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fitzie
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:33 am |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:52 am Posts: 1140 Location: Kansas City
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I bought a mint plant I've never seen before - ginger mint. Sort of a spicy flavor but I can't identify ginger in it. It's pretty small now. Maybe when it grows some. I've planted various kinds of mint in a strawberry pot before and had pretty good luck. May try that again this year.
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KSyrahSyrah
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:44 am |
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Joined: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:48 am Posts: 818 Location: Near Ithaca, NY
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The chocolate mint is delicious.
_________________ A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. - James Beard
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auntcy1
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 6:00 pm |
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Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:54 pm Posts: 1165 Location: New York
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So, I finally bought Chocolate Mint today. It IS delicious, straight from the plant. What else have you done with it??
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pepperhead212
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:19 pm |
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I got some chocolate mint again, as well as some ginger mint, and this year I pulled the mint out of about half of my patch, and churned it all up with my Mantis, then pulled as much of the roots out as I could see, then put in the two new kinds, which I separated (hopefully!) from the spearmint with some vertical sections, about 2' deep (it seemed the spearmint only went about a foot deep), which I cut out of some old chairmats. A lot of trouble, but hopefully it will keep them apart, and I'll keep pulling out any signs of spearmint popping up. I figured only half of the spearmint was still more than I would ever use, so time for some new.
_________________ Dave
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auntcy1
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 3:00 pm |
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Joined: Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:54 pm Posts: 1165 Location: New York
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*Bump*.
How do you use chocolate mint? The leaves taste delicious on their own but I'm not getting any creative vibes as to how to use in salads/cooking/baking. Anyone have any experiences to share?
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fitzie
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 3:06 pm |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:52 am Posts: 1140 Location: Kansas City
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Dave, how do you use ginger mint? I planted one. It's growing fine but has no flavor at all that I can tell. Does it improve as it grows? fitzie
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pepperhead212
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 5:22 pm |
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I really don't know about the ginger mint, but when I crushed one of the leaves to see what it smelled like before I got it, it definitely had a ginger aroma, in addition to the mint. I figured that it would probably be good in some of those oriental dishes I make that call for a lot of mint tossed in at the end, as ginger would be good in those, too. I'm just going to experiment, once I get enough of it.
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JesBelle
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 6:41 pm |
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I bet ginger mint would also be great on fruit salad, especially one with lots of melon.
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pepperhead212
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:43 pm |
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Joined: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:58 pm Posts: 1206
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That sounds good too, Jes!
_________________ Dave
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jeanf
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Post subject: Re: Mint Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:07 am |
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Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:41 pm Posts: 1884 Location: Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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auntcy1 wrote: *Bump*.
How do you use chocolate mint? The leaves taste delicious on their own but I'm not getting any creative vibes as to how to use in salads/cooking/baking. Anyone have any experiences to share? I think it would be great steeped in a custard base for icecream. I had a ricotta chocolate mint pie at a cooking class once and she steeped regular mint. A little went a long way. My other thought is chocolate martinis.
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