Brother Bubba Baba
This true blue ginger has it origins in India. It is named for our friend Baba, the guru who originally sent the ginger to us. Brother Bubba Baba Hawaiian Organic Blue Ginger is dense, compact, pungent and low fiber similar to our yellow ginger. The Baba Blue exterior is dark tan or brown, like a field workers hands. Its interior ranges in color from cream to creamy green to pale blue and often to purple. Those of us who “ eat by color” value this extremely rare cultivar.
excerpts from the March, 2005 issue of PLAYBOY magazine;
Yo Biker Dude, why do you give the profits from Baba Blue to worthy causes?
Quite simply because these were the conditions placed upon me by Baba, the Holy Dude who gifted me the blue ginger.
Dude, why do you tell every one about your giving away the Baba Blue profits? To do so seems awfully pretentious.
It is so easy to say we can’t afford to give this year. When you have announced to the world your intent then it is hard to weasel out of it! Plus I think it inspires our produce pals to help us promote and sell a ginger that is quite unfamiliar to the end user. This way the gift is not only from us but also from those who help us sell it.
We heard that the BABA BLUE GINGER won some kind of award?
Yes, I created and gave myself the BIKER DUDE OSTENTATIOUS GIVING AWARD.
Cool, but can you really do that?
When you are a figment of your own imagination you can do what ever the hell you want to.
Far out Dude!
The True Story of Brother Bubba Baba and his Hawaiian Organic Blue Ginger
My conversation with Baba in 2005
Many years ago a friend of mine brought me a piece of ginger he acquired during a a long stay in India. The ginger was given to him by his guru who commanded him to “give it to the one who would know what to do with it and will treat it with the respect it deserves.” I planted this piece of ginger in my green house and nine months later I harvested it. When I trimmed this ginger I noticed it had a bluish color. The blue was much more intense than the blue ring I had often seen in Chinese white ginger. I cut the ginger into smaller pieces for replanting. Each cut revealed a different shade of blue and occasionally almost violet.
I continued to plant this ginger year after year. I would always select the most blue pieces for replanting. As the years passed I finally accumulated enough blue ginger to plant in my field, so now I had a nice crop of blue ginger. I called my friend who had originally given me the first piece of ginger six years prior. I told my friend I wanted to name the blue ginger for the guru who had gifted it to him. He told me the gurus name was Bubba and suggested I might call him for his permission. He also told me that Bubba was quite a character. It seems Bubba lives in a cave and his only possessions are an old guitar, a ’56 Cadillac convertible given him by a patron and of course, a cell phone. My friend told me Bubba could blow towards an unsuspecting crowd and a hundred people would simultaneously and gently fall to the ground! So I called Bubba for his consent to have his name on my blue ginger. “Hello”, said the thickly accented voice on the other end. I said, “may I please speak to Brother Bubba?” A laugh followed by, “jeez Biker Dude, the name is Baba not Bubba.” We both laughed at my mistake and then he inquired about my wife Elvira and each of our children by name. I asked him how he knew so much about me and he told me he kept tabs on me through the blue ginger I was growing. Baba said he knew I would call when the time was right.
As we conversed Brother Baba emphatically stated that the great outdoors, hard work and raw food were good for my body and mind but that laughter and rock n’ roll was much needed medicine for my soul. He reflected on God, girls and love. He spoke of peace that never was and wars that always would be and I felt his pain in my own heart. We laughed and cried and laughed some more. Then he said very seriously, “the blue ginger is our bond and is sacred so if you sell it you must give the bulk of your profits to a worthy cause, that is why I sent it to you so many years ago.” We talked terms ands I asked him if he wanted a cut and he replied no, but he did insist that I put his picture in every box of blue ginger. In parting he said he kinda liked the name Bubba and he asked me to hang up the phone, sit still and close my eyes. I said, “bye Bubba” and did as instructed. After a moment I felt his warm embrace and he said with a chuckle, “I love you brother.”
So there you have it friends, I know it is a strange tale and you can believe it or not. But as I promised Bubba Baba, I always put a copy of the picture he sent me in every box and we give the profits to various worthy causes.
Brother Bubba Baba Hawaiian Organic Blue Ginger is guaranteed to ‘lively up” your life and put a smile on your face!
Aloha from your pal,
Biker Dude
Many years ago a friend of mine brought me a piece of ginger he acquired during a a long stay in India. The ginger was given to him by his guru who commanded him to “give it to the one who would know what to do with it and will treat it with the respect it deserves.” I planted this piece of ginger in my green house and nine months later I harvested it. When I trimmed this ginger I noticed it had a bluish color. The blue was much more intense than the blue ring I had often seen in Chinese white ginger. I cut the ginger into smaller pieces for replanting. Each cut revealed a different shade of blue and occasionally almost violet.
I continued to plant this ginger year after year. I would always select the most blue pieces for replanting. As the years passed I finally accumulated enough blue ginger to plant in my field, so now I had a nice crop of blue ginger. I called my friend who had originally given me the first piece of ginger six years prior. I told my friend I wanted to name the blue ginger for the guru who had gifted it to him. He told me the gurus name was Bubba and suggested I might call him for his permission. He also told me that Bubba was quite a character. It seems Bubba lives in a cave and his only possessions are an old guitar, a ’56 Cadillac convertible given him by a patron and of course, a cell phone. My friend told me Bubba could blow towards an unsuspecting crowd and a hundred people would simultaneously and gently fall to the ground! So I called Bubba for his consent to have his name on my blue ginger. “Hello”, said the thickly accented voice on the other end. I said, “may I please speak to Brother Bubba?” A laugh followed by, “jeez Biker Dude, the name is Baba not Bubba.” We both laughed at my mistake and then he inquired about my wife Elvira and each of our children by name. I asked him how he knew so much about me and he told me he kept tabs on me through the blue ginger I was growing. Baba said he knew I would call when the time was right.
As we conversed Brother Baba emphatically stated that the great outdoors, hard work and raw food were good for my body and mind but that laughter and rock n’ roll was much needed medicine for my soul. He reflected on God, girls and love. He spoke of peace that never was and wars that always would be and I felt his pain in my own heart. We laughed and cried and laughed some more. Then he said very seriously, “the blue ginger is our bond and is sacred so if you sell it you must give the bulk of your profits to a worthy cause, that is why I sent it to you so many years ago.” We talked terms ands I asked him if he wanted a cut and he replied no, but he did insist that I put his picture in every box of blue ginger. In parting he said he kinda liked the name Bubba and he asked me to hang up the phone, sit still and close my eyes. I said, “bye Bubba” and did as instructed. After a moment I felt his warm embrace and he said with a chuckle, “I love you brother.”
So there you have it friends, I know it is a strange tale and you can believe it or not. But as I promised Bubba Baba, I always put a copy of the picture he sent me in every box and we give the profits to various worthy causes.
Brother Bubba Baba Hawaiian Organic Blue Ginger is guaranteed to ‘lively up” your life and put a smile on your face!
Aloha from your pal,
Biker Dude
