Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

[Guest guest]

For those who avoid bananas, pumpkin, winter squash, and white beans all make a wonderful ice cream base. All are mild and will easily blend in with the other flavorings. , chocolate mint is WONDERFUL! I have it wild all around my house. From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>Subject: Re: Spinach Ice Cream? Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:46 PM

And I was just wondering what to do with the "chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to NOT plant it where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the "chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

It never occurred to me I could use any of those and I have wondered

about it for a while now. Thanks much on the suggestions. How funny

to make ice cream with beans. I have eaten chocolate brownies with

beans, and they were delicious.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 3:50 PM, Berry wrote:

For those who avoid

bananas, pumpkin, winter squash, and white beans all make

a wonderful ice cream base.  All are mild and will easily

blend in with the other flavorings.  , chocolate mint

is WONDERFUL!  I have it wild all around my house.

From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>

Subject: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:46 PM

 

And I was just wondering what to do with the

"chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe

for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

I am allergic to bananas, and often use pumpkin or beans as a staple. I even use them in smoothies, muffins, etc. They add a lovely texture and a punch of nutrition!

From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>

Subject: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:46 PM

And I was just wondering what to do with the

"chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe

for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

I am of the total opposite mindset. I tossed seeds of many varieties of herbs/mints all around my yard-I LIKE it growing wild, lol. When you walk across the yard, the scent is intoxicating! Of course I threw a bunch of wild berry seeds up my hill too, and in the summer, I have a berry patch that is mind bending! I rather like letting things run wild! From: <kareningotham@...>Subject: Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream? Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:58 PM

Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to NOT plant it where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the "chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

Invasive character aside, don't the varieties cross-pollinate that way?

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the "chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

My Dad always had mint planted under a faucet in the back yard where

it got hose drips. Away from the faucet it was dry enough that it

just grew in a circle around the spigot. Worked well for him. After

Daddy was gone and I rented the house the renter removed it. Ok by

me as he kept good care of the house the entire 17 years he lived

there.

Now to plant it here.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 3:58 PM, wrote:

Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to

NOT plant it where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

 

And I was just wondering what to do with the

"chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for

Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

I grow 3 varieties of mint; Chocolate, Peppermint and Spearmint. I try to keep them separate, or cut off the blooms. According to the Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses by Deni Bown, page 386, she states the following:

..

.. . certain herbs may cross-pollinate, giving rise to seedlings that differ from the mother plant. When various kinds of thyme (Thymus supp.), marjoram (Origanum spp.), mint (Mentha spp.), and lavender (Lavandula spp.) are grown near each other, the chances of hybridization

are high. Closely related genera may also interbreed if they are grown together and flower at the same time; dill and fennel are known to cross, resulting in plants that are indeterminate in flavor. See Mints which states the following: Different

varieties of mint should be planted as far apart as possible, as true mints hybridize easily, cross-pollinating when in close proximity. The resulting hybrid combines the characteristics of both parent mints in a way that may not be favorable. If you grow both peppermint and spearmint, start them at opposite ends of the garden in order to maintain the integrity of both.Vickilynn HaycraftMicah 6:8http://www.realfoodliving.comhttp://www.blog.realfoodliving.com

http://www.examiner.com/housewares-in-national/vickilynn-haycrafthttp://www.examiner.com/family-preparedness-in-national/vickilynn-haycraft

http://www.bepreparedradio.com/category/prepper-podcasts-health/get-real-get-prepared/

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM, <kareningotham@...> wrote:

 

Invasive character aside, don't the varieties cross-pollinate that way?

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

  And I was just wondering what to do with the " chocolate mint " plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

One morning I had a small amount of brown rice left and decided to

toss it in my smoothie that worked. I shall try beans, next time I

have some plain one's (not sure the Mexican seasoned ones I have

right now in fridge would work well for a fruit smoothie, hee hee,

but they do work well in tortilla soup). I think in the fall I will

bake a pumpkin or two, puree the flesh and put it in freezer to use

in smoothies and soups over winter. I am getting adventurous as I

age. LOL

The banana thing is funny. As a baby, I was told I hated bananas and

would spit them out if Daddy tried to sneak them into cereal (Mom

had a "nervous breakdown and stroke while pregnant with me, so Daddy

cared for me early in my life -but Mom finished her teaching career

many years later and died in her 80's). I went all through my

childhood not liking bananas though I would eat them in salad once

in a while, I just did not like them. IN my 40's I decided because

bananas are so nutritious, that I would try them and got to like

them. Ate a banana a day for a while. Then allergist was testing me

and said I was allergic to them. I stopped and my constant stuffy

nose went away. Conclusion: I was smarter as an infant than I was at

40! Once in a long while I will eat a little in salad or something

(having kept away from exposure as much as possible by reading

labels and such), and now a small amount does not seem to affect me,

but because banana and latex are related the allergist said I should

be careful, so I am. I am quite allergic to latex, getting asthma

symptoms from exposure, though we have not decided if part of that

is due to other chemicals mixed in latex, I also get redness and

itching from a dentist or doctor bringing a latex glove into contact

with my skin.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 4:01 PM, Berry wrote:

I am allergic to

bananas, and often use pumpkin or beans as a staple.  I

even use them in smoothies, muffins, etc.  They add a

lovely texture and a punch of nutrition!

