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Applemint

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Plant Description

Herb: Applemint (sometimes called woolly mint), (M. arvensis) is a member of the mint genus Mentha that ranges through southern and western Europe and the western Mediterranean region. It is a herbaceous, upright perennial plant that is most commonly grown as a culinary herb and/or ground cover. Pineapple mint is another variety.

Season:
You can begin to pick fresh young leaves as early as mid May.

Uses in Cooking:

Light green leaves, bushy short mint plant with a pleasant fresh apple fragrance. The leaves of this plant can be used to make Apple mint jelly, as well as a flavoring in dishes such as Apple mint couscous. It is also often used to make a mint tea, and used as a garnish, or in salads.

Possible Substitutes:

Other mint varieties

How it comes:

Spice Mixes

Apple mint leaves can be used fresh whole, chopped, dried and ground, frozen, preserved in salt, sugar, sugar syrup, alcohol, oil, or dried.

Other Uses:

Mint leaves are often used by many campers to repel mosquitoes. It is also said that extracts from mint leaves have a particular mosquito-killing capability.
Mint oil is also used as an environmentally-friendly insecticide for its ability to kill some common pests like wasps, hornets, ants and cockroaches.