Questions tagged [mint]
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My mint tea tastes like a weed
I made some mint tea and it tastes more like a weed then tea?
Using this recipe from artfulhomemaking.com
How to Make Mint Tea with
Fresh Mint
This is a delicious and refreshing summer drink that is ...
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What type of mint in tzatziki?
Most recipes I see for tzatziki often call for dill and/or mint. However none of them ever state which kind of mint is needed, it's always just listed as mint.
So which mint is best for tzatziki? ...
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Do dried peppermint leaves lose flavor quickly in cooking? [duplicate]
I'm trying to figure out at which stage of cooking should I add finely chopped dried pepppermint leaves to get some minty flavor in my cooking...
I tried a few times and all I get is the smell of mint ...
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What type of mint are mint leaves from supermarkets?
I know mint is an umbrella term for different types of mint eg peppermint, spearmint, Orange mint and so on.
However when buying mint from say Tesco’s it Sainsbury’s do you know what type of mint it ...
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Is "mintiness" a well-defined thing?
I perceive a similarity in taste and odour between spearmint and peppermint, and I describe both as minty. The smell, taste and cooling sensation of peppermint are reproduced almost perfectly by pure ...
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Can I dissolve mint in water and drink it?
I like mint and sometimes put some in a cup of water. My question is can I grind the mint into a fine powder and dissolve it? Maybe if the water is warm? Usually mint like in this pic
just settles on ...
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Storing lemon juice with crushed mint
I really enjoy grinding mint with lemon, then adding that to various drinks. I buy fresh mint but mint leaves wither pretty fast. I thought about grinding the entire mint bundle in lemon juice at once ...
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Time effective technique for separating mint leaves from stems
Separating mint leaves from their stems seems like a hard task for me.
It is taking too much time to separate leaves from the supporting stems in order to use mint leaves in my curries and juices.
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Is there a Scoville scale for "coldness" (e.g. mint)?
Certain foods taste hot like peppers and are measured by the Scoville scale. Some foods also taste "cold". Mint is the main one that comes to mind. Is there a similar scale for this kind of taste?
If ...
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Do I need to rip the leaves off mint?
I enjoy putting a bunch of mint leaves into my salads, but I'm lazy and I get bored tearing the leaves off the stems to put into my salad. I am tempted to take the entire bunch of mint and chop it up,...
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How to stop mint flavor dying when cooking?
I notice albondigas recipes involve adding chopped mint leaves to the meatballs. Whenever I do this the minty smell is amazing coming from the freshly rolled uncooked balls however after cooking I ...
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Preventing discoloration when making fresh mint liqueur
Twice I have tried to make a fresh mint liqueur (flavored vodka), and both times it has turned a very unpleasant brown/black color. I'd like to figure out how to do this while keeping the nice bright ...
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Mint vs Peppermint
Are mint and peppermint the same thing?
Can we substitute one for the other.
How can we differentiate between mint and peppermint?
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what are the Cheap substitute of menthol that can be used in mint?
i am preparing some candies and want to add some menthol for Cool effect in mouth but while searching on net i found that menthol is very costly so is there any cheap substitute of Menthol which can ...
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How do I add menthol flavoring to this gum?
My boy's birthday is coming next week, and I was thinking of making some homemade. I read the ingredient of gum on the packet and one of them was menthol flavoring.
I'm using this basic recipe:
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