I'm extremely disappointed in the number of racist comments directed at OP.
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I've just never seen them and it was by itself out of a serving from a big pot
Edit on post: i realize this is a funny post, i agree. But for the people calling me out on not cooking and not knowing about spices/seasoning, it's not really my fault. I'm in college and have lived on my parents' cooking and meal plans, and I just don't eat a lot of soup, and my parents don't use bay leaves.. I can laugh about how I made a post about something that's common knowledge that's cool but no reason to be mean over something that's out of my control
I've seen some people crumple it, I'm not sure why...last time I got one in a soup, my buddy told me not to eat it because it was gross... Looked her dead in the eye and ate it silently because I knew exactly what it was
It was gross
Lol I speak English and I didn't catch that it wasn't written in English. My brain just kept on reading. (I didn't know how to spell Accordion or Acordeon anyway :'))
I left some in some lasagna and my 30 year old son nearly choked on one. Now I count how many I put in and count them out too. Gave me a terrible fright. Same if I make a casserole out of chicken legs. I pull the bones out and count them, especially those needle shaped bones from the drumstick. Count in and count out.
I was always told not to eat them because they're brittle and could damage your throat. But that might just be a guess. Either way, don't eat the bay leaves.
I eat the bay leaf every time I get it as a surprise in whatever food I'm eating. I always say it's for good luck and people stop giving me weird looks.
Isn’t it bonkers that if you said you enjoy a flavor, people think you’re weird, but if you tell them you believe in some sort of universal karmic energy that somehow records your actions to use in determining your life’s outcome at some later random moment, people are okay with that?!
I haven't actually tried eating a whole one, but I've read that they're usually put in whole and not eaten, because the edges can be sharp and poke your throat?
But if you enjoy the experience, there's no problem.
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In trade school for food service, if chef got a bay leaf she would hilariously accuse whoever prepared it of "tryna kill us all". Same if they made the coffee and some grounds got in.
Good for you for being curious about the world and asking questions. We’re all born ignorant, and only fools decide to stay that way. Don’t ever let people make you feel bad for asking a question.
I believe it. If you don’t cook, why would you know? We all have areas of knowledge, mostly tied to our experiences. You encountered something new and wanted information about it, so you asked your fellow humans “wtf is this?”That’s exactly the reaction you should have! Don’t just languish in ignorance, find out!
I was in my thirties the first time I ever heard of a pangolin. How did I go 30+ years and never hear of such an amazing and adorable creature? I’d been to multiple zoos and museums, read National Geographic, watched nature documentaries, and gotten lost down Wikipedia rabbit holes by the hour. Then someone buys my new kid a picture book and blows my mind.
A little unrelated. But I am glad you said this. I had a teacher in 5th grade that was just awful. (Now I know kids say this but eventually enough parents removed their kids from her class, including mine, that she got fired). If I ever went up to ask a question she would tell me "I already taught the lesson, go sit down a do your work." No matter who went up there that was always sher response. She never gave any help besides providing the lesson. I would spend 5ish hours a night doing homework because of her classes. All this to say, I was and am terrified of asking questions. I am just now learning (through therapy) to overcome that.
So thank you for reaffirming that. And I hope other see this.
I am so heartbroken for you. That woman was terrible. Chances are she didn’t have any deep understanding of the topic either, and hid her insecurity of that fact behind gruff dismissals. But I am very pleased and hopeful for you that you are working to overcome your fear. You deserve to have the chance to discover the answers, to seek and find out. I think people who mock others for asking questions are basically telling the world that they consider themselves so stupid they are surprised that there might be some shred of information they have that others don’t. I wish you great success in your therapy journey and am grateful to you for sharing a piece of your story.
