"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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> "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

Well, other herbs are less powerful when fresh and you need to use more of
them.