[Sca-cooks] Bay Leaves

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Yeah, I do agree with the flavoring part since it would be unhealthy to serve
> bay leaves to some people who do not know what bay leaves look like or what
> pleasant *effects* they may have when you eat them. If I am correct, eating a
> bay leave can give you stomach pains and probably the drips.

*blink* Where did you get this information? The only reason I know of to
remove the bay leaf when you cook something is because dried bay leaves
are tough and brittle; to put in bay leaves, you want to pulverize them
pretty well to avoid the pokiness that can lodge in your gut. Could this
be what you are talking about?

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