I have tried to find out with a Google search but really didn't turn up
anything more than "mint".

Marc

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"Marc" > wrote:

> I have tried to find out with a Google search but really didn't turn up
> anything more than "mint".

Don't know about Oriental, but for Arabic cooking and Persian
cooking, you use spearmint.

Regards,
Ranee

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I couldn't imagine it being peppermint but I wanted to be sure.

Marc

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> In article t>,
> "Marc" > wrote:
>
> > I have tried to find out with a Google search but really didn't turn up
> > anything more than "mint".
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> Don't know about Oriental, but for Arabic cooking and Persian
> cooking, you use spearmint.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee
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> Remove do not & spam to e-mail me.
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> "She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
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> I couldn't imagine it being peppermint but I wanted to be sure.
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> Marc

We are just this year growing the Tashkent variety (spearmint) - it's gotta
be about the best scented and flavoured I've come across yet, also much
darker and shinier leaves than a lot of other varieties. Went fantastically
with our lamb couple days ago, and the spuds yesterday ',;~}~






Shaun aRe

Marc,

Thai food definitely uses peppermint, and I have also seen peppermint
used in Middle Eastern food as well. But it also comes down to it
being your food, and part of cooking is using what you like. So if you
like spearmint, then spearmint it is.

One problem with spearmint is that the leaves are thicker and woodier
than peppermint and many other mints.

Ken

Marc wrote:
> I have tried to find out with a Google search but really didn't turn up
> anything more than "mint".
>
> Marc
>
>
Spear, however, if what you have is fresh and "delicate", meaning not
tough hairy leaved, us it. French peppermint (what I have that was
billed as that) is a lovely tender leaf and better than my late-season
spearmint.
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