jmcquown wrote:
>
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > Gary wrote:
> >>
> >> I looked up bay leaves recently due to all the discussions. I'm like
> >> sf...I've never noticed a difference if I used them or not. I did read
> >> though that you can powder them but to be careful...if you add too
> >> much, you will get a strong taste of eucalyptus or "Vicks Vapor Rub."
> >
> > You must have mugged a koala bear for its lunch. lol


LOL. Good one, Mr.New.Diesel.Tank. BTW...nice pics!


> I don't know where he gets this idea of eucalyptus or Vick's. Or his
> bay leaves. They're not like any bay leaves I've ever cooked with!

Did you not read what I wrote? See above... I looked up bay leaves and
only passed along what I read. Don't shoot the messenger, Jill.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/03/a...ay-leaves.html

Like my bay leaves, they don't smell that way and you would never know
the taste unless you make a tea like I did this morning. A couple of
bay leaves in a stew, etc will flavor it a bit but you'll never know
how.

Now that I know the real taste (from strong bay leaf tea), I can
somewhat understand the Vicks vapor rub comment although that was a
bit extreme. What I noticed is that it really resembles a clove taste
and smell. Looking into this more I see that cloves and bay leaves
share one same compound - eugenol.

Cloves have more eugenol than bay leaves. Bay leaves smell like mild
cloves to me. I was smelling both this morning. Bay leaves definitely
have a mild clove odor but they also have more complex things going on
there too.

If you want to really know what bay leaf taste is...make a tea. It's
actually not bad either.