Thread: Fresh Bay Leaves

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.

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

-sw

"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> 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
>
> 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" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> 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 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:43:43 +0300, Bob O'Dyne wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:47:00 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> 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

On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:34:20 -0500, Polly Esther 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.

-sw

"Polly Esther" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> 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 23:56:25 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:43:43 +0300, Bob O'Dyne wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:47:00 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
>> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:43:43 +0300, Bob O'Dyne wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 22:47:00 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> >> 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 Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:03:17 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

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

You and Gary are both very wrong when it comes to bay leaves.

-sw

On Oct 1, 8:23*pm, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.net> 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.