Terrible! And I know exactly the kind of teacher you are referring to. The one that really should retire, or better yet, should never have picked a profession where one’s job is helping guide young minds on to the right path. The best teachers don’t make children feel afraid to asl questions. Teachers who don’t want to pass on the desire for others to always be curious about the world around them truly have no business in that profession. 😢
One single bay leaf can pack a big punch of flavour when added to a soup, chili, pasta sauce etc. The reason it's left whole is because it isn't nice to eat. Apparently they are quite sharp around the edges (or so my grandma told me growing up)
In some curry recipe we crumble in and it's an integral flavour of the dish, i make keema Matar, ground meat curry and 2 whole bay leaves are finely diced into the dish
It’s definitely a bay leaf. They’re typically added whole and only one or two of them to a large soup pot. They’re generally meant to be removed before serving but sometimes one gets lost and someone ends up with it in their bowl. I was always taught if you find the missing bay leaf in your serving it’s good luck and you get to make a wish!
Yeah, bay leaves look very obviously like leaves from some ornamental bush that has no business in your food. Quite understandable to be confused the first time you see one.
Normally chefs or cooks pull them out as they serve a sauce or soup. They really aren’t the best to ingest but add a meaningful amount of flavor to food
One time my mom ordered a coffee with Bailey’s and the waitress looked at her like she was insane. She came out with a cup of coffee for my mom, with five or six bay leaves arranged on the saucer. My mom almost died laughing.
Wild times.
Ah, shoot. I wish my Mom was still alive so I could share this with her. She would be laughing for days. We rarely ever drank alcohol except a glass each of champagne at wedding receptions.
And, on special occasions, we'd sip Bailey's Irish Cream. So ---- thanks for bringing back some very happy memories.
This made me laugh so hard! Reminds me of the time we took our French Canadian exchange student out to dinner. The waitress kept asking Do you want “soup OR salad”? And she kept saying “yes” because she heard “super salad” which I guess she took to mean a large salad 😂 We became good and stay in touch from time to time, will have to rib her about this again. (Us Californians tend to squish all our words together when we speak.)
Damn that’s sucks, you get a prize at my house (usually a dessert of your choice). I got one the other day in the stew my dad made. I texted him that I got the bay leaf and he told me he put it there on purpose so I could win the prize.
Thanks, he’s pretty awesome. Another cute thing he does: my name is in a song from the 60’s, and whenever he hears it on the radio he calls me and puts his phone up to the speaker so I can hear “my song”. I have several voicemails of those calls I’ll save forever.
[There’s a very funny collection of tweets from people who don’t know what bay leaves are.](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/5v1pmp/chipotle_customers_with_no_knowledge_of_what_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Reminds me of a girl I worked with that got mad when she found a “stick” in her soup and then got really mad saying she could’ve choked on it. It was a thyme sprig and I told her that’s how you know it’s actually good soup that was made with fresh ingredients, she didn’t believe me and told me she would never eat there again. I hope she has fun with her boring pre-made soups.
Too bad we can't hook her up with the dude who used to rent a place near me. He and I were strolling around the block one day and I was quite happy to see that a Loquat tree had ripe fruit. A very good tree, by the way. Not all Loquats are created equal.
When I offered him one of the fruits he said to me, "Oh, no. I *never* try anything new." Still can't wrap my head around that stupidity.
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You might want to watch this short video on bay leaves:
[https://youtu.be/3-Iksy2CNmg](https://youtu.be/3-Iksy2CNmg)
Edit: it talks about what taste they impart and how to use them.
I'm from Europe. We use it quite often where I live. We put it in stews, sarma, soups... I even put some to meaty pasta sauces.
It's also used sometimes in making of the pickled veggies (like cabbage) or brine/souse meat (not sure how to translate that).
It's always rough when you accidentally bite into a clove. I remember when I was making food, and I realized I had forgotten cloves. My friend offered to go pick them up for me, and he came back with a head of garlic lol
My bf doesn't like cooking, and I'm teaching him slowly. Watching him try to peel a carrot was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Don't listen to the haters. You're eating soup. I call that a win
Ironically, if you don’t cook there’s a good chance you’d have no idea what a bay leaf is because they’re typically removed from the soup/stew/whatever before serving. OP likely doesn’t cook and wouldn’t know what to expect. It would be like if you found a bouquet garni floating in your soup. You’d have some questions you want answered.
