In fairness, I’m not sure anyone knows if bay leaves even do anything.
my person, it absolutely does i love them very much, they are one of my favourite spices
… what?
Make a dish twice, once without the bay leaf. There is an obvious difference. It’s fine to not like the taste of any particular spice but saying there is none is sort of crazy?
He’s joking, it’s people that don’t cook often don’t know what the difference is
Bay leaf does provide a subtle earthy flavour, but it is also an anti fungal. I guess your left overs will stay edible a bit longer.
It also looks exactly the same as a clove leaf. A shop sold me a bag of mis-labelled clove leafs and my Bolognese that evening tasted most strange
Ah, yeah, the kind of cooking our household does is usually pretty strong favour wise (lots of South Asian cooking), it’s probably why neither my wife or I have ever noticed it.
Maybe if when make Italian food we should use it :)
I wasn’t sure myself, so i made a “tea” out of bay leaves to check, and i can confirm that they do in fact have a pretty distinct flavor.
This is smart, I don’t know when to put it in so I should get familiar with the taste
In the tea? I just stuck a leaf in a cup with water and microwaved it for a minute or two.
In food? I usually put it in as soon as I start the simmer on a liquid part of the dish. It takes a long while for the flavor to really become significant.
Just smell it (not just bay leaves but whatever). If it has a smell, that aroma can be infused into cooking, though you’ll want to make sure it’s edible before just throwing it into dishes.
And you might need to sauté them for a bit (also called tempering) to infuse that aroma into oil, since it’s not all water soluable.
Might as well just boil up a handful of grass from the local park, about the same.
While I support the message of never eating at Chipotle again, she’s doing it for the wrong reasons.
I don’t eat at Chipotle because they were bought by private equity and subsequently enshittified to further enrich someone who already had more wealth than could be spent in a lifetime.
She doesn’t eat at Chipotle because she found a bayleaf in her burrito bowl…
That’s where food comes from - trees, bushes, grasses, dirt.
Also - if Minecraft has taught me anything - punching animals until some chops appear in my inventory.
Well yeah bay leaves do usually get removed before serving
Wait til they find out about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuffed_leaves
Bay leaves, at this point is just a cultural thing
That leaf was conceived in wedlock.
I assume that’s for garnish
Ah! The vegetarian plate!
Unbayleafable.
You won the internet today
came here to make a silly comment. i can see im not needed here.
Your presence is welcome, thanks for cumin.
Do you mean thanks for cumin?
🍃
LOL
Keep an eye out for another spice-related pun opportunity, your thyme will come.
That is fucking magnificent. If you’re not a dad your talent is being wasted on us mere mortals.
She is a dangerous type of white person.
We call them Karen
That just means your meal was freshly picked from the burrito tree. Geesh, some people…
Chipotle is really resting on its laurels.
I can’t bay leaf that happened to her.
I was hoping the Pun People would have stayed on Reddit. I haven’t missed scrolling through miles of puns before getting to real posts…
Sir this is a shitpost
No need to be paprikabout it.
This thread is just going to be peppered with puns now.
I knew things were going to get spicy in here.
Ain’t nobody got thyme for that.
Incorrect. I love pun threads, they are mint…
Cummin mate, that’s enough with the puns
I appreciate you addressing it gingerly. Even the punniest Portlanders would give these puns the old oregaNO. 😬
Only seasoned veterans will get this thread.
Others might be salty about missing the joke.
Don’t have to be salty about it.
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