Mint

James Silverton said:

zxcvbob wrote on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:48:49 -0500:

z> Andy wrote:
??>> I was watching some TV chefs and their excessive (imho)
??>> use of mint in several dishes.

z> I like a little dried mint in quick spicy dishes, tabbouleh
z> (sp?), hummus, etc. It kind of reminds me of bay leaf.

I wonder if bay leaves are in a category like cilantro with many
different responses including none. I have religiously put in bay leaves
when called for but, a while ago, I discovered the jar was empty and
just went ahead anyway. I did not notice any difference. It's doubtless
my own defect but I can detect a small odor when I sniff the uncooked
leaves. Perhaps, there is a recipe that uses a lot of them that I could
try.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Maybe your bay leaves were getting a little old? Dried bay leaves from a
freshly opened jar have a distinct aroma that brings the memory of my
mother's "Italian Pot-roast" to my mind. Now, if we were talking about
"flavorings which have no flavor" I'd have to go with ground paprika.
The grocer could be selling me red sawdust, and I'd never know the
difference... Save that sawdust has more aroma.
As for mint, I haven't used it in cooking or eaten it in a
restaurant-prepared dish. I can guess that some people just love the
stuff though, just as some do cilantro or imitation smoke flavoring.

Steve Y said:

Small Vietnamese Spring Roll type things that you roll with mint in
lettuce and dunk in a sauce.

Steve

Ophelia said:

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You can't eat new potatoes unless they have been boiled with some
mint. Also Nems need mint

What are Nems please?

Thank you Steve🙂

Ophelia said:

We often eat mint sauce with lamb and when I was a child we ate chips
(french fries) with mint sauce on🙂

I love mint. O, the first food task I can remember my mother giving me
was havng me sit at the kitchen table, snipping and snipping away at
mint leaves, then when the pieces were fine enough, adding malt vinegar
and a spoonful of sugar. She always asked me to do it every time after
that, "because you do such a wonderful job."
Cagey, my mum.

Dora

Andy said:

DOWN WITH MINT!

Who's with me???

Andy

I like it - bruised and put in iced tea (no juleps, thanks). Also, hot
mint tea often settles a stomach. I even tossed a few sprigs in with
some chicken when it was frying, just as an experiment!
I grow the stuff, which is a problem since it's very invasive and needs
its own container, or it takes over.

Dora

Dora

kilikini wrote:
I just don't care for mint.

Quoted message said:

Wintergreen (which isn't a true mint) is the only kind I'll eat. I
love that flavor!

kili

Isn't that funny, kili! I hate wintergreen - reminds me of the stuff my
mother used to rub on my chest when I had a bad cold. It reeked of
wintergreen and I remember that whenever I get a whiff. I dislike root
beer, too, since it reminds me.
Dora

Dave Smith said:

Andy said:

I was watching some TV chefs and their excessive (imho) use of mint in
several dishes.

Maybe it has something to do with my love of mint chocolate chip ice cream
that puts me off of using mint in cooking.

I'm the opposite... I'm not fond of mint and sweets (like candy and
ice cream, but I love it with savory dishes.

Quoted message said:

I use mint in a few things. Right at the top of the list is Mojitos :-)
I also use chopped fresh mint on grilled pork chops and in Gyros.

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Maybe it was that green mint jelly that was always served with lamb. I never
understood that connection. I don't like green jell-o to this day as a
result.

Mint jelly is vile IMO and may have been part of the reason I used to hate
lamb, that and it being fried and overcooked. Mint sauce is infinitely
better with lamb than jelly.

I love mint jelly with lamb! Mint sauce is not satisfying at all -
very whimpy stuff. Have you ever tried a fruit salsa with lamb? Good
stuff! Add some chopped mint to the salsa for a mint/lamb connection.

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James Silverton said:

zxcvbob wrote on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:48:49 -0500:

z> Andy wrote:
??>> I was watching some TV chefs and their excessive (imho)
??>> use of mint in several dishes.

z> I like a little dried mint in quick spicy dishes,
tabbouleh
z> (sp?), hummus, etc. It kind of reminds me of bay leaf.