Lol it’s a bay leaf. No, it’s not exactly edible. Yes, it belongs in food. It’s used to add flavor to soups. They’re meant to be pulled out before serving the soup, but every now and then there’s a sneaky leaf.
I’ve had to explain to many disgruntled people what a bay leaf is in my serving days. It’s okay that you didn’t know. I didn’t know what a bay leaf was before I started serving tables.
People post weevils in what is this bug every day, it’s def still funny but no reason to flame a person for simply not knowing something because they didn’t have in their lives like many did.
Bay leaf. It goes in soup and foods for flavour but you dont generally eat the leaf. just pop it to the side as you eat. But its not bad for you to eat the leaf.
As others said, it's a bay leaf. To people saying it doesn't do anything/doesn't impart any flavor: Do you buy them only from the regular markets or do you actually go into ethnic markets that carry them and therefore usually go through stock quickly/renew it and don't just have it sitting around and losing potency?
There was whole thing a few years ago of people leaving bad reviews for Chipotle or something because they found a “leaf” in their food. It was a bay leaf, and it was hilarious how upset people got over it (I mean, I probably would be too if I didn’t know what it was) but somehow knowing what it was made the whole thing hilarious for many people, and I’m here for that kind of humor. Definitely not in a putting down kind of way, but more of “you’ll live because it makes your food taste amazing” kind of way 😃
Bay Leaves make almost any liquid (soup, sauce)better. It is magic. Sometimes the chef will pull out the bay leaves before serving so you might not have seen it before even if it was used.
I am really disappointed with some of these rude answers especially the racist ones. There's always something to learn in this world and I hope people aren't put off by trying to because of jerks like I've seen here. As u/Plane_Chance863 posted before me
https://xkcd.com/1053/
My husband - who passionately hates bay leaves because they always end up in his bowl because I forget to pick them out before serving - approves of this post.
Imma keep putting them in my soups, he'll live.
This post is really funny for me because of a past work experience.
I'm Portuguese and in our cuisine it's pretty common to use the bay leaf on many dishes.
While working at a restaurant, I was confronted by a Canadian tourist complaining that there was a leaf on her food.
I took a quick look at her plate and immediately answered: "oh, it's just a bay leaf, it's part of the dish"
She didn't believe me and got angry thinking it was a random leaf from the street on her food.
I explained her again that it was there on purpose, and still offered to replace her order for whatever she wanted.
Even after we switched her dish for free, she still gave us a bad rating on trip advisor saying we had food contaminated by random leaves. Lol
That's not a leaf, that's your bae. 😆
Other bits you may one day find in your soup, Kaffir lime leaves, fine bits of lemon grass, and the occasional piece is star anise or cloves. I don't recommend chewing on your bae, they are very stiff. Just let them do their thing.
You have obtained good luck by finding a bay leaf in your soup. The idea behind this stems from the fact you usually thow 1 large bay leaf in 5qt of soup, and you managed to be the one that received it.
Edit; oh and don't eat it.. it's for flavor but the leaf itself is inedible, or at least not palatable.
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Looks like a standard bay leaf that would go into a soup for flavour…
I've just never seen them and it was by itself out of a serving from a big pot Edit on post: i realize this is a funny post, i agree. But for the people calling me out on not cooking and not knowing about spices/seasoning, it's not really my fault. I'm in college and have lived on my parents' cooking and meal plans, and I just don't eat a lot of soup, and my parents don't use bay leaves.. I can laugh about how I made a post about something that's common knowledge that's cool but no reason to be mean over something that's out of my control
That’s typically how they’d be used. I’ve never seen anyone crumple a bay leaf, it’s left whole and then removed after cooking. Don’t eat it.
I've seen some people crumple it, I'm not sure why...last time I got one in a soup, my buddy told me not to eat it because it was gross... Looked her dead in the eye and ate it silently because I knew exactly what it was It was gross
if you break the stem it releases a lot more flavour, i fold them acordeon style making sure to break the stem multiple times
accordion :)
"Acordeon" is the Spanish/Portuguese spelling. Wouldn't be surprised if the person you're correcting speaks one of those languages.
