# Are you a York peppermint pattie fan? Ever notice a fishy aftertaste? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125 "2015-02-19T20:56:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/1 "2015-02-19T20:56:11Z")
I always liked a York Peppermint Pattie. [Spelled oddly](http://www.wackypacks.com/realproductsscans/2004/jk/york_small.jpg) but tastes so good. I’ve noticed they sometimes leave a fishy aftertaste in my mouth. Usually the candy seem old. Like it got partially melted in the truck or stockroom and cooled off in the store. Harder texture and that aftertaste. Anyone else notice it? btw [Pearson’s Mint patties](http://www.nantoncandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_4080.jpg) aren’t nearly as good. imho I eat them occasionally but prefer York. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/2 "2015-02-19T21:02:27Z")
Never noticed it but it would have to be pretty evident to carp about it. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/3 "2015-02-19T21:31:06Z")
Oh jeez **running coach** , this scampi happening. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/4 "2015-02-19T21:48:02Z")
The majority of the time peppermint patties leave a wonderful clean feeling in my mouth. I buy them as an after dinner mint. I always have a bag of the miniatures emptied into a candy jar. Its only certain bags that seem stale or previously partially melted that leave the fishy taste. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/5 "2015-02-19T21:58:37Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Oh jeez **running coach** , this scampi happening. Bad puns are my sole reason for living. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/6 "2015-02-19T22:18:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I always liked a York Peppermint Pattie. [Spelled oddly](http://www.wackypacks.com/realproductsscans/2004/jk/york_small.jpg) but tastes so good. > > I’ve noticed they sometimes leave a fishy aftertaste in my mouth. Usually the candy seem old. Like it got partially melted in the truck or stockroom and cooled off in the store. Harder texture and that aftertaste. > > Anyone else notice it? > > btw [Pearson’s Mint patties](http://www.nantoncandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_4080.jpg) aren’t nearly as good. imho > I eat them occasionally but prefer York. The York Peppermint Pattie is made with egg whites while Pearson’s Mint patties are not. Is it possible that the egg whites might have something to do with the York’s fishy aftertaste? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/7 "2015-02-19T22:22:01Z")
Never noticed a fishy aftertaste, but they aren’t as good if they get too old. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/8 "2015-02-19T22:22:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Bad puns are my sole reason for living. More like running loach ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/9 "2015-02-19T22:23:42Z")
Peppermint Patties give me a haddock. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/10 "2015-02-19T22:53:30Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > The York Peppermint Pattie is made with egg whites while Pearson’s Mint patties are not. Is it possible that the egg whites might have something to do with the York’s fishy aftertaste? Could be. Candy that gets hot and then cools down is never as good. It alters the ingredients somehow. I forgot to mention that I don’t eat fish. We go to a seafood place because my family likes catfish. I order fried shrimp. Sometimes the fries and hush puppies get that fishy taste because the fryer oil is old. They use the same oil to fry everything on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![YawningDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/848f3c/32.png) [@YawningDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YawningDog)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-york-peppermint-pattie-fan-ever-notice-a-fishy-aftertaste/713125/11 "2015-02-19T23:38:07Z")
Why don’t you ask Carol and Harvey so you can decide if it really [tastes fishy…](http://youtu.be/NyGW2whRyOM) or maybe it [doesn’t](http://youtu.be/ZVEByAUWP5Y)… you [assholes](http://youtu.be/ZVEByAUWP5Y). ;)[URL=“[http://boards.straightdope.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/](http://boards.straightdope.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/)”]