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Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I cook all the time, every day, and have never once said, “This needs a bay leaf.” I don’t even know when it’s appropriate to use it. My mom puts a bay leaf in everything - spaghetti sauce, chili, pot roast, etc. - but I’m not convinced she knows what she’s doing, she just does it.

  Seriously, what’s a bay leaf for? What does it do to the flavor?

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  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    It has a soft flavor. I don’t put it into anything spicy, and probably won’t be noticeable with the way Americans seem to do seasoning. But if I’m making a soup with some meat and potatoes and various vegetables, I’ll put it in, it’ll be noticeable.

    If you just boil beef with and without it, you’ll feel the difference the most, I think.

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  • mapu@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ve read it enhances every other flavour, kind of like salt but without making things salty

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    • OleFoFa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I just toss a sprinkle of msg in, does wonders

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      • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        MSG only enhance umami and has a distinctly salty flavor. Try substituting a bay leaf for a fuller, richer flavor. You may want to remove the leaf before serving.

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    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Hmm, that’s interesting. I got a pot of chili scheduled for later today, I’ll try a bay leaf.

      I’ve been perfecting my chili recipe for years. It includes red wine, cocoa powder, and lime juice. Perhaps a bay leaf will become part of it.

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      • paperazzi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Bay leaf is subtle but nicely “rounds out” the dish. It’s not a distinct spice flavour like pepper or thyme. I use it in a lot of the food I cook but not everything. Putting it in chili is exactly where it should be put.

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• D_C@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wait, they go to a bay and pick up leaves to put in food? Urgh, yuck!
  Why can’t they just use the aromatic herb from a laurel tree?

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You want one from a bay or harbor, where the pollution hast concentrated, and the bay leaf has been able to draw in all the tasty flavors of PCBs, chemical waste, sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial run-off, etc. It’s all those subtle flavors that make the Bay Leaf the King of Seasonings.

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• beejboytyson@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  21 first century woman that doesn’t know how to cook? Checks out

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    i think it’s more significant that she’s a white american who desn’t know what goes into food than that she’s a she

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• daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  bay leaves are bitter af

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  • JamBandFan1996@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You’re not supposed to eat it

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  • Lokoschade@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They are just for flavor not for eating. Can’t recommend eating cloves or allspice berries either.

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  • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s why you take them out afterwards

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    • Astertheprince@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And also so they don’t tear up your insides.

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