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Default Which mint for adding to soup - Google says Spearmint

On Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 12:55:44 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:08:23 -0000, "Emrys Davies" >
> wrote:
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> >
> >"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 2:26:49 PM UTC-5, Emrys Davies wrote:
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> >> Although it would have been nice to know what kind of soup, Google is
> >> probably right.
> >>
> >> Spearmint is widely used in Middle Eastern savory dishes. It's the
> >> secret ingredient in my tabouli. For me, fattoush is just not right
> >> without some spearmint leaves torn up in it. I grow a pot of spearmint
> >> on the patio in the summer.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton

> >
> >Thanks a lot Cindy. Like you I will also be growing a pot of spearmint when
> >I find a plant or cutting. I am making Potato and Pea Soup and one of the
> >ingredients is 1 tbsp fresh mint, chopped and I want to get the mint aspect
> >correct.

>
> I like English mint for traditional mint sauce - last year when I went
> to get it at the garden place there was all sorts, fancy ones I had
> never even heard about. I asked the man why, what were people using
> it for and he told me its the young people they like different
> flavoured mints for cocktail type drinks


Couldn't find "English mint" via Google. What species is it?

Cindy Hamilton