Grow it, eat it ,drink it (Mint)

Member Name: January

Product:	Mint
Date:	25/02/03 (553 review reads)
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Advantages: lots of uses

Disadvantages: none

Mint is one of the most useful herbs in my herb garden, it's on of the plants I couldn't do without. there are so many type of mint too.
Pineapple mint, which has a pleasant flavour and it good to add to the summer punches or fruit salads.
Apple mint has a slight flavour of apples.
Black peppermint has a very strong fiery flavour, this is the herb that is used in toothpaste and liqueurs.
Lemon mint well I like this one its refreshing flavour adds a like bite to salads and is very good with grilled fish.
Moroccan mint, another of my favourites this is great for making mint tea or just chewing a leaf to freshen your breath.
Curled spearmint this variety has a strong flavour and can also be used for mint tea.
Ginger mint is a bit spicy and goes well with black olives and feta cheese and bread.
Tashkent spearmint has a concentrated flavour and is excellent for adding extra flavour to chutney, especially chillies and green mango chutneys.
On the whole mint is quite an essential part of my diet, it helps to relax me by drinking a cup of mint tea and is very good for the digestive system.

Spearmint it the most common mint grown, but all the other varieties can be bought cheaply at the garden centre or bootsales, which I find the best place to find the cheapest herbs and plants.
A mint plant will spread quickly over your garden as it throws runners underground to send shoots up, it should be divided often and re-planted or potted.
Quite short roots will produce little plants and these can be obtained in winter and potted or put in boxes, then kept in a warm geenhouse, or in full light on your windowsill, these will then throw shoots and can be kept in pots in the kitchen for cooking or making tea with or planted outside in your herb garden.

Mint is also helpful for the treatment of digestive discomfort like indegestion, flatulence. constipation and nausea.
Peppermint is also a good tonic as it help
s to clerar the mind and helps with the symptoms of flu and colds.
A few drops of peppermint oil in your bath water will relax, refreshen and revitalise you after a long day at work.

I wouldn't be without this wonderful little herb.

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