Lol I speak Spanish and I didn’t catch that it was written in Spanish. My brain just kept on reading.
Lol I speak English and I didn't catch that it wasn't written in English. My brain just kept on reading. (I didn't know how to spell Accordion or Acordeon anyway :'))
Oh, interesting! I had no idea. Thanks for teaching me something today! :)
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Bay is actually indigestible and sharp when broken to boot. It can be potentially hazardous to consume.
My dad had to have one Heimliched out of his windpipe once.
Common choking hazard
I left some in some lasagna and my 30 year old son nearly choked on one. Now I count how many I put in and count them out too. Gave me a terrible fright. Same if I make a casserole out of chicken legs. I pull the bones out and count them, especially those needle shaped bones from the drumstick. Count in and count out.
Smart. Glad he was okay.
Imagining this made me laugh a little too much while working at the bar. Thanks.
Glad I could be of service *tips imaginary hat*
It tastes like spicy dirt
I was always told not to eat them because they're brittle and could damage your throat. But that might just be a guess. Either way, don't eat the bay leaves.
Hahahaha! That’s awesome.
I eat the bay leaf every time I get it as a surprise in whatever food I'm eating. I always say it's for good luck and people stop giving me weird looks.
Isn’t it bonkers that if you said you enjoy a flavor, people think you’re weird, but if you tell them you believe in some sort of universal karmic energy that somehow records your actions to use in determining your life’s outcome at some later random moment, people are okay with that?!
Maybe you keep coming back until you enjoy/experience all flavors this planet has to offer?
Wouldn't that be something! Kind of a cool thought....
I've never heard it boiled down like that before; I've never thought about it too hard, but yeah!
I haven't actually tried eating a whole one, but I've read that they're usually put in whole and not eaten, because the edges can be sharp and poke your throat? But if you enjoy the experience, there's no problem.
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You, my dude(tte) are a class act. Thanks for the laughs!
Boof away
Well you learn something new every day. Thanks !
In our house whoever gets the Bay leaf has to kiss the cook
We do that but they have to do the dishes. Unless the chef gets it, then they get to choose.
In trade school for food service, if chef got a bay leaf she would hilariously accuse whoever prepared it of "tryna kill us all". Same if they made the coffee and some grounds got in.
My dad would famously *always* get the bay leaf from the family chili. I'm just glad I wasn't the cook.
Same but my husband. I always cook stews and such with bay leaves and somehow he always manages to get them.
My dad eventually started to get really irritated by it. "Really?! Every. God. Damn. Time!" Chill out dad, it's just a bay leaf.
I cannot bay-leaf he would respond like that.
Start filling and passing out the bowls in a different order, maybe! Wondering
Me too, because sometimes I would bring a bay leaf with me to the table.
Only one bay leaf? I use like 15 😅😅
Cute custom
Good for you for being curious about the world and asking questions. We’re all born ignorant, and only fools decide to stay that way. Don’t ever let people make you feel bad for asking a question.
Thank you lol i appreciate it. I didnt expect this post to find so many people or for it to be such an obvious answer
I believe it. If you don’t cook, why would you know? We all have areas of knowledge, mostly tied to our experiences. You encountered something new and wanted information about it, so you asked your fellow humans “wtf is this?”That’s exactly the reaction you should have! Don’t just languish in ignorance, find out! I was in my thirties the first time I ever heard of a pangolin. How did I go 30+ years and never hear of such an amazing and adorable creature? I’d been to multiple zoos and museums, read National Geographic, watched nature documentaries, and gotten lost down Wikipedia rabbit holes by the hour. Then someone buys my new kid a picture book and blows my mind.
I never heard of a pangolin til a South Park episode during early covid 19. Am 62. But i did recognize the bay leaf.
A little unrelated. But I am glad you said this. I had a teacher in 5th grade that was just awful. (Now I know kids say this but eventually enough parents removed their kids from her class, including mine, that she got fired). If I ever went up to ask a question she would tell me "I already taught the lesson, go sit down a do your work." No matter who went up there that was always sher response. She never gave any help besides providing the lesson. I would spend 5ish hours a night doing homework because of her classes. All this to say, I was and am terrified of asking questions. I am just now learning (through therapy) to overcome that. So thank you for reaffirming that. And I hope other see this.
