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Do Bay Leaves Even Do Anything?
Posted on 3/15/17 at 7:18 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 7:18 pm
I had trouble identifying the taste of bay myself, so I did an experiment. I made some bay tea. Steeped about 10 dried leaves in some hot water for 30 minutes. the taste was hard to describe. I would recommend you try it for yourself.
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Posted on 3/15/17 at 7:29 pm to Stadium Rat
We put an absurd about into our Crawfish pot and our bugs are delicious.
So I say yes based on the portion we put in.....about 10x what's pictured.
So I say yes based on the portion we put in.....about 10x what's pictured.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 7:38 pm to Stadium Rat
I don't think 3-4 leaves add anything to a pot of gumbo. I don't use them.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 7:48 pm to Stadium Rat
They're great for spaghetti
Posted on 3/15/17 at 7:59 pm to texag7
You know, I kind of have the same kind of question about file. In gumbo, I don't really notice any thickening, unless you put in a ridiculous amount. And what is the flavor that it adds?
I have had a crawfish dish from the "Pie Man" in New Orleans that has a mystery flavor. I suspect it might be file.
I have had a crawfish dish from the "Pie Man" in New Orleans that has a mystery flavor. I suspect it might be file.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:05 pm to texag7
quote:
They're great for spaghetti
This is how we had it growing up. Don't know if it makes a real difference but it does seem to taste better.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:06 pm to Stadium Rat
Make a pot of red beans without bay leaf.
See how that turns out.
See how that turns out.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:13 pm to BRgetthenet
They are excellent flavor enhancers for red sauces, soups,beans , stews, and...gumbos.
This post was edited on 3/15/17 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:19 pm to Stadium Rat
I've wondered this myself. What's the flavor like?
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:30 pm to Stadium Rat
Very simple to find the taste.
Make a cup of rice with two bay leaves in the water. You'll instantly taste a difference.
Make a cup of rice with two bay leaves in the water. You'll instantly taste a difference.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:40 pm to Stadium Rat
Who put an oak leaf in my Gumbo?
Posted on 3/15/17 at 8:41 pm to nerd guy
quote:Sounds like it makes a difference.
Don't know if it makes a real difference but it does seem to taste better
Posted on 3/15/17 at 9:14 pm to Stadium Rat
I make a bay leaf pound cake from a Leibovitz recipe....you melt the butter & steep bay leaves for a while, then use the flavored butter to make the cake. A line of bay leaves at the bottom of the pan ends up on top when you unmold the loaf cake. It is a subtle but very distinctive taste. It is much more pronounced in the fresh leaves. I have a bay laurel hedge around my AC compressor....so I have & use lots of bay.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 9:20 pm to Stadium Rat
I use them only because I have some in the lazy Susan, though, I can't really tell if a few work in my gumbo or court billion or not.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 9:23 pm to ellishughtiger
Get one caught in your throat and you will forego the future subtle tastes of bay.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 9:24 pm to Martini
Growing up I was told not to eat them because they were poison and just there for flavor, lol.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 9:27 pm to hungryone
You aren't Jewish, no matter how bad you want to be
Posted on 3/15/17 at 10:09 pm to Stadium Rat
I never use bay leaf. It's bitter. I don't like bitter.
An old girlfriend of mine got a by leaf stuck in the back of her throat. I've never seen someone choke that hard in my life. She said she thought she was going to die.
It was scary. And then absolutely hilarious. The person who cooked it didn't know to take the bay leaf out.
An old girlfriend of mine got a by leaf stuck in the back of her throat. I've never seen someone choke that hard in my life. She said she thought she was going to die.
It was scary. And then absolutely hilarious. The person who cooked it didn't know to take the bay leaf out.
Posted on 3/15/17 at 11:09 pm to BayouBlitz
quote:Neither does Chipotle.
The person who cooked it didn't know to take the bay leaf out.
So it looks like bay leaves do at least 1 thing; show us people on twitter who don't know what a bay leaf is.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:35 am to Stadium Rat
I love bay leaves in different dishes. I love the flavor. Not in gumbo though, Otis!
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