You really have to respect the versatility of mint. Good in cocktails, chocolate, with meat, in ice cream, as tea. Just at home in a salad as it is in a cigarette. A whole genre of sweets that are just called “mints”. And it’s the only mainstream toothpaste flavour. Insane herb.
The quiet period between Christmas and New Year is a really lovely time to catch up on all of your reading. For example, I am currently reading the Wikipedia entry for Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.