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Henriette Kress writes:
| craignw wrote:
|
| Are mint plants edible. What parts, and can it be used raw? I have a
| couple plants and I would like to use them.
|
| There's mints and mints. Most are edible... you use leaf and/or flowering tops,
| because it's lots of work to wash roots, and the stems get thick and stringy.
| Yes, you can use the lot raw.
|
| If what you have is peppermint, spearmint, applemint or that ilk (Mentha sp.)
| then make a tea, put it into your yogurt dressing, add a bit to your chocolate
| cake decoration ... for ideas, try
| http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/faqs/culi-2-9-mint.html

But avoid pennyroyal, especially if you are female and between
6 and 60! It is unlikely that you will confuse it with one of
the common culinary mints by accident.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.