The Dramatic Hollywood Rabbit

I don't remember having fresh ginger until I moved to India.  It was never a part of our grocery list.  If you've read other parts of my blog you will know that I enjoy that peppery bite that ginger adds to food.  What you may not know is that it also can create a tasty refreshing summer drink.   I had heard from various friends how good ginger is for the throat and is used often in home remedies.  I'm not sure how much it actually helps, but I do know that fresh ginger is always added to the tea made in my house and in the winter whenever someone would have a cough, my cook would take some ginger juice and honey and give it like a cough syrup.  I  think it soothed, but whether it was a placebo effect or the fact that it just tasted good, who knows.   Then one day I was at a friend's house and I was offered ginger squash.  It was so nice and refreshing on a hot Delhi summer day, where temperatures are constantly over 100F.   Unfortunately my friend didn't make the s