I wonder if bay leaves are in a category like cilantro with
many different responses including none.

..silverton.at.verizon.not

Quoted message said:

Maybe your bay leaves were getting a little old? Dried bay
leaves from a freshly opened jar have a distinct aroma that
brings the memory of my mother's "Italian Pot-roast" to my
mind. Now, if we were talking about "flavorings which have no
flavor" I'd have to go with ground paprika. The grocer could
be selling me red sawdust, and I'd never know the
difference...

I've told my son that about cilantro which he says he can't
taste! Paprika keeps well and has a strong taste to me; even
"hot" paprika and, as I said, it may be one of those individual
things: de gustibus non est disputandum!

--
Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

limey said:

kilikini wrote:
I just don't care for mint.

Quoted message said:

Wintergreen (which isn't a true mint) is the only kind I'll eat. I
love that flavor!

kili

Isn't that funny, kili! I hate wintergreen - reminds me of the stuff
my mother used to rub on my chest when I had a bad cold. It reeked of
wintergreen and I remember that whenever I get a whiff. I dislike
root beer, too, since it reminds me.
Dora

We're exact opposites! LOL

kili

kilikini said:

limey said:

kilikini wrote:
I just don't care for mint.

Quoted message said:

Wintergreen (which isn't a true mint) is the only kind I'll eat. I
love that flavor!

kili

Isn't that funny, kili! I hate wintergreen - reminds me of the stuff
my mother used to rub on my chest when I had a bad cold. It reeked
of wintergreen and I remember that whenever I get a whiff. I
dislike root beer, too, since it reminds me.
Dora

We're exact opposites! LOL

kili

We make the world go around!

Dora

notbob said:

Andy q said:

I was watching some TV chefs and their excessive (imho) use of mint in
several dishes.

Must be a recent thing. I don't recall seeing any mint use lately.
OTOH, I've pretty much ignored cooking shows lately. I no longer get
the Food Channel and PBS has rolled out their backlog of new age
quacks for another fund drive. Besides, how many times can you watch
ol' Jaques and Pompous Bowtie Man before you eyes roll back in your
head and you go into a cooking show induced coma?

I will watch Jacques until pigs wearing tiaras float over my house
singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

TammyM, eternally enamoured of Jacques

Andy q said:

I was watching some TV chefs and their excessive (imho) use of mint in
several dishes.

Maybe it has something to do with my love of mint chocolate chip ice cream
that puts me off of using mint in cooking.

Maybe it was that green mint jelly that was always served with lamb. I never
understood that connection. I don't like green jell-o to this day as a
result.

I've tried it a couple times but it's so pungent and aromatic that it seems
to take over the flavor of any dish.

DOWN WITH MINT!

Who's with me???

You're Tammy-less on this one, Andy. Many of the cuisines I love
(Middle Eastern, Central-South Asian, Mediterranean, Thai,
Vietnames....) use mint in abundance in their cooking. I love it!

Mint is useful in getting rid of rodents too. Don't ask me how I know
this =:-o

TammyM, neither the geriatric kitty (Fiona) nor the new kitty
(Annabelle Blue) are mousers

TammyM said:

I will watch Jacques until pigs wearing tiaras float over my house
singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

LOL!....

Well, when that occurs, give me a call and I bring a shotgun and some
sausage making equipment and we'll make hotlinks while watching Jacque
reruns. 😉

nb

notbob said:

TammyM said:

I will watch Jacques until pigs wearing tiaras float over my house
singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

LOL!....

Well, when that occurs, give me a call and I bring a shotgun and some
sausage making equipment and we'll make hotlinks while watching Jacque
reruns. 😉

I have the sausage making equipment. Just bring your fine self. When
we get bored, we'll walk down the street and reminisce about the good
old days in front of the former "Meet George Jetson" gas station.

TammyM

Okay, I'll bite. Won't ask how you know, but in what way is mint used to
get rid of rodents? Is it considered a natural deterant?

