What can I use ginger root for besides asian dishes?

My hubby brought me a huge piece of ginger root. I use it on my stir fry, and for making hibachi yumyum sauce, but what else can i use it for? I need some ideas.What can I use ginger root for besides asian dishes?
Homemade Ginger Ale



Ingredients



Ginger water

1 cup peeled, finely chopped ginger

2 cups water



Simple Syrup

1 cup sugar

1 cup water



Club soda

Lime juice

Lime wedges



Method

Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan. Add ginger. Reduce heat to medium low and let ginger sit in the simmering water for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for 20 minutes. Strain liquid through a fine mesh strainer. Discard ginger pieces.



In a separate saucepan, make the Simple Syrup by dissolving 1 cup granulated sugar into 1 cup of boiling water. Set aside.



Make individual (tall) glasses of ginger ale by mixing 1/2 cup of ginger water with 1/3 cup of Simple Syrup and 1/2 cup of club soda. Add a few drops of fresh lime juice and a lime wedge to each glass.



Makes four servings.What can I use ginger root for besides asian dishes?
Ginger sorbet



Make a simple syrup (half water half sugar heated until sugar dissolves) and infuse it with a few tbs grated ginger. Strain out ginger solids and freeze in an ice cream maker



Optionally, freeze in a plastic or glass container and use a fork scrape the ginger to serve after it is mostly frozen.





You can also make homemade ginger ale. I like tom's recipe, but my daughter made it a bit different. She naturally carbonated it by making it with wine yeast. It was very very good.



Here is alton browns version



http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton鈥?/a>
You can make a great ginger drink called ginger beer. It's origin is jamaican. You just need sugar water lime and ginger. oh yeah and a blenderWhat can I use ginger root for besides asian dishes?
ginger roots is very good raw in piece , when you have stomach ache you eat a slice of it then drink water afterwards., i do it all the times.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton鈥?/a>



That's a great recipe for candied ginger, which is awesome sprinkled on top of desserts, or just eaten like candy...good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What can I use ginger root for besides asian dishes?
You can use it to make tea,use it as a natural remedy for arthritis,ginger has been widely known to help calm an upset stomach.
Ginger tea is always nice, and chicken noodle soup with ginger is pretty awesome.
I've used it in homemade BBQ sauce, in white rice and homemade carrot wine too!
Baking.