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My very old Grandma loved to use old wife's remedies. She had a few for bay leaves.
For a chest cold, boil bay leaves then dip a rag in to the bay leaf fluid, wring it out and put the boiled leaves inside the rag and place on your chest to relieve congestion, coughs, etc. I have used it....but we all know nothing much helps.....so I typically use her whiskey, lemon juice and honey old wife remedy.
Boil bay leaves and put the fluid on your dandruff ridden hair to get rid of dandruff.
Drink bay leaf tea to settle your stomach.
These are the ones I remember her telling me......she lived to be 95 so she must have been doing something right with those old wife rememdies.
I was married into a hispanic family at one time and they would take a pork roast and stab holes in the pork roast and in those holes they would place bay leaf and garlic cloves and then marinate it in lemon juice and then the would bake it and it was okay but I was not used to that kind of food since we came from an italian - Irish home and we had never had anything like that before .
NOTE: Just don't forget to take them out after your dish is finished cooking. They are not edible; they're not digestible; they can get stuck in your throat; and they can make a mess of your digestive system, like eating glass.
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That might be one reason I don't use them much. When hubby was just a kid his mom fixed spaghetti and put bay leaf in it . She forgot to take the leaf out and hubby almost chocked on it. It is strange to think she would use it even though it is popular in some Italian cooking, cause she rarely used any spice except for salt and pepper.
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I put them in my homemade spaghetti sauce.
NOTE: Just don't forget to take them out after your dish is finished cooking. They are not edible; they're not digestible; they can get stuck in your throat; and they can make a mess of your digestive system, like eating glass.
I once had a friend whose wife ate sunflower seeds - whole. She said it was a great source of fiber. I coudn't believe my eyes. I kept imagining a baseball covered with fibrous spikes. I'll say no more.
Penzey's used to make a bay leaf seasoning that was really good. It has been discontinued..sadly. I love bay leaves in soup and on fish, baked...yummy....
Worthless food. You can't even really enjoy the meal because you have individually remove them and watch your bites. They barely add any flavor as well. One of those things (like excess garlic) that mediocre cooks become fascinated with to feel their food is more extravagant.
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Worthless food. You can't even really enjoy the meal because you have individually remove them and watch your bites. They barely add any flavor as well. One of those things (like excess garlic) that mediocre cooks become fascinated with to feel their food is more extravagant.
The person who cooked the meal should know how many they put in... and remove them all before plating/serving. That's what I do when I make spaghetti sauce.
As for taste, I'm not sure how much flavor it adds. I just follow my aunt's recipe.
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