[Sca-cooks] RE: peppermint

[elisabetta at klotz.org]

Thanks for the site. This is the first year I tried planting mint, and 
I have 2
pots--one of spearmint and one of peppermint.

But I was wondering what that flower was doing growing out of the peppermint,
and if I should pick it or not. According to the site below, mint flowers.
(This is what I like about nature, it always surprises you.)

So what do I do with the flowers? Can I cook with them or dry them, or 
just let
them bloom and die?

Thanks!

:)
Elisabetta




>>
> What I was saying before I found different (see other email aka "a fool and
> her mintality) is that peppermint may not have existed until late period and
> therefore would not have been used in the middle ages.
> Mentha Viridis = spearmint
> http://medherb.com/cook/html/MENTHA_VIRIDIS.htm
> Mentha aquatica = water mint = marsh mint = bergamot
> http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Lamiaceae/Mentha_citrata.html
>
> I love mint. I can taste the difference between peppermint and spearmint and
> usually other mints.
> In mundane recipies I usually try to make a recipe that just says mint,
> twice. One with peppermint and one with spearmint to see if there is a
> difference in taste.
>
> Cool Lamiaceae site.
> http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Lamiaceae/Lamiaceae.html
>
> Lyse
>