Using up fresh herbs from store

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I have never covered any fresh plant tops loosley with plastic with ends in water and stuck it into the fridge. Will try that some time.

Have never frozen ginger nor garlic. We buy enough for awhile but manage to use it all up with very little waste. Of course we only cut or crush what we need per meal. We use both nearly daily. For instance, yesterday I bought a ginger root the size of my whole hand. It's the average amount of ginger root we buy each time.

I understand the convenience for some people to buy pre-crushed garlic in a jar or peeled whole garlic cloves in a bag....but to me, it seems like already a loss of flavour. However convenient for cooking a huge dish of something.