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Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:36 am    Post subject: Mint! Reply with quote
    

I love the stuff and we have plenty of new shoots in the garden now. Any ideas of something to do with it other than mint sauce, pimms, mint tea or minted peas?

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you like Indian food then it makes an excellent green "salsa" (we call it chutney) coarsely chop some mint and (optionally) whatever you have of any of the following:

coriander
garlic greens
spring onions
green tomatos
unripe apples
unripe plums
chives

add with some chillis (dried or green), ground coriander and salt to a food processor and whizz up to a smoothish paste/salsa (consistency will vary depending on ingredients).

Good as an accopaniment either on it's own or mixed into some yoghurt, good marinade too.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:46 am    Post subject: Re: Mint! Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
I love the stuff and we have plenty of new shoots in the garden now. Any ideas of something to do with it other than mint sauce, pimms, mint tea or minted peas?


Mint annoys me I like mint, but its meant to be a weed, your meant to struggle to stop it growing ffs. But here we seem to end up buying seeds every other year.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Put it in little sachet bags and hang in the bathroom. the steam activates the smell and makes the bathroom smell lovely and fresh. If you've got one, put in little sachet bags and pop in the tumble drier when drying clothes (not sheets or you'll be up all night) to give a clean fresh smell. Do the same with lavander for the sheets and duvet cover to promote sleep.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We've planted it all over the garden and being poorish chalk it hasn't taken over. The Tashkesh (sp?) mint is one of the best tasting ones and grows well.

wellington womble



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

mint choc chip ice cream?

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 10:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
We've planted it all over the garden and being poorish chalk it hasn't taken over. The Tashkesh (sp?) mint is one of the best tasting ones and grows well.


We are very chalky which probably explains out problems

Bugs



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Moogie, is that fresh or dried mint that you use in the bathroom?

In the Seeds of Italy catalogue there's a recipe for mint syrup but I'm not sure how much I fancy that as a drink.

Perhaps we ought to look in to distilling the oil like with lavender, to make peppermint creams

moogie



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Well I dry all my herbs in the bathroom on a washing line . I'd used dried for the sachets but fresh sprigs around the bathroom work just as well. For the tumble drier sachets it must be dried or you'll get odd greeen stains

cab



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 05 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mint wine is well worth making. Very good summer drink (although my second batch last year, the one left in bulk, seems to have started fermenting again. Heavens knows how).

If it's garden spearmint, the wine comes out very spearminty. Make it a little sweet.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 05 10:01 am    Post subject: Re: Mint! Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
I love the stuff and we have plenty of new shoots in the garden now. Any ideas of something to do with it other than mint sauce, pimms, mint tea or minted peas?


It's an essential ingredient in things like tabbouleh and börek. I also use a lot in the herby marinade I use for halloumi cheese. And don't forget to put a few sprigs in with your first new potatoes, as well.

Pilsbury



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 05 9:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How about bread, biscuits. teas, Blanch the leaves in boiling water quickly then iced water to refresh and then coat in really nice dark chocolate,pack in sugar to get mint sugar just like vanilla or dip in egg white then castor sugar for crystilized (sp) leaves to decorate cakes.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 05 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mmmm, so good ideas. As one clump of mint is growing quite well now and has plently of mintyness I may try something new this weekend.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 05 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I like the idea of real after dinner mints! Must try those.

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