I know what you mean. When I'm camping, bliss is to wake up in the morning, have a whole kettle of tea and dunk half a packet of gingers, one at a time of course, before brekkie.

Helen has a great recipe with gingies - a whole packet dropped in a bowl, whack in a can of pineapple chunks, complete with juice, smother the whole lot in whipped cream and put it in the fridge to let it ferment or something. The pineapple/ginger axis is sublime. DO IT NOW!!