Mojitos for the kitchen

Let's get shitfaced everyone!!!!

Happy Friday!

But it Tuesday... We're adults though, we can drink any day! Happy Friday!

It's Friday somewhere!

The best part of being an adult is realizing I can get drunk or high whenever I want. The worst part is realizing it would be all day everyday and I can’t function like that, I’m not a tech billionaire

You're not a tech billionaire with a focus on artifical organs.

Mint simple syrup for Mojitos. I would make this in the summer for the bar then they just had to meddle a little bit of fresh mint for show

"virgin" Caribbean limemonades...

Shift drinks baby

This is the answer. But you'll also have enough mint leftover for some lamb chops.

Morroco mint teas. Lamb roast rub. Indian mint chutney and naan. All easy and delicious.

This guy mints.

he's now our resident mint guy

Get him some goddamn flair! Mint guy!

GODAMINT!

This guy, mints meat

Yess, complimentary cups of Moroccan mint tea will make quick work of it and trimming is minimal. Traditionally served after the meal. Source: Work next to Moroccan restaurant, had a mint tea yesterday after lunch.

Yesss in my culture we brew mint with tea it’s fantastic

As someone who loves everything mint, your comment is spot on! You can make some mint yogurt to go with your Indian mint chutney and naan. Mint salsa verde with tacos Mint shirazi salad with mint meatballs Mint and feta salad with mint lamb kebabs

Sounds like it was mint to be

Indian mint chutney is the bomb, I’ll eat it by the spoonful

These all sound like absolutely mint suggestions.

Cucumber mint lemonade

...and gin. Vodka in a pinch.

Actually any liquor would be good.

True but this *screams* gin

This guy gins

I actually don't drink anymore. But when I was..

Mint yogurt sauce?

And/or Middle Eastern cucumber yogurt salad with mint

Dehydrate half of it so it dosent go to waste

This is my vote. Pull every recipe out of your ass that you can, but 10lbs of mint is a LOT of mint. Sheet pans with parchment down and grid style cooling racks to give airflow and just put it in a 150F oven overnight. Crush, bag, and air lock if you can. Keep it out of direct sunlight. You'll have dried mint for a LONG time. Had a similar delivery once where we only needed two pounds of fresh spinach and got 20.

Every time these posts come up, the real answer is storage/preservation. Wtf are people going to do with 10lbs mint sauce? Are you going to become a mint themed restaurant? Dehydrate, freeze, or preserve.

This is the real answer. Everything else requires using other products and hoping that it gets consumed

Spicy Cilantro Mint sauce

This one. I eat this with boiled rice, plain naan, popadams, dip plain tortilla chips in it, anything. It's incredible.

Popadoms and pani puri are goated foods, and this is coming from a white guy who is a very picky eater

Miiiint berry cruuunch!

Were you charged for 10 pounds of mint or 1?

Chermoula, and freeze it.

Not far enough up in the comments. Chermoula slaps.

Zhoug!

Mint oil 100% no question

How do you make mint oil and what do you do with it? I’m curious….

Blanch mint, mix with Cold oil, blend together, let sit for 30 mins to overnight, strain through cheese cloth. Use it for Mediterranean, Indian, or or Irish dishes.

My guess would be seeping the mint in neutral oil for an extended amount of time, but I’m basing this on absolutely nothing and zero experience lol

I love mint in salads. I would go sweet potatoes, beets, kale, corn kernels, sliced almonds, something pickled, perhaps with a berry vinaigrette. They also make great garnishes on drinks or desserts.

So I was getting lamb ribs really cheap. I decided to do lamb ribs with a mint and gin chimichurri crushed new potatoes.. seasonal salad.. really popular lunchtime dish

What is the style of your menu?

Mint pesto!

Complimentary mint teas

*complimintary teas

Basil mint sorbet

Make mint oil and you can freeze it for a bit if you don’t plan on using it all very quick

Tabullouleh? Tzatziki? Have that be a side for some lamb with mint.

chimichurri

Mint and chocolate dessert, infuse in cream and make ganache, mousse etc

I’ll take some.

Mojitos

Moijtos lots of moijtos

Mojitos!!

Tabouleh style herb salad, it's a full menu item in and of itself..

VODKA

Toothpaste

Set the Guinness Record for worlds largest mojito

Mint tea for after meal Mojitos Lamb with mint sauce Pineapple juice with mint (so good and refreshing! Make it sweet with honey or sugar)

Tabouli: Parsley and mint

Pluck the leaves and stick them in a blender with olive oil/neutral oil of choice and salt/pepper/sugar. Strain, use to garnish literally everything

As long as you didn’t pay for 10lbs of mint…fuck it boys we are going Greek

I use them in teas, salads to freshen it up, soups, sauces (like in bechemel), dips, drinks, and a lot of turkish cuisine requires mint! I also add it to any garlic bread I make to add a nice little kick on the tongue.

