Another Bay Leaf harvest. Anyone want some?

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@Whack-a-Mole

Do bay leaves really do anything? I’ve used them many times, and they have come in many sizes and variable levels of dryness.

I am not sure I have never been able to discern a difference in recipes I have used them.-

The fresh ones do. The dry ones aren’t worth the trouble of picking them out before you accidently eat one.

@pulykamell

That said one doper – and I apologize for forgetting who – sent me some fresh bay leaves from her tree in the backyard a number of years back. Those definitely had an immediately identifiable smell and taste to them.