What're you into, what're you looking forward to, what're you happy about?
Please
I am feeling terribly self-harmy in advance of my birthday next week
I got to the point of making a pros and cons chart
give me something to be vicariously happy about or something to look forward to, please
i got mint, so i either will make cookies with ginger and min or try it with chili pepper (for science). Also its great in tea
. But my genius will have to wait till the weekend ![angry-hex angry-hex](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/671395c9-f27b-4039-9884-2f50e3c9907b.png)
Ooh mint tea is very nice ^^
Also partial to mojitos![moomin moomin](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/cc81dd0d-cfe0-43df-8078-3f87793af54e.png)
its also (surprisingly) nice in red tea![meow-coffee meow-coffee](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/e4c1e8ae-5634-4f87-a129-0bda89187e58.png)
Mhm, mint is very versatile. Also grows easily of you plant it by itself. It's also nice if used sparingly with rice also, coconut & mint rice with a hot curry for example![meow-melt meow-melt](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/e6149c4c-a145-40d5-a34c-e9cb9bb9bb9d.png)
I've had mint tea and mint chocolate cookies, but ginger and mint cookies?! Maybe with chili pepper?? 🤯 I would love to know more. What texture are you going for? Are you working from a recipe or inspired genius?
Thank you for telling me about your intriguing cookie project ❤️ would you please post about them when you make them this weekend?
Oh, no , chili with mint is a separate thingie, I just wanted to test how hot and cold food feels together.
Figure chili would be too weird in a cookie. Although black pepper might work![curious-sickle curious-sickle](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/0be0a09c-bf42-4f15-b8a4-706363b87564.png)
I’ll keep you updated![rat-salute rat-salute](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/94bcb899-8542-45fb-9dd7-b4a49a944346.png)
Nah usual ginger cookies, but because I have a small oven, I have to bake in 3 goes, so I try some stuff with them
your experiments sound fun, I'm excited to see what happens this weekend – thank you!!
Cookie report card:
Black pepper works, surprisingly nicely actually, feels like different heat than ginger. (A-)
Mint - kinda meh, cooling effect isn't felt. Althoug smell of mint is felt in breath/roof of mouth, dunno how to describe it, like after minty candy or toothpaste. Maybe i should dump a whole load of it, dunno. But very complicated taste. Maybe if i lost clove and got fresh leafs (or very strong ones) it could work.
(B, needs some work, likely complicated balance to find)
Have you created a whole new genre of cookie here?? I've never heard of a pepper cookie, but it sounds awesome and I'd totally try one.
🤩 I'm impressed with your ingenuity! I would never have thought of trying that.
I don't think so, in some recipes i've seen mentions of ginger cookies with pepper![soviet-hmm soviet-hmm](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/64a97867-ec59-45c7-b8e3-393e22befd28.png)
but it makes sense, ginger has some hotness, different from other hot thingies. Peppermint does as well, so its like
two spicy things, but differently spicy ![meow-fiesta meow-fiesta](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/709c2792-a659-48b5-b943-1d310260648f.png)