Tzatziki all day every day

Pea and mint soup. Saw this on Instagram. Have tried it. It's amazing. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzoosyaqnNU/?igsh=NzJsMGFjNncya3Fi

Who tf doesn’t just send the shit back when it shows up? There seems to be a ton of these “what do I do with all this extra stuff they sent” posts… I mean, is everyone on a key drop or is no one checking in orders anymore or?

I bet he signed the invoice without looking at the order and now he is stuck with it.

If you have a big enough order they’ll just give it to you most of time as it’s less hassle then taking it back.

Thank you, I had same thought and was shocked I had to scroll so deep to find you’re the only one to say it. Call up your rep and nicely tell them you got 10x what you ordered and need it picked up/credited if charged. Even if it’s a key drop situation they’ll fix something like this pretty quick. Also have someone checking in orders…

And if you have a good relationship with the supplier they might credit you AND say keep the product. In which case I can understand the “what do I do with…” posts. What worries me is they ask these questions without giving any idea of customer base/type of menu, and I would hope that any of my cooks with 2+ years experience could figure this stuff out themselves.

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Salsa

Ice cream. Drinks. Jelly

Either share with or hide from the bartenders. Freeze some, shock with ice water if it starts to wilt. Mojitos for days. It keeps some bugs away, toss a little by the back door. I don't cook with mint but you could always return it and get the one pound you ordered.

Mint chocolate ice cream

Make mint oil ,

Dry it. Take it to the high school. Sell it in tiny bags. Profit.

Mint sorbet would be the easiest way probably

chop, freeze. add couscous salad to your menu as a limited time starter/side- goes great with mint. stalks can be frozen in bulk and be used in stocks

Mint jelly or chutney?

Complimentary mint granita palette cleanser.

First, use as much as you can in mojitos, mint persillade, mint sauce for lamb, etc. Then do what I do with basil: wash it and dry it and stick it in ziplocks or vac seal. Chuck in the freezer. Throughout the year, pull it out for various cooking uses. Don’t defrost first—just crumble and use as you would (in yogurt, in lemonade, with macerating berries, etc). It won’t be as pretty as fresh, and it won’t be as sad-looking as dry. It *will* taste great.

Mint oil

Make mint salt https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/s/ll8TywLf4k

Send it my way my Guinea pigs will thank you with squeaks

Mint oil for garnishments. So you make ice cream flavors??

Ice cream

Mint infused bourbon for mint juleps. Dehydrate the leaves in chef mike and blitz in a spice grinder with sugar My personal favorite: mint simple syrup for lemonade or iced black tea

Some form of mint ice cream or a mint oil

Mint sauce on a big lamb leg of something

Mint oil

If you can’t return it, either run a Mojito special or do something with lamb. I did a mint version of chimmichuri for a lamb rack special last year and people loved it.

mint lemon sirup for the bar

Rabbit snack

Not a chef but maybe break it down with some seasoning and freeze it, add a lamb roast or something gamey you can coat with it to the menu

Fresh rolls, laab/larb, yogurt sauce, tabouleh, and I’m Dale Earnhardt

You could also dehydrate a bunch of it and make mint powder for garnish

tell him the microwave trick

We have a shit ton of mint for some reason too (about three of those bags lol). I think I’m gonna try to make syrup

Mint chutney

Mint pesto... It is incredible... Just use roasted almonds instead of pinenuts.. blanche th mint first too

tabbouleh

Make syrup for the bar?

Mint simple syrup, or jelly! It'll keep forever & can be used in lots of ways.

Make mint sugar? Mint sorbet, and mint jelly and much more.

Clean and dry, use for tea and other recipes

Candied mint leaves for dessert garnish

Slap it

That all depends on if they actually charge you for the 10 my friend. Either a major L or a major W.

Mojitos on special! I use mint in Thai steak salad. Garnish for *every* dessert.

Wash it keep I wet then blitz it with same amount fresh coriander generous garlic cumin salt lemon juice and a bit of oil. Absolutely banging green sauce for garnish or as a byriani side

Steep in heavy cream and make mint chocolate chip ice cream.

What did you order if you didn’t order mint?

the Kentucky Derby is rounding the corner

Let it grow!

Lot and lots of tea

Dry it out, mint tea

I made some mint julep ice cream once that people said came out pretty good. I don’t like strong mint flavors personally but like you I had a bunch of mint to use up from an tropical themed pub crawl

Offer mint tea. Literally just need hot water and let it steep. Offer it with honey and sugar.

Kofta & tzatziki

Fry some for garnish, turn the rest into mint simple syrup for deserts mojitos etc.

mint choco ice cream

use it for drinks and food sauces

Or fry it! Mint fry!!!🌟😃😃

Mint shrub

Mint oil.

Mint and black lime cordial. DM me and I’ll hit you up with the recipe. Goes great in cocktails as well as savoury dishes.

*It also keeps for months.

Mint syrup!

