On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:10:01 +1100, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:55:39 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 15:08:23 -0000, "Emrys Davies" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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>>>> 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
>
>Why the sad face?

Because, personally, I find it annoying they didn't carry regular mint
for the sake of carrying these fad mints! I like to grow some every
summer so I can make fresh mint sauce.