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Skriven 2014-11-25 08:25:00 av Julie Bove
Ärende: Re: Mints
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"Roy" <wilagro@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d83c78c4-9652-4744-a143-06c4dd33c3b0@googlegroups.com...
> On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:16:50 AM UTC-7, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "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.
>
> Jule...you know damned well that you are DIABETIC. Forget the mints and
> chew on a carrot.
> ====

And what do you think diabetics eat when they have low blood sugar?  Which I
am once again suffering from at least once a week.

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