Produce Briefs...
Maui Onions
Two characteristics set the Maui onion apart from other yellow onions: the high sugar and high moisture content of its flesh.
White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Seasons/Availability
Peppermint is available during the summer months.
Description/Taste
Peppermint is considered one of two quintessential mint varieties next to spearmint. Hortela is another name for Peppermint. There are several varieties of Peppermint. The two chief, the so-called 'Black' and 'White' mints are the ones extensively cultivated. Botanically there is little difference between them, but the stems and leaves of the 'Black' mint are tinged purplish-brown, while the stems of the 'White' variety are green, and the leaves are more coarsely serrated in the White.
Applications
Peppermint is the most important mint among all mint varieties. Its volatile oil is extracted for multiple applications expanding beyond the culinary landscape. Peppermint is an essential ingredient in candies, chewing gum, toothpaste, candles, extracts and compounds.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Peppermint has anti-parasitic, antiseptic, antiviral and sweat-inducing properties. As an inhalant, peppermint's essential oil treats nausea and shock and is said to improve concentration.
Geography/History
Peppermint is a natural hybrid of M. aquatica (water mint) and M. spicata (spearmint) first found in a field of spearmint in England in 1696. Peppermint has escaped cultivation and can be found growing wild in moist areas throughout Europe and North America.
Peppermint is available during the summer months.
Description/Taste
Peppermint is considered one of two quintessential mint varieties next to spearmint. Hortela is another name for Peppermint. There are several varieties of Peppermint. The two chief, the so-called 'Black' and 'White' mints are the ones extensively cultivated. Botanically there is little difference between them, but the stems and leaves of the 'Black' mint are tinged purplish-brown, while the stems of the 'White' variety are green, and the leaves are more coarsely serrated in the White.
Applications
Peppermint is the most important mint among all mint varieties. Its volatile oil is extracted for multiple applications expanding beyond the culinary landscape. Peppermint is an essential ingredient in candies, chewing gum, toothpaste, candles, extracts and compounds.
Ethnic/Cultural Info
Peppermint has anti-parasitic, antiseptic, antiviral and sweat-inducing properties. As an inhalant, peppermint's essential oil treats nausea and shock and is said to improve concentration.
Geography/History
Peppermint is a natural hybrid of M. aquatica (water mint) and M. spicata (spearmint) first found in a field of spearmint in England in 1696. Peppermint has escaped cultivation and can be found growing wild in moist areas throughout Europe and North America.
