I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

Bill > said:

>I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
>them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

They're sharp and brittle, even after being cooked in liquid for a few
hours. Ground bay leaves are available by mail from Penzey's, if you don't
want to fish them out of your dishes.
www.penzeys.com

Carol

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Bill wrote:

> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
> leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
>

You can feel free to edit them if you like but I am not sure what you
could change them into.

In article >, Bill
> wrote:

> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

You are perfectly welcome to eat them. They won't hurt you a bit as long
as you chew *carefully* and *completely*. They have rather sharp spines,
and remain hard even after cooking for many hours. They are just as
edible as whole cloves (I do admit to biting the heads off of them when I
have studded a baked ham with them), cinnamon sticks and the wooden
skewers from shish kabobs. Be sure to chew them *very* thoroughly,
though. You don't want an obstruction in your innards!

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS

Bill wrote:

> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

The spine of the leaves remains hard and pointed and can cause problems if
you eat them. It is always recommended that you remove them before
serving.

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:02:20 GMT, Nick >
connected the dots and wrote:

~Bill wrote:
~
~> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
~> leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
~>
~
~You can feel free to edit them if you like but I am not sure what you
~could change them into.

Holly leaves?

maxine in ri

"Bill" > wrote in message
...
> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

I have never heard of anyone editing a bay leaf. As for eating them, they
will not harm you but even after cooking they are pretty tough.


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Peter Aitken
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>It seems strange that you can leave
>them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

My thought on this is...why would anyone WANT to eat a bay leaf? I
like the flavor...but chewing on a tough leaf? Yuck. A worse fate
than biting down on a whole clove. Bleh.

Nick wrote:
>
> Bill wrote:
>
> > I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
> > leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
> >
>
> You can feel free to edit them if you like but I am not sure what you
> could change them into.

Well, I would add the ubiquitous erroneous apostrophe
- "bay leave's". ;-)

Kate

Bill wrote:
> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

You take them out of the food before serving because they can get
caught in your throat and the Heimlich method will not dislodge them.

maxine in ri wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:02:20 GMT, Nick >
> connected the dots and wrote:
>
> ~Bill wrote:
> ~
> ~> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
> ~> leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
> ~>
> ~
> ~You can feel free to edit them if you like but I am not sure what you
> ~could change them into.
>
> Holly leaves?
>
> maxine in ri

Yes! Just add red berries (with hot glue) and be sure to use those ever so
helpful kitchen shears to cut the bay leaves into the holly leaf shape

Jill

I almost always leave them in. I just crumble them up 1st. No problem
so far but I guess if I have one it might be my last...

willille wrote:
>
> Bill wrote:
>
>>I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
>>them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
>
>
> You take them out of the food before serving because they can get
> caught in your throat and the Heimlich method will not dislodge them.
>

"Bill" > wrote in message
...
> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

They are edible, but should not be eaten if you are pregnant and wish to
stay that way.

Matt wrote:

> "Bill" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> > them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
>
> They are edible, but should not be eaten if you are pregnant and wish to
> stay that way.

That's only the berries fella. And those should not be used for internal use
for anything anyway. The leaves are reputed to have very slight narcotic
properties, but I eat a lot of it and I never noticed any effect like that.
Maybe if I ate a ton or six, but one or two leaves in a batch of speghetti?
unlikely.
Edrena

Dear Bill,
The only harm from bay leaves is that of internal laceration of the mouth,
esophagus, or upper GI tract. this is the reason we remove them. If
pulverized adequately by grinding or chewing, then they would do little
harm, but while chewing them, the mouth may be lacerated.
Someone mentioned holly which is chemically toxic. Real holly leaves can be
painted with chocolate. The leaf is then peeled off to leave a chocolate
holly shape that can be eaten.
My daughter at age 4 found a bay leaf in her soup, identified it as a leaf,
and indignantly shouted, "There is a leaf in my soup!" Needless to say, I
have always planted one in her soup since then for the laugh. It is never
eaten.
Sincerely yours,
Edward Warren

"Bill" > wrote in message
...
> I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can leave
> them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.

Dr. Edward Warren wrote:

I note that you don't say whether or not they're editable.

> Dear Bill,
> The only harm from bay leaves is that of internal laceration of the
> mouth, esophagus, or upper GI tract. this is the reason we remove
> them. If pulverized adequately by grinding or chewing, then they
> would do little harm, but while chewing them, the mouth may be
> lacerated. Someone mentioned holly which is chemically toxic. Real
> holly leaves can be painted with chocolate. The leaf is then peeled
> off to leave a chocolate holly shape that can be eaten.
> My daughter at age 4 found a bay leaf in her soup, identified it as a
> leaf, and indignantly shouted, "There is a leaf in my soup!"
> Needless to say, I have always planted one in her soup since then for
> the laugh. It is never eaten.
> Sincerely yours,
> Edward Warren
>
> "Bill" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
> > leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.



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Dan, the leaves may, or may not, be edible, but I'm pretty sure they're
not editable. Not unless your word processor is a lot more powerful
than mine.


In article > ,
"Dan Goodman" > wrote:

> Dr. Edward Warren wrote:
>
> I note that you don't say whether or not they're editable.
>
> > Dear Bill,
> > The only harm from bay leaves is that of internal laceration of the
> > mouth, esophagus, or upper GI tract. this is the reason we remove
> > them. If pulverized adequately by grinding or chewing, then they
> > would do little harm, but while chewing them, the mouth may be
> > lacerated. Someone mentioned holly which is chemically toxic. Real
> > holly leaves can be painted with chocolate. The leaf is then peeled
> > off to leave a chocolate holly shape that can be eaten.
> > My daughter at age 4 found a bay leaf in her soup, identified it as a
> > leaf, and indignantly shouted, "There is a leaf in my soup!"
> > Needless to say, I have always planted one in her soup since then for
> > the laugh. It is never eaten.
> > Sincerely yours,
> > Edward Warren
> >
> > "Bill" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
> > > leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
>
>
>
> --

Bill wrote:

> Dan, the leaves may, or may not, be edible, but I'm pretty sure
> they're not editable. Not unless your word processor is a lot more
> powerful than mine.
>
You edit food with a food processor, of course.


> "Dan Goodman" > wrote:
>
> > Dr. Edward Warren wrote:
> >
> > I note that you don't say whether or not they're editable.
> >
> > > Dear Bill,
> > > The only harm from bay leaves is that of internal laceration of
> > > the mouth, esophagus, or upper GI tract. this is the reason we
> > > remove them. If pulverized adequately by grinding or chewing,
> > > then they would do little harm, but while chewing them, the mouth
> > > may be lacerated. Someone mentioned holly which is chemically
> > > toxic. Real holly leaves can be painted with chocolate. The
> > > leaf is then peeled off to leave a chocolate holly shape that can
> > > be eaten. My daughter at age 4 found a bay leaf in her soup,
> > > identified it as a leaf, and indignantly shouted, "There is a
> > > leaf in my soup!" Needless to say, I have always planted one in
> > > her soup since then for the laugh. It is never eaten.
> > > Sincerely yours,
> > > Edward Warren
> > >
> > > "Bill" > wrote in message
> > > > I've heard they are not, but why? It seems strange that you can
> > > > leave them soaking in your food but that you cannot eat them.
> >
> >
> >
> > --



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