Does nothing in your path.No but seriously, what do bay leaves even do?
>>22010200They add a smug sense of superiority
Make a tea with one. Seriously try it and tell me it tastes like nothing
>>22010207but then I wouldn't be able to ignorantly smugpost on the internet and feel superior to people anymore
>>22010200freak out dumb niggers that think you put in an "outside leaf off a tree" in their chipotle
>>22010200theyre the MSG of the leaf world
>>22010200I think they have tannins which can help with crispness when fermenting vegetables. Might do something similar during cooking.
>>22010200It's a flavor, you dopes. How are you even on /ck/?Pasta hack : when boiling your pasta, toss a few bay leaves in the water and see how elevated your spaghetti becomes
>>22010200they help you settle inland
AI told me to put them in beans to make them less farty
>>22010200The issue is that mass production bay leafs are shit. A friend from Albania brought a jar and when added in water absolutely releases herbal notes. >>22010260They do a bit, I jar peppers and have experimented with this. However calcium chloride works way better, but I hate using any produced shit in my peppers.
>>22010213>I wouldn't be able to ignorantly smugpost on the internetWatch me doubt that statement.
>>22010207Bruh no one is using bay leaves as a tea. They put it in soup, ramen, spaghetti noodles... Yet no one can say what difference it makes.
>>22010402
>>22010272do not do that, bay leaves don't pair well with everything
>>22010404I concur
>>22010402Nobody is asking you to like it bruh. You are being challenged to say that a bay leaf tea tastes like nothing, and when you inevitably lie about it to save face we can mock you for pretending to have no palate.
>>22010213Not being able to tell the difference a core ingredient makes isn't something you should be smug about anyway. It's like having a dick so small you can't feel anything when having sex.
>>22010402>put salt in my tea>clearly tastes salty>put salt in my soup, ramen, spaghetti noodles>cant taste it anymore
>>22010402This response is a genuinely good example of low intelligence reasoning. Imagine posting this and thinking it was an actual counterargument.
>>22010701>>22010698>still can't tell what bay leaves tastes like
>>22010200>>22010203>>22010207seen this exact thread and these replies before. maybe even more than once.
>>22010200Its an old meme from when you could get fresh high quality bay leaves which did add flavour and tasteNow the Italian gutter tier shit bay leaves do nothing but boomers just leave them in their recipies
>>22010719Herby.
>1 tablespoon light soy sauce>1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
>>22010200I don't know what you are smoking, it's one of the most potent spices. Just one leaf in a stew changes the taste and smell completely.It's so strong I usually fish it out after preparing the food, so it does not overpower the stew over night.It just has to be in something that simmers for 1+ hours. If you put it in something that cooks for 10 minutes then it won't do fuck all. Maybe you are buying shit quality.
>>22010200Most dried bay leaves are fucked, they're way too old and the aromatic oils have evaporated. You need 4-5 basic-bitch supermarket tier dried leaves to mimic the flavor of a single fresh one.
>>22011387light soy sauce tastes much different from dark though. if it was the other way around and the bigger measurement was dark then yeah that would be weird since the light would be overpowered.
ever heard of old bay (leaf) seasoning???
This is where we find out that the guy making this dogshit thread topic every single time has a combination of fried taste buds or a weak sense of smell because of snorting cocaine which in combination with the meme "bay leaves taste of nothing" have led him to this stupid conclusion they don't actually smell or taste of anything, which they do.It's not a particularly strong smell but how many of you would be able to identify the flavour of tarragon right now? Majoram? This guys been pissing me the FUCK off for months with this shit.
Anyone else get annoyed when you run out of bay leaves and have to go acquire some more?
>>22012220if i buy a whole jar they dry out before i can use them all. so i buy like 1 or 2 leaves at a time but then i never have any on hand for recipes. you cant win with bay leaves.
>>22011387>1 teaspoon no sodium soy sauce
>>22012222You can just buy a bay plant and let it live in your yard. You can just go out and take a fresh leaf from it whenever you need one, like any other herb.
>>22012232>your yard>implying
>>22012263You can have it in a pot too. It doesn't need to be more than a couple feet high and you can grab all the leaves you will want of it
>>22012271Like a bonzai? Isn't Bay Laurel a full blown tree?
>>22010200i'm telling you right now, you will never taste it more strongly than when paired with human meat, I have no idea why, but it is life-changing
>>22010200You put a few in spaghetti sauce and then fish them out after it's done cooking
>>22010200Do people really not taste bay leaves? I keep hearing this but they add a fairly clear flavour to me.
>>22012281You can buy small ones that are like 2 feet. I did plant one and it grew into a huge bush that I have to cut down very often. Infinite bay leaves
