Do you consider cinnamon a type of mint?

[lokiju]

I never really thought of cinnamon as a type of mint, I always think of mints as things like peppermint, spearmint, wintergreen, etc..

So when my friend asked me for a mint awhile back and all I had were some cinnamon flavored candies I looked at him all weird and said "I have cinnamon flavored candies, but no mints" and that lead on to one of the dumbest arguments of my life.

What do you think?

 

[UglyCasanova]

No, I consider it cinnamon.

 

[aplefka]

It's a spice maybe, but not a mint. Maybe a cinnamon mint is what he meant? Like an altoid or something?

 

[Cattlegod]

i'd vote for a spice, so no.

 

[SofaKing]

It's a spice..

 

[FrustratedUser]

Cinnamon in tablet form is just nasty. In the rest of the world it is used for baking....cinnamon roll anyone... and it's tasty.

 

[dartworth]

spice spice baby...

 

[b0mbrman]

Yeah, it's a spice...and not a member of the mint family

 

[JulesMaximus]

It was a toss up between no and my cat's breath smells like catfood.

 

[Wag]

Spice yes, mint no.

Mint is a different plant(s) entirely.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I think your friend was deparately trying to tell you that you breathe smells like the rotten side of a rat's ass.

 

[Baked]

Cinnamon's yummy. Mint is mint.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Yeah, it's a spice...and not a member of the mint family

Cinnamon is the bark of a tree. Mint is the leaf of a plant.

You should consider buying your friend a dictionary and urging him to use before making an idiot out of himself next time.

(Reminds me of the time a friend of mine was arguing with me that birds were mammals... idiot...)

mint2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mnt)
n.
A member of the mint family.

Any of various plants of the genus Mentha, characteristically having aromatic foliage and nearly regular flowers. Some plants are cultivated for their aromatic oil and used for flavoring.
The foliage of some of these plants.
Any of various similar or related plants, such as the stone mint.
A candy flavored with mint.

cin·na·mon ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sn-mn)
n.

The dried aromatic inner bark of certain tropical Asian trees in the genus Cinnamomum, especially C. verum and C. loureirii, often ground and used as a spice.
A plant yielding this bark.

 

[TwiceOver]

No, cimmamon is a spice.

 

[Riceball]

Did they both of you really argue over whether cinnamom is a spice or a mint? Seems more like he just wanted a breath mint. Orange isn't a mint but I consider it a mint when it's a orange flavor breath mint. I think it was just a case of overblown semantics.

 

[FoBoT]

american cinnamon isn't even real cinnamon. i learned that on FoodTV network

 

[Riceball]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
american cinnamon isn't even real cinnamon. i learned that on FoodTV network

Your probably thinking of cardamom.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
I think your friend was deparately trying to tell you that you breathe smells like the rotten side of a rat's ass.

Hum, this may be the case...

 

[HardcoreRobot]

no i do not, because it is not a type of mint

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Riceball

Originally posted by: FoBoT
american cinnamon isn't even real cinnamon. i learned that on FoodTV network

Your probably thinking of cardamom.

no, hes thinking of cassia

that is, of course, according to alton brown who brings it up on his show Good Eats; i believe its on the episode about oats.