/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14031855]

>It's fucking 2,000 BC
>Be homeless dude
>I own absolutely nothing
>Starving
>Times are tough lately, don't get much out of begging anymore
>If I don't find some way to make a shekel I might just die of starvation
>Walk around, trying to find inspiration
>See a big ass tree
>I stand there, staring at it, nearly catatonic
>For a mere second it's like God whispered His wisdom into my ear
>grab as many leaves as I can
>go around the city, trying to convince anyone to buy my fucking leaves
>obviously everyone tells me to fuck off right away
>everyone except the king's personal cook
>he asks me if there are any culinary uses to my leaves
>"lol yeh sure whatever, how many do you want?"
>he buys all my stuff
>fucking 4000 years later and everyone around the world use my leaves when cooking their dishes
>In 4000 years not a single soul realized that they do absolutely nothing

[Anonymous No.14031904]

>it's fucking 2020 AC
>be retard
>make a thread on /ck/ even tho I know nothing about spice or herbs

[Anonymous No.14031910]

>>14031855
was that before or after you sucked every dick in the city you enormous faggot

[Anonymous No.14031933]

>>14031855
>have the palate of a toddler
>blame the leaf

Just accept your limitation and find a new hobby.

[Anonymous No.14031946]

>>14031933
>>14031904
>>14031910
>n-no, I can't admit I have wasted my money on a placebo spice! I just can't!!!!

[Anonymous No.14031960]

>>14031855
quit smoking.

[Anonymous No.14031983]

>>14031855
>chekd
Also...

[Anonymous No.14033163]

I have a bay plant but even the dried leaves you buy at the store have quite an intense and pleasant but still noble aroma and impart a very characteristic flavour to anything boiled. I wonder where the "bay leaves dont do anythin lol" came from?

[Anonymous No.14033174]

like, I can clearly tell if a soup has been seasoned with bay leaves (by the taste)

[Anonymous No.14033294]

>>14033163
maby because it's used many times in hearty dishes? just a wild guess.

[Anonymous No.14033357]

I have around 10 bay giant fucking plants, they are not a meme by any sort of the imagination

[Anonymous No.14033406]

Cook a pot of rice plain, and then cook a pot with a bayleaf.

[Anonymous No.14033430]

>>14033163
Faggots who don't cook obsessed with the novelty of "lol, u just put it in and take it out".

[Anonymous No.14033772]

>>14033430
With fresh you often have to

[Anonymous No.14033832]

Who's pooping right now?

[Anonymous No.14033839]

>>14031855
>americans

[Anonymous No.14033846]

>>14033406
Mmm iM going to try that

[Anonymous No.14033852]

>>14031855
Shekels werent around in 2000bc. Nice try, ezekiel

[Anonymous No.14033881]

>>14031855
bay leaves have a very distinct flavor. get some good quality ones.

[Anonymous No.14034161]

I love cooking and I love food but I have to admit I have tried soups and stews with and without them many times and I struggle to tell a difference. I still use them if the recipe calls for it but I always wonder if the leaf creates the flavor or if it's my brain telling me there is more flavor.

[Anonymous No.14034390]

>>14031855
t. decade old bay leaves because he never cooks

Bay leaves have an intense, almost acrid smell. Simmer a pair in salt water if you want to taste just the bay leaves. I absolutely guarantee you'll notice both the taste and smell.

[Anonymous No.14034398]

>>14034390
t. bay leaf merchant

[Anonymous No.14034503]

>>14031855
I put bay leaves in my hot dog water and it definetly imparts a delicious flavor.

[Anonymous No.14034816]

>>14034503
gross i usually just use scotch

[Anonymous No.14035202]

bay leaves are definitely not a meme. We have a mature tree in our garden and we use them both fresh and dried. They impart a savoury/musty/resin like flavour to things. I put a few in my pasta water and they give it a subtle savoury (umami like) boost. Also surprisingly good in steamed sponge pudding (put one in the bottom of the bowl with batter on top), bechamel/pasta sauce, herbal tea with a stick of cinnamon, boiled with beans and lentils, with a roast chicken or grilled mackerel etc. Open your mind OP

[Anonymous No.14035256]

>>14031946
it isn't a placebo though, are you a genuine troglodyte? just put a leaf or two in a cup of water and than an hour or two later taste it, you will taste the difference and flavor of the bay leaf. I mean how fucked in the head are you?

[Anonymous No.14035304]

>>14033832
Me lol

[Anonymous No.14035314]

>>14033357
>10 bay giant fucking plants

[Anonymous No.14035316]

>>14034816
Nice. I ought to try boiling my hot dogs in scotch.
At last there is a use for that paint thinner of a drink

[Anonymous No.14035318]

I just roll a fat doobie with my bay leaves. It doesn't get me high but the smoke tastes so good

[Anonymous No.14035326]

>>14031855
Fucking take a fresh leaf or two and smash it with your hands, you'll see the smell is strong.

[Anonymous No.14035355]

>>14031855
Is this another "smoked paprika tastes like nothing" thread?
There is oils in those leaves that subtly change the flavour profile when stewed for a long time.

Go ahead, grab one and burn it.
See that shit? Smell that shit? It burns like this because of the oils in it.

Just because you have an unrefined palate and are unable to taste nuances, that doesn't mean it's useless.

Next time, just be humble enough to ask "what do these actually do, cause I don't know, please educate me".
That's the attitude you should have with your ignorant ass.

[Anonymous No.14035395]

>>14034161
I mean just smell the leaf and or toast it in a pan. Then add it to your stew, then smell the combination. It should be pretty clear, they have a distinctive smell. It's an aromatic that's used in a ton of shit, very recognizable.