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Skriven 2014-11-25 12:55:00 av Jon
     Kommentar till en text av Julie Bove
Ärende: Re: Mints
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On 25/11/2014 11:26 am, Julie Bove wrote:
> Now I am confused!  I posted in a reply in another thread about Scotch
> Mints that I used to buy in Canada.  But as soon as I had posted this I
> thought... Wait!  Was that the name?  Maybe it was Imperial Mints?  And
> now when I look them up, I am even more confused.  It would seem that
> they are similar but different.
>
> The first many times that I bought them, they were at the candy counter,
> sold by the pound in the Eaton's department store in Vancouver.  And
> then I was no longer buying them there but I can't remember why.  Either
> that store closed or they got rid of the candy counter.  I do remember
> someone directing us to a candy store that sold them.  I think it was in
> the downtown area but it may have been the gastown area as we often went
> there too.
>
> IIRC, these mints were roundish but not total orbs.  Slightly more flat.
> But not as flat as a Mentos.  Although in looking this up, the Internet
> says that Mentos are in fact Scotch Mints.  And while I do love Mentos,
> what I bought in Canada did not quite seem the same.  The way I remember
> them, the hard coating was harder and thicker.  You couldn't really bite
> into them at first because you might break a tooth.  You had to suck on
> them for a time and then you could finally get to the chewy inside but I
> remember it being harder inside than a Mentos as well.
>
> Some years went by and I didn't go to Canada.  Then when I did, I didn't
> run across any candy counters.  I did find bags of similar looking candy
> which was sometimes flatter, like a Mentos, but I remember them not
> being as good as I remembered.  Perhaps less mint flavor?  I can't
> remember.  I just remember that they were not as good as I remembered
> them to be.  But perhaps these were the Imperial Mints?
>
> In looking them up, I see people saying that they are similar but the
> Imperial Mints are more chalky.  Then to further confuse matters, in
> Australia there are Kool mints that people say are really good and the
> same as the other two or at least similar.  And in this country, we have
> Canada Mints, sometimes called Canadian Mints.  Necco is one company
> that makes them.  They have the same chalky texture as Necco wafers but
> are much thicker.  I was never very fond of those.  I thought the
> peppermint were okay but not nearly as good as Altoids.  I have never
> actually seen the Spearmint.  Only pictures.  And you couldn't pay me to
> eat the Wintergreen ones which for some reason are pink.
>
> So now I am Jonesing for some of these mints!  I see Imperial Mints
> online. I did not see any fScotch Mints for sale at a place like
> Amazon.  I would have to get them from another country.  And they are
> expensive!  If I could get a small amount for about $3 to try, it would
> be no problem.  But I don't want to pay $30 for yucky candy.  So...
> Help!  Have you eaten either Scotch or Imperial mints?  What's the
> difference?

Mint Imperials  are usually white or sometimes with blue or green if
ether Peppermint or Spearmint...

http://internationalfoodsonline.com/image/cache/data/Beacon%20Mint%20Imperials-
500x500.jpg

I think "Scotch" mints are just the US name for Mint Imperials, the only
other kind of mint are Glacier mints.

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