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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The NYT peppermint brownie cookies are fabulous and festive looking. [/quote]
I find peppermint a horrible smell and taste. I do know that a lot of people like it, even those After Eight mint chocolates make me sick. People love them here, people love them back in my country in Europe.
I am confused about why, though. Can you help me out and understand what you like about the peppermint taste in sweets?
Is it something like cilantro? I hate cilantro too. Is it possible that whatever makes me hate cilantro makes me hate peppermint? I mean, I feel like I am choking if I accidentally eat something with peppermint. Even toothpaste causes me to cough.

This is not ripping apart people's taste, it is more about me understanding what it tastes to people that enjoy it.
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You may have some kind of sensitivity. I've heard about cilantro allergy/sensitivity but have never heard anyone express such distaste for mint! Personally I don't care for wintergreen flavor, which is in some kind of mint flavorings; but it's just a pure dislike the same way I don't like beets - not a violent reaction like you're describing.

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I can't stand wintergreen flavor! Pepto bismol anyone? I get so mad when toothpaste or mouthwash says "clean mint" but it's really that BS. I need a wintergreen twin to give it all to.

As for peppermint, I agree that it can be jarring with chocolate but other times it is very very good. It's a mood. If you are that sensitive to it, I would say there's something in the plant or the oil that is more "medicine" to you just like cilantro is "soap". We have primordial instincts to not eat poison. Maybe you were the strong branch of your ancestors, spitting the dangerous stuff out :-D[/quote]

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