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Finally an unpopular opinion
Mojito >

Mojito >

🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎵Mojito! >

Thank God it wasn't just me >

I suppose this would be the case if you only ever use mint toothpaste. I mean,  I get it,  I can't eat artificially flavors cherry things because of cherry flavored medicine. >

God my mind was blown when I tried an actual cherry and instantly loved it. I absolutely hate cherry flavoring but an actual cherry tastes fucking spectacular. 
Also different but the same with watermelon. I've always loved artificial watermelon, my favorite flavor. But when I finally tried a watermelon a few years ago I wanted to throw up because there's no taste. I have no idea what they based the watermelon flavor off of but it's definitely not watermelon. >


But when I finally tried a watermelon a few years ago I wanted to throw up because there's no taste.

Lol, you must have tried a really shitty watermelon then. Good watermelon is delicious and full of flavor >

Watermelon is at best a vessel for salt or booze. >

Booze ruins the taste of everything >

Lol, you must have tried a really shitty booze then. Good booze is delicious and full of flavor >

Oh I've had plenty of high quality alcohol but I don't believe anyone who says they like the taste. At least not enough to drink it without the effects of alcohol.
"Good booze" just means "booze that can hide the godawful taste of its alcohol content a bit better than others"
Alcohol itself tastes like poison...because it is kind of poison lol >

I just used your comment and changed watermelon to booze. >

I know, I just think booze is nasty lol >

I seen this taste test of lemon flavor on American test kitchen. of all the fake lemon flavors, real lemons scored the worst. What you say is true of mint, but that's because mint flavor is used in toothpaste. >

I wonder if this is true or have you been too conditioned by your toothpaste to believe that mint is essentially toothpaste by now. >

It's the latter. >

Actually it's toothpaste that tastes like mint >

Thank you. People act like mint was created in a lab to taste like some magical naturally existing tube of toothpaste picked straight from the toothpaste tree >


. People act like mint was created in a lab to taste like some magical naturally existing tube of toothpaste picked straight from the toothpaste tree

Literally no one acts like that... >

The real unpopularopinions are always in the comments. >

i mean where else do opinions go >

Adding mint to Greek meatballs makes it infinitely better. Also salads, teas, you name it. >

Lamb with mint is delicious. >

It has been sort of scientifically shown that it is (lamb + mint = good). Basically lamb has compounds that when combined with mint taste different than if you were just to eat raw mint or raw lamb alone (albeit I realize that seems obvious about food pairings). >

i prefer to cook my lamb >

If you mean artificial mint flavor, you're mostly right. If you mean fresh mint leaves (and there's different varieties with different aromatic properties), then definitely not. >

Fresh mint leaves in a dish or a beverage is great. Anything artificial tastes like toothpaste and does not belong in food IMO >

Finally! Was looking for this >

You have never eaten Indian or Arab cuisines, I see.
Also, mint chocolate is not the only kind of mint. Nor mint jelly. I think you're falsely equating mint flavoring with the use of mint as an herb, which leads me to understand your position. >

I’m a white girl that grew up in the country areas of Australia, though I have eaten Indian food and I love it. >

I'm a white guy who grew up in a town of less than 1000 people in the Midwestern US. I didn't meet a non-white person until I was 13 years old. Ignorance isn't really an excuse lol
The green chutney that comes with most Indian food is coriander-mint. It has almost zero mint flavor. >

I meant the actual mint flavour itself doesn’t taste good, if you can barely taste it, then it isn’t an issue. >

That's the problem then, your only experience has been when it overpowers everything. That's just bad cooking.
I also hate mint chocolate.
Mint and lemon and coriander and oregano with some olive oil mixed as a marinade before a nice grilling are a combination to die for. >


come at me with the downvotes.

