# Another Bay Leaf harvest. Anyone want some? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bay-leaf-harvest-anyone-want-some/1010742 "2024-11-25T05:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bay-leaf-harvest-anyone-want-some/1010742/3 "2024-11-25T05:46:45Z")
> [@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. > [@Do Bay Leaves even have a Flavor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bay-leaves-even-have-a-flavor/811090/6): > > 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bay-leaf-harvest-anyone-want-some/1010742)._