Editing Ginger (section)

====Western countries====
[[File:Gingerbread landscape.jpg|thumb|[[Gingerbread man]] and his wife with a [[gingerbread house]]]]

In [[Western cuisine]], ginger is traditionally used mainly in sweet foods such as [[ginger ale]], [[gingerbread]], [[ginger snap]]s, [[parkin (cake)|parkin]], and [[speculaas]]. A ginger-flavored [[liqueur]] called [[Domaine de Canton (liqueur)|Canton]] is produced in [[Jarnac]], France. [[Ginger wine]] is a ginger-flavoured wine produced in the United Kingdom, traditionally sold in a green glass bottle. Ginger is also used as a spice added to hot coffee and tea. On the island of [[Corfu]], Greece, a traditional drink called τσιτσιμπύρα (''tsitsibira''), a type of [[ginger beer]], is made. The people of Corfu and the rest of the Ionian islands adopted the drink from the British, during the period of the [[United States of the Ionian Islands]].

Fresh ginger can be substituted for ground ginger at a ratio of six to one, although the flavours of fresh and dried ginger are somewhat different. Powdered dry ginger root is typically used as a flavouring for recipes such as [[gingerbread]], [[cookie]]s, [[cracker (food)|crackers]] and cakes, [[ginger ale]], and [[ginger beer]]. Candied or [[crystallized ginger]], known in the UK as "'''stem ginger'''", is the root cooked in sugar until soft, and is a type of [[confectionery]]. Fresh ginger may be peeled before eating. For longer-term storage, the ginger can be placed in a plastic bag and refrigerated or frozen.