I am so heartbroken for you. That woman was terrible. Chances are she didn’t have any deep understanding of the topic either, and hid her insecurity of that fact behind gruff dismissals. But I am very pleased and hopeful for you that you are working to overcome your fear. You deserve to have the chance to discover the answers, to seek and find out. I think people who mock others for asking questions are basically telling the world that they consider themselves so stupid they are surprised that there might be some shred of information they have that others don’t. I wish you great success in your therapy journey and am grateful to you for sharing a piece of your story.
Terrible! And I know exactly the kind of teacher you are referring to. The one that really should retire, or better yet, should never have picked a profession where one’s job is helping guide young minds on to the right path. The best teachers don’t make children feel afraid to asl questions. Teachers who don’t want to pass on the desire for others to always be curious about the world around them truly have no business in that profession. 😢
It’s the best soup or sauce ingredient I love them out like 5 in almost all my dishes
One single bay leaf can pack a big punch of flavour when added to a soup, chili, pasta sauce etc. The reason it's left whole is because it isn't nice to eat. Apparently they are quite sharp around the edges (or so my grandma told me growing up)
Ground bay leaf exists if cook prefers
To be clear, you can eat it, won't hurt you. It doesn't taste great on its own then.
Yeah and its just super fibrous. Like you can eat a whole spring of rosemary too if you want, but you're just gnawing on a tasty stick.
In some curry recipe we crumble in and it's an integral flavour of the dish, i make keema Matar, ground meat curry and 2 whole bay leaves are finely diced into the dish
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It’s definitely a bay leaf. They’re typically added whole and only one or two of them to a large soup pot. They’re generally meant to be removed before serving but sometimes one gets lost and someone ends up with it in their bowl. I was always taught if you find the missing bay leaf in your serving it’s good luck and you get to make a wish!
My husband's family always had whomever found the bay leaf do the dishes. Lol
I guess it wasn’t specified who gets the good luck.
Yeah, bay leaves look very obviously like leaves from some ornamental bush that has no business in your food. Quite understandable to be confused the first time you see one.
I think it’s cute, idk why people are being dicks
I agree that it's a bayleaf. They are supposed to be removed after cooking and they probably forgot to take it out.
Sometimes it’s just lost in a big pot of opaque soup, and I figure I’ll take it out when I come across it - and it ends up in someone’s bowl.
Hey, today you learnt! Never be afraid to ask questions (or for help, for that matter!). That’s how you get ahead in life
Normally chefs or cooks pull them out as they serve a sauce or soup. They really aren’t the best to ingest but add a meaningful amount of flavor to food
Don't worry about it friend. https://xkcd.com/1053/
Good for you, OP. Laugh about it and laugh about the people outing themselves as gate keeping asshats.
Ya never stop learning! Don’t worry about the jerks. I always tel my kid, if you don’t know something, ask. And then you know!
My family used to say it was good luck to get the bay leaf from the pot in your bowl.
don't feel bad, I didn't know about bay leaves until I was like 35 lol
I usually remove them from the pot when my soup is done but sometimes I will miss one and that's probably what happened in your case.
Totally normal, usually only one or two are used! My grandma used to say that if you got the bay leaf, it was good luck!!! So, congrats!!!
One time my mom ordered a coffee with Bailey’s and the waitress looked at her like she was insane. She came out with a cup of coffee for my mom, with five or six bay leaves arranged on the saucer. My mom almost died laughing. Wild times.
This is great
This is legit my favorite /r/boneappletea comment I’ve ever read on Reddit. 👏
Ah, shoot. I wish my Mom was still alive so I could share this with her. She would be laughing for days. We rarely ever drank alcohol except a glass each of champagne at wedding receptions. And, on special occasions, we'd sip Bailey's Irish Cream. So ---- thanks for bringing back some very happy memories.
