Peppermint

Yeah.

Uh, and then we gave him Kendall mint cake, 'cause Peppermint's quite, you know, mint's quite good to settle the stomach.

Mm.

Um, and he, Nick calls it his rocket fuel.

Okay.

And Pez is an abbreviation of the German word for peppermint, which is Pfefferminz.

Haas, the owner of the company, took the first, middle, and last letters of the word to make the word Pez.

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helped out and uh Peppermint.

Yeah.

I mean, basil.

First of all, we're going to have some some hippie trippy nonsense, which could only have come out of California about that time.

The band are called Strawberry Alarm Clock, yes, really, and the track is called Incense and Peppermint, I-N-C-E-N-S-E, to avoid any misunderstandings.

and Peppermints and then we're gonna wrap up with the Beatles Dear Prudence from the White Album now I have a confession to make I like this track but I hugely prefer the cover by Susie and the Banshees which came out a lot later but this is the original from the Beatles 1968 so Steve Redding here wrapping up his comeback show hopefully I'll be allowed back next week or so I hope you've enjoyed it I've enjoyed being back Keep tuned to Rock Island Radio.

Thanks, of course, to producer Phil Paropetti for running the knobs over there in Sandown and for keeping the show on the road and for covering for me while I was away.

Yeah, so just to recap the three, the final three, Maniac by Michael Sembello.

Well, no, actually peppermint.

Oh, okay.

Peppermint is my favorite.

Very good.

Peppermint is very good.

It's good, but the little chocolate sauce, pretty much.

Okay.

Lift the cup and breathe it in.

Peppermint arrives first, clean, cold and a little sharp at the front of the nose.

Underneath it, lemon.

Not the fruit, there's no citrus here, but the stalk.

When multiple systems in the brain receive the same message, the response is stronger.

Peppermint oil relaxes muscles and fights anxiety.

Peppermint has a different role in sleep than lavender or chamomile.

Peppermint is often thought of as energizing because it is commonly used in teas and gum.

But peppermint essential oil, when inhaled properly, actually has strong relaxing properties.

The key compound is methanol, which has a direct muscle relaxing effect.

When you breathe in peppermint oil, it travels to your nervous system and communicates a relaxation signal to your muscles.

This is particularly helpful if you carry physical tension from stress or anxiety.

Um, I was just gonna say I think that they were afraid of putting Drag Race people on at first.

Like, I think that they, you know, they brought on Peppermint season two, and then that didn't go great as Peppermint left immediately.

Um, I think that that wasn't, like, their first thought.

And then, like, them bringing on Bob, them bringing on Monét.

Like, now I do think that there is a spot on the Traitors cast permanently for a Drag Race person, and I think that, like, Bob and Monét are bigger reality TV fans or at least louder about their reality TV fandom than Bianca is, so it...

And, and Peppermint, I mean, is, like, the number one reality TV fan.

She has, like, made it so clear.

Like, she watches everything and, you know.