I have a recipe for mint chocolate chip ice cream that calls for
peppermint oil. Since I hadn't been able to find it, I substituted
McCormick peppermint extract (doubling the quantity used, as per some
substitution guides I came across).

I found that the extract had a harshness to it--I don't know if it was
the brand, or in using an extract (dissolved in alcohol) rather than the
oil.

I'd like to find a good food-quality peppermint oil (as opposed to
aromatherapy oil, which I have found). Any recommendations for brands,
or places to look (NY metro area)? I need it by about mid-week, so mail
order is probably out (I don't know that I want to overnight it).

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LorAnn (sp?)
Cake decorating/candy making supply place. Try King Arthur Flour.
Sweet Celebrations/Maid of Scandinavia.
What's your drop-dead date for having it?
-B


In article >,
Scott > wrote:

> I have a recipe for mint chocolate chip ice cream that calls for
> peppermint oil. Since I hadn't been able to find it, I substituted
> McCormick peppermint extract (doubling the quantity used, as per some
> substitution guides I came across).
>
> I found that the extract had a harshness to it--I don't know if it was
> the brand, or in using an extract (dissolved in alcohol) rather than the
> oil.
>
> I'd like to find a good food-quality peppermint oil (as opposed to
> aromatherapy oil, which I have found). Any recommendations for brands,
> or places to look (NY metro area)? I need it by about mid-week, so mail
> order is probably out (I don't know that I want to overnight it).
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On 2005-12-12, Scott > wrote:

> aromatherapy oil, which I have found). Any recommendations for brands,
> or places to look (NY metro area)?

You might try an old fashioned drug store. I don't know about today's
mega-chains, but as kids we'd go down to the Rexall and buy cinnamon
oil to make cinnamon toothpicks. They usually had half a dozen
flavor oils including a couple mints. We have nothing like the old
Rexall here anymore, WallyWorld having killed 'em all off, but I bet
NY has some old holdouts somewhere.

nb

notbob wrote:
> On 2005-12-12, Scott > wrote:
>
>> aromatherapy oil, which I have found). Any recommendations for
>> brands, or places to look (NY metro area)?
>
> You might try an old fashioned drug store. I don't know about today's
> mega-chains, but as kids we'd go down to the Rexall and buy cinnamon
> oil to make cinnamon toothpicks. They usually had half a dozen
> flavor oils including a couple mints. We have nothing like the old
> Rexall here anymore, WallyWorld having killed 'em all off, but I bet
> NY has some old holdouts somewhere.
>
> nb

I miss those old fashioned drug stores. I miss family-owned hardware
stores, too, which have mostly been driven to extinction by Home Depot and
Lowe's.

Scott, try to find a place that sells cake & candy supplies as Melba's
Jammin' suggested. I am certain it was the alcohol content in the extract
that caused the "harshness" you described.

Jill

On 2005-12-12, jmcquown > wrote:

> I miss those old fashioned drug stores. I miss family-owned hardware
> stores, too....

Yeah, we had one of those about 15 yrs ago. The place had wooden
floors and crotchety 60+ yr old clerks wearing bow-ties and garters.
Whatta hoot! I, for one, miss it. The classic Victorian building,
which for the last 15 yrs hosted a more modern Ace Hardware business,
is now vacant and will probably become the next trendy restaurant
along one of those boringly unoriginal CA renovated promenade-style
mainstreets. (yawn)

nb

In article >,
Scott > wrote:
>I have a recipe for mint chocolate chip ice cream that calls for
>peppermint oil. Since I hadn't been able to find it, I substituted

Unable to find it? Try any natural foods store, or perhaps a baking
store.

Whenever I make something with cocoa powder, I usually add a few
drops of peppermint oil -- not enough that you can taste it, but
enough to improve the flavor in a subtle way.

-A

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> LorAnn (sp?)
> Cake decorating/candy making supply place. Try King Arthur Flour.
> Sweet Celebrations/Maid of Scandinavia.
> What's your drop-dead date for having it?


Thursday, and that's pushing it. It's to make mint chocolate chip ice
cream for my niece, who's visiting from Pennsylvania on Friday. She's
going back on Saturday.

Should have added a biggie: she has celiac disease, so it has to be
gluten-free. *Shouldn't* be a problem with an oil, but I'd have to call
the manufacturer first, or otherwise check it out.

Thanks for the mention of Lorann; they have a retailer-locator on their
web site, and I may have found a location not too far away. And it seems
that their flavors are gluten-free.

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In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Scott, try to find a place that sells cake & candy supplies as Melba's
> Jammin' suggested. I am certain it was the alcohol content in the extract
> that caused the "harshness" you described.


Thanks, Jill. The place I found with the LorAnn oils is, in fact, a
candymaking supply place. Oddly enough, some CVS drugstores seem to it
also carry Lorann oils, though the LorAnn website doesn't happen to list
one near me. I don't know if that means that the local ones don't carry
it, or that the listings are incomplete.

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In article >,
Scott > wrote:

> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
>
> > LorAnn (sp?)
> > Cake decorating/candy making supply place. Try King Arthur Flour.
> > Sweet Celebrations/Maid of Scandinavia.
> > What's your drop-dead date for having it?
>
>
> Thursday, and that's pushing it. It's to make mint chocolate chip ice
> cream for my niece, who's visiting from Pennsylvania on Friday. She's
> going back on Saturday.
>
> Should have added a biggie: she has celiac disease, so it has to be
> gluten-free. *Shouldn't* be a problem with an oil, but I'd have to call
> the manufacturer first, or otherwise check it out.
>
> Thanks for the mention of Lorann; they have a retailer-locator on their
> web site, and I may have found a location not too far away. And it seems
> that their flavors are gluten-free.

Good. Give a shout if you want me to run over to Maid of Scandinavia
(3-4 miles) and pick some up for you.
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Scott wrote:
> I have a recipe for mint chocolate chip ice cream that calls for
> peppermint oil. Since I hadn't been able to find it, I substituted
> McCormick peppermint extract (doubling the quantity used, as per some
> substitution guides I came across).
>
> I found that the extract had a harshness to it--I don't know if it was
> the brand, or in using an extract (dissolved in alcohol) rather than the
> oil.
>
> I'd like to find a good food-quality peppermint oil (as opposed to
> aromatherapy oil, which I have found). Any recommendations for brands,
> or places to look (NY metro area)? I need it by about mid-week, so mail
> order is probably out (I don't know that I want to overnight it).
>
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Pure peppermint oil is sold as antispasmodic capsules from any
pharmacy. The capsules provide a handy way to store it long term.
Should be no problem gtting it once you know what to buy.


NT

In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Good. Give a shout if you want me to run over to Maid of Scandinavia
> (3-4 miles) and pick some up for you.



Thanks Barb. The candy shop I found had a whole rack of LorAnn oils;
good place to keep in mind!

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Didn't see the original post, but for those of you who have access to
Trader Joe's, they have several candy making oils (at least the TJ's
in Newport Beach CA on PCH does). I am making hard candy this weekend
to give as gifts in decorative glass jars.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
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