-Glasswalker-

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Quoted message said:

Mint is useful in getting rid of rodents too. Don't ask me how I know
this =:-o

TammyM, neither the geriatric kitty (Fiona) nor the new kitty
(Annabelle Blue) are mousers

(TammyM) said:

notbob said:

TammyM said:

I will watch Jacques until pigs wearing tiaras float over my house
singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

LOL!....

Well, when that occurs, give me a call and I bring a shotgun and some
sausage making equipment and we'll make hotlinks while watching Jacque
reruns. 😉

I have the sausage making equipment. Just bring your fine self. When
we get bored, we'll walk down the street and reminisce about the good
old days in front of the former "Meet George Jetson" gas station.

TammyM

Since you both will be at the NM Cook-in, we can do it there... 😉
There must be some dvds of Jacques somewhere around....

Christine

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Quoted message said:

Mint is useful in getting rid of rodents too. Don't ask me how I know
this =:-o

TammyM, neither the geriatric kitty (Fiona) nor the new kitty
(Annabelle Blue) are mousers

Glasswalker said:

Okay, I'll bite. Won't ask how you know, but in what way is mint used to
get rid of rodents? Is it considered a natural deterant?

From what I've read, they are averse to the smell. All I know is a
few drops of mint oil here and there and they run for the hills. Or
rather, the neighbors' mint-less houses :-)

Fresh sage is an ant repellent. I occasionally have an ant invasion,
and a few sprigs of sage strategically placed at their entry point has
proven quite effective. Dried sage may work too, I just happen to
have fresh sage in abundance at my house.

TammyM

I've never heard of these items having these benefits. In fact, I'd almost
be inclined to believe the exact opposite from our experience this year.

We always have tons of mint and lemon balm coming up around the back porch,
and yet, we've had more mice inside this year than I can recall ever having
at this house. Of course, the cat's getting older, so...

I only had one sage plant last year, and it's slowly coming back (like most
others, had a late freeze here). Granted I wouldn't think one sage plant
would keep ants away, but we have been overrun with them this year. I've
put out Terro liquid bait (has boric acid in it), in at least four
locations, refilled them on a daily (sometimes more) basis, for over three
weeks now, and they are still invading.

So to steer this back on-topic, any kitchen type ideas for getting rid of
colony ants?

Thanks!
-Glasswalker-

Andy q said:

I was watching some TV chefs and their excessive (imho) use of mint in
several dishes.

I've tried it a couple times but it's so pungent and aromatic that it seems
to take over the flavor of any dish.

DOWN WITH MINT!

Who's with me???

Andy

Not I. Mint in Vietnamese dishes is lovely. I like it in salads from
other culinary traditions, too. Tabbouli, for example. This is the
time of the year for mint around here. The heat of Texas summers
generally makes it get stringy and leggy. Right now it's perfect.
I'm going to roast some pork chops for dinner tonight with fresh mint
and lemon slices and a little bit of some blond chipotle chiles I
found in a Mexican vegetable market.

Last week I made a brown rice salad with flat leaf parsley, red onion,
mint, olive oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper. My dinner guests
seemed to like it pretty well.

modom

Glasswalker said:

So to steer this back on-topic, any kitchen type ideas for getting rid of
colony ants?

Thanks!
-Glasswalker-

I have a contract with Orkin. They can handle the Texas wildlife in
my life.

modom

(TammyM) said:

notbob said:

TammyM said:

I will watch Jacques until pigs wearing tiaras float over my house
singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".

LOL!....

Well, when that occurs, give me a call and I bring a shotgun and some
sausage making equipment and we'll make hotlinks while watching Jacque
reruns. 😉

I have the sausage making equipment. Just bring your fine self. When
we get bored, we'll walk down the street and reminisce about the good
old days in front of the former "Meet George Jetson" gas station.

TammyM

He's flying the California coop soon, Tammy.... rope him into it ASAP.
I think he needs to visit while you're recuperating, so he can fix you
a decent meal when you need TLC the most.

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