ChattyCathy > wrote in
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> On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:12 +0000, hahabogus wrote:
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>
>>
>> With ground up bay leaves there's no fishing around to get the leaves
>> out and no missing one or forgetting to remove them. And unless
>> you've tied them to a thread; finding and removing whole leaves is a
>> pain in my book.
>
> Heh. That's why you count them. If I put in 6, I make sure I pull out
> six before serving. Besides, they're not *that* difficult to find,
> IMHO.
>

If you remember the number in, sure.
I usually remember but the last one or the smaller ones always seem to
hide in non-clear liquides. And after I take 5 out and can't seem to find
number 6 I question number I think I put in. Plus I'm lazy if I use
ground I don't have to find or fish for anything.

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A man in line at the bank kept falling over...when he got to a teller he
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