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"-L." > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
> > 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?
>
> They are the leaves from the Bay tree.

Aren't there two different types of bay leaves, Turkish bay and
California bay?

I read once that California bay leaves should be avoided, but I've never
done a comparison.

Aaron

On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 02:04:26 -0600, Aaron Bergman
> wrote:

> I read once that California bay leaves should be avoided, but I've never
> done a comparison.

Only wimps avoid California Bay... because it's stronger than Turkish.
One way to get around their strong flavor is to use 1/2 a leaf
instead of a whole one.

sf