Zack Cobb

Discoveries at the Jungle: Cooking with Ginger, The Real Deal

Did you know? Ginger is actually a rhizome, not a root. A rhizome is the underground stem of the plant.

Did you know? As part of the spice trade, ginger shaped history. The spice trade, and their exclusion from it, motivated European countries to set sail for the Americas.

Did you know? Ginger plants can grow as high as four feet!

Discoveries at the Jungle: Cooking with Ginger, Flavored Marinades and Sauces

Did you know? There are over 1,000 species of ginger.

Did you know? The Chinese philosopher Confucius wrote about ginger and its impact on digestion.

Did you know? Ginger is related to the spices cardamom and turmeric. Ginger and cardamom make a great dessert flavor!

Check out our featured ginger posts this month!

Discoveries at the Jungle: Ginger

Discoveries at the Jungle: Cooking with Ginger,

Discoveries at the Jungle: Ginger Snacks

Did you know? It is a long-held belief that spices have a warming effect. That’s why gingerbread is popular in the winter!

Did you know? Queen Elizabeth I is credited with inventing the gingerbread man. Allegedly, she had the cookies baked in the shapes of visiting dignitaries and served them at a banquet!

Did you know? Crystallized ginger is made by cooking ginger in sugar until it crystallizes.

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Discoveries at the Jungle: Ginger Beverages

Did you know? Ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties make it a great post-workout snack. Drink some tea or add some to a smoothie!

Did you know? Ginger beer has been brewed in England for at least two hundred years!

Check out our featured ginger posts this month!

Discoveries at the Jungle: Ginger

Discoveries at the Jungle: Cooking with Ginger, The Real Deal

Discoveries at the Jungle: Cooking with Ginger,

Don’s Pepperologist Pick June 2018

Goss Sauce is Boss! (See what I did there?) Goss’s Colon Plow is my Pepperologist Pick for the month of June, and boy is this one a tasty one! Some people stop me and say, “Don, this isn’t a hot sauce, it’s more like a salsa.” But a good friend of mine always told me that if you call it a hot sauce,

Cheese Shop Expert Picks: Beecher’s New Woman Cheese

Beecher’s Cheese comes at us from the East AND the West Coast. They’re based out of Seattle’s Pike Place Market, but also have a location in New York’s Flatiron District. They pride themselves on making some really interesting, high-quality, handmade cheeses. Today we’re going to focus on one of my personal favorites from Beecher’s, their New Woman Earthy, Spicy, Cow’s Milk Cheese.

They’ve added Jamaican Jerk spices to their traditional cheddar which creates a savory cheese that’s earthy,

Wine Department: German Wine 101 & The Mosel

Understanding the tradition of German wine can be a daunting task! The complicated classification system and the hard-to-pronounce names can turn off newcomers. However, German wines are diverse, flavorful, and well worth getting to know. Keep reading for an introduction to German wines that will help you read bottle labels and navigate the huge wine section here at Jungle Jim’s!

German wine regions are broken down into appellations,

Cheese Shop Expert Picks: Woodside Cheese Wrights

This week we’re featuring an Australian-based cheesery known for their high-quality handcrafted goat cheeses. Located in South Australia, Woodside Cheese Wrights products are creamy, consistently flavored, and uniquely delicious! They specialize in making goat, cow, and buffalo milk cheeses, and have been recognized for their unique product packaging. They’ve also won several awards for their cheeses and their current head cheesemaker, Kris Lloyd, has been the recipient of multiple prestigious honors recognizing her cheese-making expertise.

Jungle Jim’s Garden Center: Interesting Finds and Classic Favorites

We’re pleased to announce that our Jungle Jim’s Garden Center is fully stocked and open for the spring and summer seasons! This is the premier shopping destination for all things plant-related, and we’re ready to help you transform your backyard from a winter wasteland to a gorgeous, relaxing spring oasis.

Our Garden Center is kind of a big deal. Standing at 50 feet tall, the greenhouse is spacious enough to house all of our plants and for our collection of pottery,

Jungle Jim’s Cheese Shop: Springtime Sausage Picks

Hoosier favorite Indianapolis-based butcher shop and meatery? We know what ours is! This week at the Jungle Jim’s Cheese Shop, we’re featuring Indiana’s very own Smoking Goose Meatery.

Smoking Goose Meatery began as an idea in 2007, when high school sweethearts and lifelong Hoosiers Chris and Mollie Eley opened Goose the Market, a neighborhood butcher shop and specialty food market. Met with great success, they were able to expand their business and open Smoking Goose in 2011.