Almost warm today. So close. But not quite. Such is the slog of spring until those brilliant May days, and not even all of them are spring-like.

Recently spotted an oddity on the shelf, a 6.7 oz. jar of the ginger people Organic Minced Ginger (that’s how it’s styled). I was visiting a store I don’t often visit, one that carries unusual and imported goods, and whose continued existence I wonder about. That’s because I suspect many of its goods are available online and somewhat cheaper, though I haven’t tested that idea.

As for Organic Minced Ginger, it’s odd only because of something on the back of the jar: MADE IN FIJI.

Fiji Water is from Fiji. That’s the only other product from that South Pacific nation that I’ve ever seen, or can think of. Guess ginger grows in Fiji, but how the economics of getting it to the United States work, I couldn’t say.

Maybe it’s no ordinary ginger and commands a premium (I forgot to check the price on the jar). So I checked elsewhere and sure enough found a web site that asserts that Fiji ginger has exceptional properties. Good for what ails ya. Pumps up your vim.

“Organic Pink Fijian Ginger may provide temporary relief of digestion, nausea, sore muscles and is known to provide a metabolic boost,” Wakaya Perfection says, though it’s careful to note that the FDA hasn’t evaluated those statements.

What is Wakaya Perfection? An organization seemingly associated with David Gilmour, the billionaire who founded Fiji Water and who owns Wakaya Island, which is one of the nation of Fiji’s islands. (He’s not the member of Pink Floyd.) Gilmour does not, however, seem to be involved in the ginger people.

Think I’ll stop my trip down this particular rabbit hole now.