# If you like ginger, you'll love Ginger Altoids **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777 "2003-04-10T13:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/1 "2003-04-10T13:56:24Z")
Yep, Callard & Bowser, the moguls of mints, have a ginger flavored version of their curiously strong candies. The first time I tried it, I wasn’t sure if I liked it. I tried one again a couple days later and I’ve been hood ever since. They’re very ginger-y. They have, for lack of a better description, a sweet but peppery flavor. On the other hand, I have a tin of spearmint flavored Altoids that aren’t very good. If anyone wants them, I’d be more than happy to mail them to you free of charge. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/2 "2003-04-10T14:05:33Z")
Isn’t ginger suppossed to give people gas? These are going to be like the anti-Beano. I think excessive wind breakage is probably going to offset the benefits of any fresh breath. Still, it would be fun at parties. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/3 "2003-04-10T14:08:30Z")
Hee hee. **GingeroftheNorth** has her own line of Altoids? That’s pretty cool! 😃 Personally, I don’t like anything ginger-flavored, unless it’s the salad dressing at my local Japanese steakhouse. I had the tangerine Altoids the other day. Those were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/4 "2003-04-10T14:10:25Z")
I will have to try them to make a judgement call. I bought the cinnamon yesterday. They rock!!! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/5 "2003-04-10T14:41:02Z")
Actually, **lieu** , > [@](#): > > **Because ginger soothes the digestive tract, it can be useful in relieving flatulence. Supplements or freshly grated ginger root mixed with diluted lime juice work well for this purpose.** according to [this site.](http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/substances_view/1,1525,787,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/6 "2003-04-10T14:55:55Z")
Well no wonder **lieu** lives the life he does! He’s been getting the gassy stuff mixed up! He’s been eating brussel sprouts, broccoli and beans to avoid flatulance, and avoiding ginger and other digestives! Oh, no! Does this mean if he changes his diet, we lose out on some humor around here? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/7 "2003-04-10T15:53:06Z")
Ginger root is also wonderfull for motion sickness. I wonder if the toids have actual ginger root in them? ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/8 "2003-04-10T16:00:36Z")
They sound yummy. Wonder if they’ll show up over here? ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/9 "2003-04-10T16:01:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NurseCarmen \* > \*\*Ginger root is also wonderfull for motion sickness. I wonder if the toids have actual ginger root in them? \*\* It is? I didn’t know that. For some reason, as I’ve gotten older, my motion sickness has gotten progressively worse - it’s getting to the point where I can’t sit in the backseat of a car ever, and if I don’t take a Dramamine before a plane ride or a train ride, I’ll be sick for the rest of the day. It’s even killed my ability to ride roller coasters, and I _love_ roller coasters:(. But the last time I rode one (The NY one at NY NY in Vegas), I was sick for hours. I’ll have to remember the ginger thing. Those altoids might come in handy. Ava ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/10 "2003-04-10T16:03:18Z")
Guys, really, she dosen’t taste all that good. Not BAD, but nothing to make a candy out of. [sub]Oh, I am in sooooo much trouble now. heehee.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/11 "2003-04-10T16:27:52Z")
I love ginger, and I _ **love** _ ginger Altoids. Or, rather, I should say I love ginger _Altoid_. Singular. I have only had one. And I loved it. One of my husbands cow-orkers had some, and she let him try them, and he thought they were keen, so he took one for me to try. Fabulous!!! We both enjoyed them, and were looking forward to buying tin after tin after tin. Except we can’t find them _anywhere_. After searching for them fruitlessly (or gingerlessly) all over town, we asked his cow-orker where she got them, and she said it was a certain drug store. We went there and found the aisle o’ Altoids, and they only had the usual orginally celebrated pepperment and wintergreen (blech) and cinammon (meh) and spearmint (yummy, but not as good as pepperment). We asked the store-droids and they looked at us like we had each grown a second head. I wants some ginger Altoids!!! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/12 "2003-04-10T16:30:26Z")
Do they have 'em in NYC yet? Gotta go try to find some. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/13 "2003-04-10T17:00:29Z")
I love every flavor of 'Toids I’ve tried! I am so heading to CVS in search of ginger-flavor right now. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Scratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Chicken\_Scratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Scratch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/14 "2003-04-10T17:51:24Z")
Mr. Chicken Scratch & I bought some in Hawaii on our vacation a few weeks ago, and we also haven’t been able to find them anywhere in DC. If I do, I’m gonna sew some extra pockets inside a trenchcoat, fill them with ginger Altoids, and sell them on street corners. ---
**Author:** ![Christina25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Christina25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christina25)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/15 "2003-04-10T19:33:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > \*\*Guys, really, she dosen’t taste all that good. Not BAD, but nothing to make a candy out of. > > [sub]Oh, I am in sooooo much trouble now. heehee.[/sub] \*\* Bad Weirddave… very bad. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/16 "2003-04-10T19:37:21Z")
Out of curiosity, what colour is the tin and what’s the little picture? And are they white like the peppermint and wintergreen, or coloured like the cinnamon and spearmint? I NEED THESE. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/17 "2003-04-10T20:05:12Z")
zweis, they’re slightly colored. Sort of an ecru. [Here’s a pic](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2315945534&category=14307) of a tin up for auction on ebay. Incidently, that auction is for a six pack. It’s already going for $22! ---
**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluetrust)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/18 "2003-04-10T20:15:23Z")
They have the Ginger Altoids at Trader Joes. If you have any of those shops in your area. As a big fan of the ginger that comes with sushi, I was really disappointed in Ginger Altoids. They don’t actually contain any real ginger. Rather it looks like the ginger flavor comes from gum arabic, which if my memory serves is the same stuff they use to emulate cinnamon. Bah. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/19 "2003-04-10T21:17:47Z")
I love the ginger from sushi too (more than the actual sushi, really :D), but that’s pickled ginger, so I’d expect this to have a different flavour. Blast, I wish Altoids were sugar free. I have to ration my Altoids now! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777/20 "2003-04-10T22:45:21Z")
Bleah! I hate ginger. If they start making anise or clove Altoids though get out of the way because I will run you over to get some! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-ginger-youll-love-ginger-altoids/167777.md?page=2)