2y ago

Gimme some of that Bay Leaf confidence

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Anything is possible if you just bay leaf in yourself!
If you don’t think a bay leaf is doing anything, go ahead and do an A/B test next time you cook. Enjoy the revelation.
- They should probably find some fresher bay leaves too. Really good quality ones are game changing.
  
  Or just get a plant - they're pretty hardy things! Get a little baby bay tree for your balcony or doorstep! Just make sure you bring them in over winter if it gets below freezing regularly or it'll go into hibernation
- Was gonna suggest that, too. It kinda fills in the gaps you didn't notice were there.
- It's easier to just make bayleaf tea and taste it. This also works to show the contrast between fresh bay leaves and dried, and decent dried bay leaves and super old stuff that's been sitting at the back of your spice cupboard for 10 years.
- Would it help to slightly salt the water that you’re using to do the A/B test? Or if that’s unnecessary?
- Would it help to slightly salt the water that you’re using to do the A/B test? Or if that’s unnecessary?
  
  Pretty much everything you cook should have salt added or it will taste bland. Salt brings out other flavors. There's a reason "under seasoned" is an expression that often simply means "under salted."
Bay leaf is a subtle flavor that makes soups and stew taste "fuller", if that makes any sense. If you feel like the soup/stew you made taste like it's missing something, add some bay leaf and try again.
- I always put cumin and a couple of leaves on my bean stew.
  
  I also cumin my soups
  
  Really glad there's not an extra space in this sentence
- Thanks Margot Robbie
  
  You're welcome. Support the strike!
  I should do a cooking show sometimes.
- Also add some vinegar, white wine or lemon.
  
  Replace the water with wine, got it
  
  This is the way. It's usually missing a touch of acidity.
- Pssh... just put it in your mouth after taking it out of the soup.
Bay leaf is fucking delicious. Sometimes I just toss one in my lunch ramen.
It’s euromami.
Bay leaf is the best part of my smoked salmon brine. It stands out.
If your bay leaves do nothing to the flavor of the dish, then they're too old and should be replaced.
That lazy bastard always leaves early too. Never even stays for dinner.
I use dark mode for a reason. FU.
- Nobody cares and no platform is interested in catering to your personal specific preferences. This is now the second post I've seen you commenting this needless garbage on; please kindly shut up and cope
  
  Why don’t you care?
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It does worse than fuck all. It actively sabotages the end product by being a desiccated hunk of tree bark in the finished product if it isn't removed.
- As much as I love the passionate energy, it’s literally got leaf in the name. It’s not bark.
  
  We may need to bring psycho_chef into this.
  
  Also if you don't like bark then I guess cinnamon is out?
- Are you thinking of cinnamon?
- Someone put a whole ass leaf in my soup!
  
  ass leaf has a different shape than bay leaf

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