I dont think you know how this sub works >

I think he does actually >

I bought some of those Oreos with the light green stuffing . I couldn’t even finish half of one. It literally tastes like an Oreo with toothpaste on it. >

Damn, the mint oreos are my favorite lol >

I thought I was gonna like it honestly. The stuffing though kinda over powered the cookie to where all I could taste was the toothpaste. >

Huh that's odd, it tastes nothing like toothpaste to me. I guess everyone has a different palate so not everyone will like them >

You know how cilantro tastes different to different people ? Mint seems like it would be one those things >

I would not be surprised. Cilantro is in the mint family.  I think Basil is as well.  Just like mint they extremely hearty, grow and spread like weeds and seem to natural deter pests. >

Mint chocolate and mint ice cream is fantastic. I can't get behind peppermint tea because it's hot and cold at the same time and it bothers me. >

Seconds after scrolling past this post it clicked for me- most menthol smokers I’ve known through the years clearly hadn’t flossed since elementary school, if ever. >

Menthol ciggies taste like smoking a Mintie lolly. >

Well menthol is derived from mint. It is like capsicum from peppers. >

I think you mean capsaicin
Capsicums are bell peppers lol >

Sorry it was the auto correct. >

No worries
Imagine tho
Millions of small and mildly spicy capsicums in a normal chilly making it hot. >

That is why they put the little chili symbols to indicate how hot. Its actually the number of capsicums in the ~~bottle~~ serving... right? >

Mojitos are top tier cocktails tho >

I agree with you about the artificial mint that you get in ice cream, cookies etc, that does just taste like toothpaste, because presumably they're using the same flavourings as toothpaste
But fresh mint is nice with certain things. Mint sauce with lamb is great, and doesn't taste like toothpaste at all. Same with indian food which uses mint. >

Mint sauce is delicious. The combo of vinegar and mint just hits different. It's like acidic and cool all at once >

Congratulations on having a very unpopular- and incredibly incorrect- opinion. >

Fuck that opinion, have an upvote. (And be more adventurous with your palate!) >

It's not even an opinion. I can't disagree with them associating mint with toothpaste, even if I don't. >

The way Americans use it in sweets - yes, I agree.
Used in Indian cuisine - very different story.
And I don't mind a mint julep or two, but that's just 1 day a year. >

We hardly use mint in sweets tho? >

It's in cookies and ice cream a lot.  At least I see it semi-often where I live.
Perhaps regional I suppose. >

Agreed. Mint flavor in general doesnt mesh well with others. >

Except for lamb.  Lamb with mint is delicious 😋 >

Cant say Ive tried it. >

Not even gonna argue with you. Its completely right, downvoted :) >

I understand what you mean. You put the same mint flavored toothpaste in your mouth twice a day, and it becomes the dominant association with that flavor in your mind. I have a couple other food flavors I don't like for the same type of reason. 
There are different mint flavors, though. The one they usually pair with chocolate (peppermint) doesn't taste like toothpaste to me, and I enjoy it on occasion. >

Omg finally. Someone else who appreciates the lack of appeal of mint. Hate it >

Mint is delicious.
Sorry for your tastebuds.  More for me. >

I mean… you know mint comes from the leaves of a mint plant right? 
By your reasoning anything cherry flavored would taste like cough syrup and anything vanilla flavored would taste like a car freshener. >

For a lot of people thats exactly the case. Cherry robitussen ruined cherrys for me for a long time >

This seems so backwards. 
Does adding strawberries to a dish make the dish just taste like strawberry bubble gum to you?
Maybe switch toothpaste flavors? >

Agree 100%... toothpaste, candy, food.... American chemical industry has messed with our ability to taste real flavors (see also r/sugarfree) >

MINT SUCKS 😡😡😡😡😡 >

You need to try a Mintie lolly.  Yummy 😋 >

You're talking about mint flavoring, which can be overpowering, but is different than adding mint as an herb in savory or sweet cooking. Here's some info as to why, but long story short, mint flavoring is concentrated and I would say a little exaggerated, relative to the actual plant.
Adding mint as an herb is way more subtle, way less menthol-y.  If you put it on lamb and grill it, you don't really pick up any mint flavor, it tastes generically herby.  This is actually my favorite ways to cook lamb - mint gremotata >

I have a mint-ish shampoo. Feels like I'm putting toothpaste in my hair lol >

OP was not happy when girl guides (boy scouts?) came around to sell cookies and all they had was mint chocolate
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