What flavor do bay leaves add?

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stargazer

Wed, May 07 2008, 11:30 am

I have a recipe that calls for putting in the soup while cooking, then taking out before serving. What kind of flavor will it add?

mummiedearest ↓

Wed, May 07 2008, 11:32 am

it will add bay leaf flavor. try it, it won't hurt.

seriously, bay leaves flavor nicely, just don't eat them.

louche ↓

Wed, May 07 2008, 12:17 pm

Uh, yeah, that's like asking a person to describe the color blue...it's a sort of astringent and aromatic flavor, with a sort of "minty" but not sweet sensation. You can use thyme as a substitute.

chocolate moose ↓

Wed, May 07 2008, 12:18 pm

IMO it's a "vegetbley" flavor. Green, if flavor had colors.

justanothermother ↓

Wed, May 07 2008, 12:21 pm

It tastes like how it smells.

↑ mummiedearest

Wed, May 07 2008, 12:23 pm

grown in the valley of blarnia, this spice has a round flavor with fruity overtones. aged in hickory barrels, it goes well with cheese and desserts, also cholents and hickory barrels.

Helani

Wed, May 07 2008, 12:49 pm

BTW, you're supposed to take it out because otherwise it might turn bitter.

↑ louche ↓

Wed, May 07 2008, 1:14 pm

Helani wrote:

BTW, you're supposed to take it out because otherwise it might turn bitter.

also b/c it's a genuine choking and splintering hazard if it gets in the mouth. Unlike other herbs, the leaves don't soften with cooking and the stem remains hard and woody.

greenfire

Wed, May 07 2008, 1:41 pm

hey now cm - green flavor ... Confused

I too would say it taste like a bay - not the swampy kind bay that you an envision "sittin on the dock of the bay..." Music

↑ justanothermother

Wed, May 07 2008, 2:47 pm

My friend's mother was always to busy to fish out the bay leaves when she was done cooking. She told her kids it was a good luck charm to find the leaf in their serving. This way they did all the searching for her.

↑ louche

Wed, May 07 2008, 3:16 pm

I always say "you got the prize" if someone gets it in their portion.

yo'ma ↓

Wed, May 07 2008, 4:22 pm

I'm making a soup now that has bay leaves and when I went into the kitchen I said, mmm, what's that smell?, but then again, when my dh went into the kitchen, he said, ich, what's that smell?! Confused

↑ chocolate moose

Wed, May 07 2008, 4:32 pm

you aren't supposed to use a lot.

↑ yo'ma

Wed, May 07 2008, 4:48 pm

The smell wasn't a big deal at the end because my dh just had some and said it was delicious. Very Happy

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