"Monsur Fromage du Pollet"* > Katra > wrote in
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>> Ok, I know this is really going to make me sound ignorant, but my
>> mom almost never used bay leaves and I did learn to cook mostly from
>> her....
>>
>> so what is up with Bay Leaves?

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> If it really concerns you tie threads to them and tie the threads to a
> pot handle.
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That's an interesting technique!

I used to keep cheesecloth on hand for cooking things that I wanted to
remove after cooking but have since switched over to muslin material. A few
years ago I purchased a yard or so of muslin and cut it to make lots of
little muslin bags (think 'sachet'). I simply pour things into them, tie
them, and drop them in. I've experimented with different tie thingies...
once I sewed strings onto the bags so they'd be 100 % ready but usually I
just make the bags and keep them in a drawer with some string already cut to
size.

Cyndi Stringbag