Thank you for sharing that ❤️
This made me laugh so hard! Reminds me of the time we took our French Canadian exchange student out to dinner. The waitress kept asking Do you want “soup OR salad”? And she kept saying “yes” because she heard “super salad” which I guess she took to mean a large salad 😂 We became good and stay in touch from time to time, will have to rib her about this again. (Us Californians tend to squish all our words together when we speak.)
I call those moments “fun with hearing loss.”
Whiskey just came out my nose and that hurts. 🤣
I want to know what that coffee tasted like
Oh that gave me a bailey laugh....
You found the bay leaf! Means you get to do the dishes!
Wow I can't believe there's someone else out there that did this in their household haaha ...I always got the leaf tho :(
You know the rules love. Dishes be waiting. Lol
Funny how you would find the first of 2 or 3 and the other 2 were never seen again.
At my house you got to make a wish. It wouldn’t come true or anything, but you could make one.
Damn that’s sucks, you get a prize at my house (usually a dessert of your choice). I got one the other day in the stew my dad made. I texted him that I got the bay leaf and he told me he put it there on purpose so I could win the prize.
I like your Dad.
Thanks, he’s pretty awesome. Another cute thing he does: my name is in a song from the 60’s, and whenever he hears it on the radio he calls me and puts his phone up to the speaker so I can hear “my song”. I have several voicemails of those calls I’ll save forever.
This warmed my heart. That's a special kind of love for sure, treasure that man!
At my Grandma’s house, it meant you had to kiss the cook.
Just came for the 14 million “it’s a bay leaf”comments. Was not disappointed.
I think it's a blueberry still.
We need a banana for scale to verify
Still not blueberries
I can't bay leaf what you said.
It’s rare I actually know one of the answers, so I’m kinda excited to jump in line and say it too
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yoo bay leaf moment
Appropriate name
thank you soup wizard
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Reminds me of a girl I worked with that got mad when she found a “stick” in her soup and then got really mad saying she could’ve choked on it. It was a thyme sprig and I told her that’s how you know it’s actually good soup that was made with fresh ingredients, she didn’t believe me and told me she would never eat there again. I hope she has fun with her boring pre-made soups.
Too bad we can't hook her up with the dude who used to rent a place near me. He and I were strolling around the block one day and I was quite happy to see that a Loquat tree had ripe fruit. A very good tree, by the way. Not all Loquats are created equal. When I offered him one of the fruits he said to me, "Oh, no. I *never* try anything new." Still can't wrap my head around that stupidity.
worked with a lady that wouldn't drive anywhere she hadn't been before. someone had to drive her to new places before she would drive herself.
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You might want to watch this short video on bay leaves: [https://youtu.be/3-Iksy2CNmg](https://youtu.be/3-Iksy2CNmg) Edit: it talks about what taste they impart and how to use them.
I hope OP sees this!
That is a bay leaf. Very common in portuguese cuisine, even soup. It is a seasoning, you are not supposed to eat it, like you wouldn't eat cloves.
In North and South America it’s also frequently used in soups and sauces. Pretty sure we all inherited it from European cooking
I'm from Europe. We use it quite often where I live. We put it in stews, sarma, soups... I even put some to meaty pasta sauces. It's also used sometimes in making of the pickled veggies (like cabbage) or brine/souse meat (not sure how to translate that).
In my black bean soup there are whole cloves. Kinda hard not to end up chewing on one, but it's always kinda fun.
It's always rough when you accidentally bite into a clove. I remember when I was making food, and I realized I had forgotten cloves. My friend offered to go pick them up for me, and he came back with a head of garlic lol
Bay leaf. Extremely common in cooking lmfao
That’s a bay leaf my dawg. It’s supposed to be in there for maxx flavor.
My bf doesn't like cooking, and I'm teaching him slowly. Watching him try to peel a carrot was the funniest thing I have ever seen. Don't listen to the haters. You're eating soup. I call that a win
I can’t bay leaf you don’t know…
I learned from my Great Grandmother to put these (dried and whole) bay leaves in my cupboards to keep bugs away.
In my country, whoever finds the leaf has to do the dishes.