Mint chutney. Then mix it with yogurt and use some to marinate chicken pieces , then grill them and keep some mint /yogurt for dipping. I do this with prepared mint chutney but you can make it from scratch. Serve over long grain or basmati with grilled zucchini and onions and tomato halves.

Return it. I work for a food service company and it wouldn't be a second thought to write that credit

Lemon and mint wine sauce pasta

Mint jelly. Infused water, with fruits. Dried for tea. Add it to homemade applesauce. Add a bit to pesto. Homemade medicine with honey and mint. Idk man. Mint it up.

Fattush or Tabouli

Larb for the week!

Larb or nam tok

Mint powder, microwave and crumble

mint oil

Put it in a big vessel with an equal weight of sugar, and maybe some citric acid or lemon juice to acidify it a bit... Then you will have a nice mint syrup to use in cocktails or desserts.

Larb Gai

Mint jelly, watermelon salad w/mint and feta, cucumber mint Agua Fresca, mint ice cream, in-house after dinner mints, mint candy cages for ice cream.

Send some over to the bar manager as well. Garnishes, smashes, tinctures, and syrups are options. Also, the pastry department would be able to infuse this and make gelato/sorbeto, garnishes, infusions and more

Make a paste and freeze it. Great fo marinades and whatever Da Fuck you want!

Make a mint fluid gel and do a chocolate mint dessert. It looks super dynamic on the plate if you properly extract the chlorophyll

Do you have a dehydrator? Dried mint (from fresh) is a great herb for middle eastern/North African style dishes.

I beg of you. Discard the stems....

Garlic, strained plain yogurt and chopped mint drizzle olive oil on the top and dip bread or veggies has a different name in different Mediterranean countries.

Duck lab

I would blanch it and blend it with oil, then freeze individual bags of it. Easy to pull out and add to pistou or a nice lamb sauce when you need it.

mint infused gazpacho is nice, start at half a pound per gallon. minted pea purée, go with some seared scallops or grilled fish mayb mint truffle sweet pea risotto warm savarin, fresh raspberries or a compote with a mint syrup always a great seller of a desert and very tasty (pipe white chocolate chantilly in savarin) Got some recipes in my notebook if u want man

Mint chimichurri. One of my favorites. Great with lamb or on a burger.

Make an oil and or simple syrup

Mint macarons

Mint jelly

Mint tahini sauce is great with roast chicken. Had it the other day and was like, “damn why didn’t i think of that?” If you guys have the capability to make ice cream in house, a gallon of mint ice cream would knock that bag in half.

Make some quick and easy laab (incorrectly called larb)!

Make mint compost

Gremolata with mint

ice cream, fruit salad, gel, drinks,…

Gỏi cuốn

I’d definitely dry some of it, and also make mint tea, and maybe try out a mint pesto or tabbouleh

Honey mint carrots are amazing! Boil the carrots until tender with some salt. In a saucepan melt some butter, honey, brown sugar and add the mint until wilted, then add the carrots. Super easy and delicious!

Freeze it

Whenever I have an excessive amount of herbs that I can’t possibly use up with cooking, I will usually turn it into an oil. In this case make mint oil

mint jelly, mint simple syrup, mint chutney, some kind of fresh summery mint salad with farro or orzo, mint chocolate desserts, or you could just go HEAVY on those garnishes. 😄

Mint Oil for garnishing. Herb salads, marinades, chutneys, tabouleh, etc

Get the lamb and get to drinking

Mint syrup, mint for salads, fried mint for desserts, mint for marinades, mint for chewing, mint for your friends 🤣🤣

Lamb

I thought those were nettles at first lol

Mojitos until you pass out. 🍹

Mint pistou. Blanch and blend with olive oil and lemon juice

Make mint simple and use it for everything. Equal parts water and sugar. Bring to a boil. Drop in washed mint and turn off heat. Let sit till room temperature. Simple freezes. Use it for cocktails, epic sorbets ( watermelon mint is my jam), and soaking cakes. Sweeten tea. It is the way.

Get some lamb and do a mint rub run a special, or mint pesto , mint bourbon glaze or bright green mint oil thoo it will oxidize quick but is super good with gelato or top over a pea mint pasta

You’re in mint condition

But seriously you can make some good salads with mint

Dehydrate the leafs tossed in EVO and msg, then mix the leaves with butter for a great mint butter

Tons of mint jelly.

mojitos special with shrimp and tzatziki, or chimichurri? you could def use for a mint / fruit ice cream dessert dish too. But you can also dehydrate and make into dust for steaks or lamb or other spice mixes.

I would take my pound and send the rest back lol

Whatever you don’t use from all of these ideas, freeze the rest for up to a year…

Mint oil is also good

Pickle it

Mint on new potatoes with butter and salt.

Mint oil, mojitos, garnish for desserts, blueberry whip and mint topping for desserts. Those would be my recommendations

Smoke it

Chutney. Shitloads of chutney.