27 minutes ago, Anna N said:Don’t misunderstand. I like mint. Lamb without mint sauce is like ... well make up your own comparison. But if all I’m going to get is mint then I might as well just chop up some mint and save all those other ingredients. I don’t know. Maybe it’s my taste buds that are at fault.
I don't think it's a fault at all. And I don't think the taste buds get either the credit or the blame. It's possible that you have some special taste buds but your average person's taste buds are pretty much limited to the sweet, salt, sour, bitter and umami. A lot of the mint flavor comes us through the olfactory receptors which can detect an enormous range of compounds. I'd say you're just better at sensing the mint flavor compounds than many of the rest of us are. I can taste the mint in LGD but more as a fresh, cooling taste, nothing that comes close to MINT, MINT, MINT range. You're way better at sensing it, maybe perceiving mint compounds that I don't even have receptors for - you're just especially good at mint! 💚🍃💚
