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Skriven 2014-11-25 06:16:00 av Julie Bove
     Kommentar till en text av Jon
Ärende: Re: Mints
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"Jon" <jon@no-email.org> wrote in message news:m51u7i$s5l$1@dont-email.me...
> 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.

I can not currently find anything in this country, online or otherwise that
are labeled as Scotch.  I do remember getting some in bulk in a store that
is no longer there but can't remember what they called them.  They tasted
and looked just like what I got in Canada.

The ones in your pic look flatter and bigger around than the ones I
remember.

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