipe that Bow and I cooked up, let me know how you liked it.
Just a sliver of uncooked ginger to chew on is also an effective cough suppressant, but the effect wears off as soon as the flavor does.
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