People are always trying to breed spicier peppers, but never colder mint leaves, amirite?

You're right that would be a FRESH idea

by Anonymous 4 years ago

You do realize there are many types mints. We in Kentucky take our mint seriously as we will have no juleps for the derby 🐎 without it. I have chocolate flavored, peppermint, wintermint and pineapple mint in my garden. It is invasive so you have to control it.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Pineapple mint... That sounds awesome. I need to get some of that. I currently have some random type that my Armenian neighbour gave me.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Pineapple mint is basically just a variegated version of apple mint. It doesn't smell or taste like pineapple. Pineapple salvia on the other hand smells very similar to fresh pineapple. It's one of the best smelling plants in the world IMO.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

TIL there's such a thing as pineapple mint. Then IL there's such a thing as apple mint

by Anonymous 4 years ago

> Pineapple salvia on the other hand Does it also make you think you're a pineapple?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Definitely invasive. I found a huge patch of chocolate mint growing wild in a park near my house. I grabbed a bunch and dried it out for tea

by Anonymous 4 years ago

There's mint that tastes like god damn chocolate?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Not at all. It is called it more so for the darker color of the plant. Some can have a slightly different scent from regular peppermint, but it is still peppermint.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

More like an andes mint

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Wintermint is superior to Peppermint.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Thems fightin words here in Kentucky!!!!!!!

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Agree, pineapple mint for the win.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Yes it is kind of like sniffing a mint hot chocolate in the garden.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

We had some chocolate mint in our garden and it was so aggressive we let it grow next to the house. It thrived for a wile until some ivy choked it out.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

As a big drinker and mojito lover. Tell me more about these julips and possibly some variations with the different mint you use.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Hey there, I'm Evan Sean, and welcome to Cold Ones, the show with cool questions and even cooler mints.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Cold ones is taken tho, and Sean was a guest once.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Max is so funny. Because of him i now know how to say "where's the dick" in japaneese.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Doko no chinchin

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I want this now.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Eat a bunch of mint and chug ice cold milk before answering

by Anonymous 4 years ago

You just won the internet for the day

by Anonymous 4 years ago

The mint scientists work behind an iron veil of secrecy. Be careful!

by Anonymous 4 years ago

You know too much...

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Yeah, many of our scientists used to formerly work behind an Iron Curtain, I hear.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

this needs to be memed with the dance floor revelation guy

by Anonymous 4 years ago

The coolest mints I can find are Corsican, Mountain, and Robert Mitchum. Source: am a greenhouse buyer.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

They do though

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Gum's gotten mintier lately. Have you noticed? Like, some of it's just too minty. It's like they're literally trying to hurt…

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Is it just me or has gum gotten mintier lately?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Pineapple mint is basically just a variegated version of apple mint. It doesn't smell or taste like pineapple. Pineapple salvia on the other hand smells very similar to fresh pineapple. It's one of the best smelling plants in the world IMO.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Someone should SPEARhead this idea

by Anonymous 4 years ago

If spicy peppers deal fire damage to your tongue and mint deals ice damage, does that imply the existence of a flavor that does lightning damage? Only thing that immediately comes to mind is strong citrus.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Batteries.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Forbidden fruit.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Beans could deal wind damage

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Not exactly the same thing, unless you eat farts. No judgment.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

> lightning damage Szechuan peppercorns, maybe. Gives a numbing sensation/flavor.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Sour = lightning damage

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Citrus is acid damage. Duh. 🙄 Maybe Pop Rocks?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

People eat super spicy peppers to impress people, not because they enjoy them. Mint isn't seen as unpleasant so it won't impress anyone.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

It will impress people if you make it so cold that your breath fogs up

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Yeah, when I see someone eating an ice cube I'm like, "Whoa, what a badass!"

by Anonymous 4 years ago

When I see someone eating ice cubes, I think iron deficiency...

by Anonymous 4 years ago

How does eating ice equate to iron deficiency? Just curious

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I'm not sure if its like actual science or a myth at this point in time, but iron deficiency and anemia were like two major reasons some people chew/eat ice.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Ice breath!

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I like super spicy peppers...and I'm alone in the world with nobody to impress.  Delicious...and sad.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I eat my super spicy sauces for enjoyment 🤷‍♂️

by Anonymous 4 years ago

And here you are telling people that to impress them.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Or is he saying it here to contradict your absurd statement?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Spiciness activates literal pain receptors. Sure I like a little spicy food but there is a point when it becomes unejoyable. To deny that makes you either a liar trying to impress people or a masochist. That is a mental disability similar to someone who cuts themselves. There are far more people that are overly concerned with how they are perceived by others than people who inflict pain on themselves so that's the best assumption.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I love spicy foods. The line between enjoyment and suffering is decided the day after on the toilet. And the recipe is amended accordingly. As to your comparison to a mental illness. Pain releases endorphins. Carefully managed it gives you a pleasant high.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Dopamine and the pleasure receptors for some . Eat a reaper and try singing your favorite song with your friends .

by Anonymous 4 years ago

What is friend?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Super spicy peppers helped me quit smoking. I swear by them.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

That's the first I've heard of it. Do you just eat one when you get a craving? I can see that working because from what I've learned quitting is largely based on distracting yourself from cravings.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

As a smoker and lover of spiciness I second this. How does it work? Butthole on fire > lungs on fire

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Munching a scorpion pepper is a great way to distract yourself from _everything else in the world_.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

The burning sensation itself isn't enjoyable, but the endorphins that come with it is pretty fun

by Anonymous 4 years ago

brain dead take lmao

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I would prefer that they bred cilantro that didn't taste like soap.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Just breed more people who lack the gene that makes cilantro that tastes like soap.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

This guy eugenics'

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Have you noticed that gum has gotten mintier lately?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Minty is just cold spicy

by Anonymous 4 years ago

What happens if u splice mint with peppers

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Just drink some water, BAM instant maximum coldness

by Anonymous 4 years ago

What would happen if you mixed the coldest mint leaves with the spiciest peppers?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

because mint is gross

by Anonymous 4 years ago

people enjoy mint until it lingers too long, and overwhelms the taste of everything, spicy peppers are only spicy for a little while, unless you are an idiot and have nothing to get rid of the spicy taste.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

How about some mint to get rid of that spicy taste?

by Anonymous 4 years ago

Then all that is left is a minty taste with residual spice. I actually like the taste of spicy food.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

That's because eating spicy has become less about having a delicious product and more about macho dick-waving bs.

by Anonymous 4 years ago

I love spicy food, but I love flavour. If all I can taste is heat and pain, that's a waste of food.

by Anonymous 4 years ago