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| milkmaid |
Posted - Sep 28 2010 : 07:04:34 AM
I made the mistake when I trasnsplanted some flowers from the herb patch and got some mint mixed in and now I have a over abundence of mint.. I love it and have made some jelly and froze some but now what?? I would love to preserve some more but am out of ideas
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| granitelakegoatgirl |
Posted - Sep 29 2010 : 8:42:14 PM
Anyone want to send my some surplus dried mint?????:)
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| traildancer |
Posted - Sep 29 2010 : 10:19:45 AM
Our horse pasture is covered with field mint, the kind with purple flowers. Is this a type I can use in the above-mentioned ways? The field has not been fertilized or sprayed unless you count the horses and llamas!!
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Sep 28 2010 : 08:45:38 AM
Karen,
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Sep 28 2010 : 08:35:59 AM
Heather, I too have an abundance of mint. I dry some for hot tea and I harvest it for Meadow Tea. Right now I am harvesting it to freeze so I can make Meadow Tea in the winter (My honey loves it all year round). I just rinse the leaves, pat dry and measure, pack into ziploc bags and freeze. Or you can go ahead and make the concentrate (recipe below) and freeze that too, I just have other things to can and freeze so I don't have alot of time right now.
Here is the recipe:
Meadow Tea
2 cups fresh mint leaves, washed and packed
2-2 1/2 cups sugar
4 cups water
Garnish: fresh mint
Place all ingredients in a medium stockpot. Boil for 5 minutes; turn off heat and let stand for 5 hours. Strain through a coffee filter lined sieve, squeezing excess liquid from mint leaves.
To serve: add 1-cup concentrate to 2 quarts of cold water in a pitcher. Serve with ice and a garnish of mint. Makes 4 cups concentrate; about 8 servings per one cup concentrate.
*Concentrate freezes well :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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| KathyC |
Posted - Sep 28 2010 : 07:23:36 AM
Dry some leaves for tea. I love mint tea, I also mix it with green tea, regular tea, even mix a little with coffee sometimes, very good iced. It's very good in Tabouli and other similar salads.
My mint also took over a little more space this year, it was so pretty and the bees loved it.
Enjoy!
Kathy |
| RaspberryBee |
Posted - Sep 28 2010 : 07:18:47 AM
Last year I dried some of our mint and then made crushed it up and mixed in with sugar. I used it in baking, iced/hot tea and ice cream (peppermint). I still have enough left for those items again this fall/winter.
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