“博愛姜”亦名“清化姜”，也叫“上莊姜”。主要分布于許良、上莊、柏山三個鄉。博愛姜  塊大、絲細、產量高，而且品質佳、味道鮮、香辣宜口，百煮不爛，抗逆力強，含水量少，易加工貯藏，是同類中的佼佼者，博愛姜有1600多年的栽培歷史。博愛姜，除鮮姜出售外，還能加工成多種姜制品，用以入藥或作調料、菜食。歷史上，人們就制作出“糖曬伏姜”、“糖腌姜片”用來醫治胃寒病。“糖曬伏姜”是治療“老胃寒病”的“靈丹妙藥”。其制作簡單，價格經濟，味道甘辛，民間廣為流傳。群眾用姜和蒜苔搗碎制成的“姜蒜苔醬”， 姜拌韭菜制作的“腌韭花”，都是菜族中的老成員，它們味道格外鮮美，“姜蒜苔”中的蒜苔和“腌韭花”中的韭花都由寒性變溫性好食不寒胃。 隨著時代的發展，姜的用途越來越廣泛，群眾用博愛姜制成的品種也越來越多了。用姜和大料花椒、茴香、肉桂制成的“五香粉”， 是湯、菜、包子和餃子餡的上好調料；鮮姜和香油、味精、食鹽等制作的“姜渣罐頭”，既可增強食欲，又有健胃功能。



 

Bo'ai Ginger

    Bo'ai ginger, with another name of Qinghua Ginger and Shangzhuang Ginger, is mainly cultivated in Xuliang Village, Shangzhuang Village and Boshan Village for over 1600 years. This kind of ginger has big lumps, high yield, good quality, refreshing flavor, strong resilience, low moisture content and is convenient to be processed and not easy to be stewed tender. These characteristics make it a superior in the similar products. Besides sold to other places, fresh gingers are also processed into various ginger products which can be made into medicine or food.