[Sca-cooks] Seeking leaves and crust

[Susan Fox]

Hm, so much for that theory then.  Wish I had a bay tree to try this out.

Sel.

Terry Decker wrote:

> "...folia laurea subdito..." or "...place bay leaves beneath..."  
> While we usually use dried bay leaves and they would probably work in 
> this recipe, I suspect that the recipe is calling for fresh bay leaves 
> which would provide flavor while seperating the libum from the hearth.
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> Bear
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>> I can't help wondering if "leaf" is neccesarily a literal leaf from a 
>> plant. We say "a leaf of paper" after all.  Some kind of baking 
>> sheet, perhaps?
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>> If literal, I would try using grape leaves or maybe big lotus or 
>> banana leaves, available at my local Asian market.
>> Selene C.
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