From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>

Subject: Re:

Spinach Ice Cream?

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:46 PM

 

And I was just wondering what to

do with the "chocolate mint" plant

that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and

has the recipe for Spinach Ice

cream?

> I think there is mint in it

also.

>

[Guest guest]

I tend to like that idea. One of my fond memories is of visiting my

Dad's cousins in laws. They were refurbishing a old house (they

bought, refurbed and sold back before it was popular) and it had a

huge rambling berry patch that he kept mildly under control by

mowing where it roamed near things he did not want covered. I recall

going out there in summer when we visited them in Oregon and picking

buckets of berries and taking them back to the cousins house and Mom

and (his wife) making jars and jars of jam and several pies

which were absolutely the best. We took cases of jam home and ate it

all the next year. Yummy.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 4:19 PM, Berry wrote:

I am of the total

opposite mindset.  I tossed seeds of many varieties of

herbs/mints all around my yard-I LIKE it growing wild,

lol.  When you walk across the yard, the scent is

intoxicating!  Of course I threw a bunch of wild berry

seeds up my hill too, and in the summer, I have a berry

patch that is mind bending!  I rather like letting things

run wild! 

From: <kareningotham@...>

Subject: Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:58 PM

 

Aren't the different varieties

wonderful? My advice would be to NOT plant it

where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

 

And I was just wondering what to do

with the "chocolate mint" plant that I

bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has

the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

That sounds like an interesting book for my bookshelf. Thanks

Velda

On 5/15/2011 4:36 PM, Vickilynn H wrote:

I grow 3 varieties of mint; Chocolate, Peppermint and Spearmint. I

try to keep them separate, or cut off the blooms.

According to the Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses by Deni

Bown, page 386, she states the following:

.. . . certain herbs may cross-pollinate, giving rise to

seedlings that differ from the mother plant. When various

kinds of thyme (Thymus supp.), marjoram (Origanum spp.),

mint (Mentha spp.), and lavender (Lavandula spp.) are grown

near each other, the chances of hybridization are high.

Closely related genera may also interbreed if they are grown

together and flower at the same time; dill and fennel are

known to cross, resulting in plants that are indeterminate

in flavor.

See Mints

which states the following:

Different varieties of mint should be planted as far apart

as possible, as true mints hybridize easily,

cross-pollinating when in close proximity. The resulting

hybrid combines the characteristics of both parent mints in

a way that may not be favorable. If you grow both peppermint

and spearmint, start them at opposite ends of the garden in

order to maintain the integrity of both.

Vickilynn Haycraft

Micah 6:8

http://www.realfoodliving.com

http://www.blog.realfoodliving.com

http://www.examiner.com/housewares-in-national/vickilynn-haycraft

http://www.examiner.com/family-preparedness-in-national/vickilynn-haycraft

http://www.bepreparedradio.com/category/prepper-podcasts-health/get-real-get-prepared/

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM, <kareningotham@...>

wrote:

 

Invasive character aside, don't

the varieties cross-pollinate that way?

Re:

Spinach Ice Cream?

 

And I was

just wondering

what to do

with the

"chocolate

mint" plant

that I bought

yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has

anyone ever

heard of and

has the recipe

for Spinach

Ice cream?

> I think

there is mint

in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

I think I like them all! In addition to what you named, I see pineapple, banana, and apple for sale at our Green Market. And if you see Mitcham anywhere, jump all over it--it's really special, in a class of its own.

I wish my apartment had better light! :`(

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the "chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

I have my mint (spearmint) planted in a planter near my front door. I love that container. It's a sorta a partially collapsed shopping bag made of concrete. There is very little soil space in the thing and mint is the one plant that will grow there. <g> At my other house I planted Lobelia cardinalis under a slightly leaky faucet. It was wonderful there. It loves wet feet or boggy areas.Sent from my iPadOn May 15, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Velda <solomon@...> wrote:

My Dad always had mint planted under a faucet in the back yard where

it got hose drips. Away from the faucet it was dry enough that it

just grew in a circle around the spigot. Worked well for him. After

Daddy was gone and I rented the house the renter removed it. Ok by

me as he kept good care of the house the entire 17 years he lived

there.

Now to plant it here.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 3:58 PM, wrote:

Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to

NOT plant it where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the

"chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for

Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

Is Mitcham a mint variety?

Velda

Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

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[Guest guest]

Indeed it is. I believe it's also called "Black Mitcham." Very intense, very clear flavor. I've had it in mint patties and tea bags from the grower in the UK. I'd love to get my hands on some of the oil, too, but I haven't seen it here.

Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

[Guest guest]

, get a little mini aero garden-3 pod. They are darling and grow a LOT in a tiny space! Here is a link to one like mine... I have several of the small and the big ones-they work a charm. They will fit on a little wall shelf to keep kitties out of them...http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40 & _trksid=p5197.m570.l1313 & _nkw=aerogarden+3 & _sacat=See-All-Categories--- On Sun, 5/15/11, solomon@... <solomon@...> wrote:From: solomon@... <solomon@...>Subject: Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream? Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 9:25 PM

Is Mitcham a mint variety?

Velda

Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

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[Guest guest]

I had not heard of the variety. Sounds like one to look for. Have

you researched seed companies which carry mints?

Velda

On 5/15/2011 6:50 PM, wrote:

Indeed it is. I believe it's also called "Black Mitcham."

Very intense, very clear flavor. I've had it in mint patties and

tea bags from the grower in the UK. I'd love to get my hands on

some of the oil, too, but I haven't seen it here.

Re: Re: Spinach Ice

Cream?

[Guest guest]

Oh, no. Established plants are sold at the Green Market--I'd go that route.

Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

[Guest guest]

Sorry I misread your message, I thought you were looking for the

Mitcham variety. Good if you have a market that carries them. We

don't that I know of.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 7:13 PM, wrote:

Oh, no. Established plants are sold at the Green Market--I'd go

that route.

Re: Re:

Spinach Ice Cream?

[Guest guest]

I don't think I've ever seen the plants for sale. I only know of it because I've tasted it.

Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

[Guest guest]

LOL, and they will devour them, then either not believe you when you tell them, or turn around and say they didn't really like them, lol. I cook stuff with beans in them all the time, and my teen daughter's friends devour them like crazy, but I KNOW they would turn their nose up if they knew. Too funny.From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>Subject: Re: Spinach Ice Cream? Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 10:35 PM

One of these days I'm going to make those brownies and take them to work. I'm not going to tell them what's in them until AFTER they've eaten them.

;-)

>

>

> It never occurred to me I could use any of those and I have wondered

> about it for a while now. Thanks much on the suggestions. How funny to

> make ice cream with beans. I have eaten chocolate brownies with beans,

> and they were delicious.

> Velda

[Guest guest]

One year, I had several packets of seeds that spilled into the bottom of my seed basket. I had NO idea what they were, so my daughter and I decided to plant a "mystery garden" and just scattered the seeds in one of our raised beds. Turned out to be the BEST garden area we have ever done-had all sorts of herbs, lemon cucumbers, little prince eggplants, baby corn-you name it. Might do it again this year just for fun. (my gardens got WRECKED by the storm a few weeks ago and I am scrambling to catch up-this may be just the thing, lol)From: new_sprouter <froglady@...>Subject: Re: Spinach Ice

Cream? Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 10:34 PM

That's sort of what I am hoping to do with the land that I just bought and am planning to move to in a couple of years. I want a little semblance of order, but if stuff does so well that it's running rampant, I will consider myself a success!

For the time being, the mint that I got has been planted in a rectangular planter and is on my deck railing. Unless the stuff makes a break for it and jumps down into my yard, I think it's contained. ;-)

>

> From: <kareningotham@...>

> Subject: Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

>

> Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:58 PM

>

>

>

> Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to NOT plant it where it can spread.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My mother grows mint around her air conditioner unit in Florida. It has grown there for 30 years with no effort. Just enough moisture comes out from the unit to make it flourish.

Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to

NOT plant it where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the

"chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for

Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

Sure, they cross pollinate, but again, I buck the thinking on that too. A lot of my veggies cross pollinate. Every year I end up with strange and unusual squash that crosses with my pumpkins, but I actually look forward to seeing what strange things will grow. I have only come across one or two that didn't have the best flavor, but all were perfectly edible. I don't mind when things cross pollinate due to Mother Nature-it is when some goon in a lab inserts genes that have no business in the food chain genetically modifying food that bothers me.

From: <kareningotham@...>

Subject: Re: Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 6:58 PM

Aren't the different varieties wonderful? My advice would be to NOT plant it where it can spread.

Re: Spinach Ice Cream?

And I was just wondering what to do with the "chocolate mint" plant that I bought yesterday....

;-)

Thanks!

>

> Has anyone ever heard of and has the recipe for Spinach Ice cream?

> I think there is mint in it also.

>

[Guest guest]

I went to a W omen's night at church a few years back and we made the

bean brownies, and everyone liked them. On the other hand I have been in

groups where as soon as you tell them what is in an item, half or more

of them decide right away that they don't taste good after all. Funny

how some people are like that.

Velda

On 5/15/2011 7:35 PM, new_sprouter wrote:

> One of these days I'm going to make those brownies and take them to work. I'm

not going to tell them what's in them until AFTER they've eaten them.

>

> ;-)

>

>

>

>

>

>>

>> It never occurred to me I could use any of those and I have wondered

>> about it for a while now. Thanks much on the suggestions. How funny to

>> make ice cream with beans. I have eaten chocolate brownies with beans,

>> and they were delicious.

>> Velda

>

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