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Fresh Bay Leaves
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>> I've never seen fresh bay leaf, but my wife saw it used on a TV show.
>> I quick search revealed a couple of sources I ordered my through
>> www.localharvest.org
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>> They came in the mail today. Wow, unlike the dried ones, they have
>> aroma. Later this week beef stew will be on the menu to try them out.
>> Local Harvest takes your order and sends it to the particular farm
>> that sells that product. They wee $12 delivered, came on the branch
>> and accompanied by a note, a nice touch. This came directly from
>> Schmidt Road Ranch in CA.
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> I saw them somewhere in CA, growing. Smelled divine!
>There's probably a cooking trick to using fresh bay leaves. Since dried
>are so powerful, I wonder if fresh is even more so - or less? Polly
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