Flavor Poll

[Karen]

Just curious, as Peppermint seems to be something people either love or hate!

How do you feel about peppermint-flavored things?

Just okay at Christmas? Prefer cinnamon? Hate it no matter the season?

Are there flavors that most people like that you despise?

[phesina]

I like it okay any time of the year, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get some.

[cassiesmom]

I like it! I like mint chocolate chip ice cream ... a splash of peppermint schnapps in hot chocolate ... York peppermint patties ... yes to peppermint for me!

Most of my family doesn't like black jelly beans, but I do. I'm not as big a fan of pumpkin (for example, pumpkin spice latte) as others.

[Bonny]

There are the Hershey chocolate peppermint candy canes that are good. There is a chocolate peppermint bar I make year round for special occasions or hosting some groups I belong to. Peppermint creamer is good in the coffee. I guess I do like peppermint in almost any thing any time of year. It also seems to sooth the stomach.

[pomtzu]

I like it for the most part - candy canes or hard candy peppermints - good for soothing an upset tummy. Among other favorite varieties - peppermint patties, thin mint (Girl Scout) cookies, meltaway after dinner mints. Don't care for mint in ice cream or mint in drinks tho. HATE mint jelly -NASTY!

Most hated flavor that most people love - TEA. Even the smell of it in any form makes my tummy do flip-flops. The SMELL of hot tea is the worst - don't know how people can actually swallow it.

[chocolatepuppy]

Peppermint is good anytime of year!

[Karen]

Most hated flavor that most people love - TEA. Even the smell of it in any form makes my tummy do flip-flops. The SMELL of hot tea is the worst - don't know how people can actually swallow it.

Did you have some childhood incident where you were force-fed tea or something? Just curious! That turned out to be why my brother-in-law hated coffee - when he was a kid he ate something he shouldn't have, I don;t remember what, so they force-fed him burned toast and black coffee until he threw up whatever it was! It wasn't until discussing it years later that he made the connection, and realized why he only likes ihis toast very very lightly toasted!

[mrspunkysmom]

Just curious, as Peppermint seems to be something people either love or hate!

How do you feel about peppermint-flavored things?

Just okay at Christmas? Prefer cinnamon? Hate it no matter the season?

Are there flavors that most people like that you despise?

I love mint flavors and cinnamon flavors. I prefer the flavoring to be mild rather than intense.

I love tea, the actual tea plant, but I am allergic, so I can only drink herbal teas, aka infusions.


I love the smell of coffee beans, esp cold, and when it is brewing. but I think we overcook it. It tastes horrible.

I have an emotional aversion to oatmeal, esp in cookies. I like oatmeal as a cereal, but not in baking. When I was a teenager I was baking some chocolate chip cookies for my friends and myself. My mother in one of her cruel moments, interrupted me, and substituted a cup of oatmeal for a cup of flour. I supposed the cookies were okay if you wanted oatmeal cookies, but that's not what we wanted. I haven't eaten an oatmeal cookie to this day.
I'm not a fan of butterscotch.

[Miss Z]

Mint I can only really abide in drinks, or in a savoury sense, such as in a sauce. Moroccan mint tea and mojitos are heavenly. I can just about manage a peppermint chocolate after a meal, but wouldn't choose to eat several in one sitting!

When I was younger, I couldn't stand cinnamon. It was how I imagined powdered trees would taste (I know it is actually tree bark!). Now I don't mind it, possibly as a result of using cinnamon sticks in Asian and North African recipes once I started to cook for myself. I still wouldn't choose a cinnamon doughnut over, say, a chocolate one, but I have become a lot less fussy about it in recent years.

I like spicy and Oriental flavours, or anything salty, like feta cheese and capers. I could eat a diet consisting exclusively of olives and vegetarian antipasti for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy.