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

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.

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
...
> 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
>
> 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.

I saw them somewhere in CA, growing. Smelled divine!

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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
>>
>> 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.
>
> 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

On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:47:00 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

> We have a store here that sells them. They're $45/lb which comes out
> to about $.45 for 12-15 of them.

$45/lb!? And we're surrounded by trees full of them here. The bay
laurel is a actually bit of a weed: the berries will sprout and take
root wherever they land.

--
Ann's Little Brother Bob

"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.

On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:57:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

> > I wonder if fresh is even more so - or less? Polly
> Fresh are MUCH more powerful than dried. My a magnitude of 10-20.
The effect can be further increased by tearing a leaf midway along one
edge perpendicular to the spine. Torn bay leaves plucked fresh off the
trees go inside fish that are to be broiled/steamed/baked/braised. If
you add bay tree branches (with the leaves on) to your fire, so much
to the better.

--
Ann's Little Brother Bob

On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:56:25 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:43:43 +0300, Bob O'Dyne wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:47:00 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We have a store here that sells them. They're $45/lb which comes out
>>> to about $.45 for 12-15 of them.
>>
>> $45/lb!? And we're surrounded by trees full of them here. The bay
>> laurel is a actually bit of a weed: the berries will sprout and take
>> root wherever they land.
>
>Hey, don't yell at me! Go yell at Ed - he's the one that paid $8
>(plus $4 shipping) for them! ;-)
>
>(And I bet he didn't get a quarter pound!)
>
>-sw


About 100 leaves. None growing around here that I'm aware of.

On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:23:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>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
>
>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.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:23:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>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
>
>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.


Buy a bay plant. You can get one for less than what you spent on those
leaves. If you live in a less than friendly climate, as I do,
overwinter it inside in a sunny window.

The only difficulty with them is they are scale magnets. I am in the
process of getting rid of the scale before I bring my two plants
indoors for the season.

Boron

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:56:25 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:43:43 +0300, Bob O'Dyne wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:47:00 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> We have a store here that sells them. They're $45/lb which comes out
> >>> to about $.45 for 12-15 of them.
> >>
> >> $45/lb!? And we're surrounded by trees full of them here. The bay
> >> laurel is a actually bit of a weed: the berries will sprout and take
> >> root wherever they land.
> >
> >Hey, don't yell at me! Go yell at Ed - he's the one that paid $8
> >(plus $4 shipping) for them! ;-)
> >
> >(And I bet he didn't get a quarter pound!)
> >
> >-sw
>
> About 100 leaves. None growing around here that I'm aware of.

Steve lives in Austin, I think? That climate would support them. Suggest he
buy one from a nursery and plant it.....bay leaves all year long. Doesn't
need to be a tall tree either as long as you crop it each year, turn it into
a bush.

As far as flavor, I disagree about fresh being more potent than dried.
Recently *dried* bay leaves have more flavor than fresh. Grocery store
dried bay leaves are too old.

I get them fresh nearby here. I'll use them fresh but I also like to dry
them (merely in gas oven with pilot light). The flavor does enhance after
drying but it doesn't last forever.

G.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> 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

Fresh bay leaves are in supermarkets around here, but good luck trying
to find fennel seeds.

On Oct 1, 8:23*pm, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> 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 throughwww.localharvest.org
>
> 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.

Can't you grow your own? We do and have a huge plant...about 2 feet
tall.