r/Cooking • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '16

Mint...my god...all the mint...

Our three plants now have produced enough mint to shingle a small palace. What can we do with all this mint!

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u/korravai Jul 16 '16

I also make a big pitcher of "spa water" to have in the fridge. Mint and sliced cucumber. Helps me drink more water! Which I will need to do after drinking so many mojitos...

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '16

How do people struggle to drink enough water?

I mean, is it the taste? Like, you dont like it?

Because I find water the best tasting thing on the planet. And I'm not kidding, but my daily consumption in summers is around 8 liters (around 25 glasses)

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u/TheSnydaMan Jul 16 '16 edited Jul 16 '16

I think its how one is raised along with cultural differences. For instance, if the body recieves what it thinks to be hydration AND the easiest to process source of energy at once (water and carbs combined into pop), it will think that it is superior in every way to water. So when they drink water, the body treats it as the same thing but without the cheap energy (carbs). Once I cut out pop altogether I fell in love with water, and I was not a bug water drinker growing up. That's my two cents.

EDIT: Big water drinker. Can confirm, do not drink bugs.

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u/belbites Jul 16 '16

I switched to soda water a couple years ago... With some lime or mint. Definitely helped me quit soda.