HERB - Mint
ND Wederstrandt
nweders at mail.utexas.edu
Mon May 11 12:47:38 PDT 1998
>Greetings!
>
>I was wondering is one kind of mint better than another? I just bought
>some lemon balm yesterday because of this list!
I like Mitchum's peppermint and any spearmint for my two favorites
that I try to go on a regular basis. One of my favorites but it's kind of
useless is Corsican mint. It looks like moss but has a wonderful scent.
Just smell and go for whatever appeals to you. A lot of people really like
apple mint, but I have never warmed up to it, it doesn't smell right to me.
There's a variety of peppermint which I really like but it's hard to
find.... it's called red stemmed peppermint. Very intense peppermint
smell. I like orange mint as well, and pineapple mint (fuzzy varigated
leaf) I prefer drinking spearmint tea over peppermint, which tastes
soemwhat fuzzy to me. Spearmint tastes very clear and crisp.
Two things about mint, one is that mints hybridize very easily and I think
start smelling like each other. One person favorite is the next person's
not..... Really just lightly rub the leaf and sniff your fingers. That's
how I figure out which ones I like....
When your lemon balm gets big enough to harvest leaves from try this:
Mix cream cheese with cut up strawberries and finely chopped lemon
balm and mix it in. Chill and then use as a spread. You can put a little
powdered sugar iin it as well. It's pretty tasty. I have the actual recipe
at home and I'll try to post it. It's caled Valentine.
Despite my complaints about lemon balm, it's a wonderful herb and great in
iced tea.
Clare
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