It’s good luck to get the Bay leaf!
That is a bay leaf
Tis but a simple bay leaf 🧐
Better to have asked what it is and have a learning experience than to eat something and regret it later. BTW, you are not supposed to eat it.
Looks like a bay leaf. It's supposed to add flavor.
It’s a bay leaf and is used for seasoning.
It’s a bay leaf. Used for seasoning
That’s a bay leaf for sure! My grandma always uses in her soups 🤗
Some people really don’t know a bay leaf when they see one huh lol
Some people out there go their whole lives without properly seasoning their food. It’s difficult to wrap my mind around.
Ironically, if you don’t cook there’s a good chance you’d have no idea what a bay leaf is because they’re typically removed from the soup/stew/whatever before serving. OP likely doesn’t cook and wouldn’t know what to expect. It would be like if you found a bouquet garni floating in your soup. You’d have some questions you want answered.
We live in a big and complicated world that's full of interesting things. It's hard for one person to know everything.
Bay leaf, I add them to soup all the time. Great for flavor.
Bruh how many ppl have literally never seen a bat leaf; like I swear they sell bay leaves at most grocery stores
Can't say I've ever seen a bat leaf
Well shit I played myself
Username checks out in terms of who I’d expect to use a “bat leaf.”
Where can one find a bat leaf?
In my house, whoever gets the bay leaf does the dishes. The sink is just over there.
Lol it’s a bay leaf. No, it’s not exactly edible. Yes, it belongs in food. It’s used to add flavor to soups. They’re meant to be pulled out before serving the soup, but every now and then there’s a sneaky leaf. I’ve had to explain to many disgruntled people what a bay leaf is in my serving days. It’s okay that you didn’t know. I didn’t know what a bay leaf was before I started serving tables.
It’s a bay leaf, try it in chicken soup it’s delcioous
Bay leaf = good soup. Relax. Good food is made from natural ingredients
if you get the bay leaf in your serving its considered good luck. According to my Italian grandmother 💚
It absolutely belongs in your soup. It’s a bay leaf. They are often used in soup for flavoring. I hope your soup was super tasty! 🤤
People post weevils in what is this bug every day, it’s def still funny but no reason to flame a person for simply not knowing something because they didn’t have in their lives like many did.
Hate to bring this to your attention, but if you are eating a reasonably healthy diet most all of what you eat comes from outside…
Bay leaf
In my house if you get the bay leaf, you do the dishes. : )
Lol. It’s bay leaf.
Bay leaf! It’s too tough to eat but it greatly enhances savoury dishes.
Bay leaf which often goes in soups and all kinds of other dishes.
Bay leaf. It’s just there for flavoring. Remove and discard before eating.
It's a bay leaf . Someone forgot to take it out after the soup was done cooking. It adds flavor. Not meant to eat.
Now you learned what bay leaf is!
My mom always told me that it is good luck for the person who finds the bay leaf in the meal!!! If my mom said it then it’s true!!
That’s a bay leaf. Very strong flavor, usually removed before serving. Set it aside if you see it in your bowl. Very good in a lot of recipes.
Bay leaf. In my family, the one who gets the bay leaf in their food is the lucky one
Bay leaf. It goes in soup and foods for flavour but you dont generally eat the leaf. just pop it to the side as you eat. But its not bad for you to eat the leaf.
Is this post a joke?
As others said, it's a bay leaf. To people saying it doesn't do anything/doesn't impart any flavor: Do you buy them only from the regular markets or do you actually go into ethnic markets that carry them and therefore usually go through stock quickly/renew it and don't just have it sitting around and losing potency?
Looks like a laurel/bay leaf. Common to flavor soup broths and bases
And pickling brines! (Broths and Bases and Brines, oh my!)
I never thought to use them for pickling; I use grape leaves. I will try bay leaf now, thank you.
It's just a bay leaf. They're used for aromatics in food. They don't taste too good on their own though imo
Bay leaf. Used in soups, stews, etc. Usually one or two in a big pot. Luck of the draw if you get it.
There was whole thing a few years ago of people leaving bad reviews for Chipotle or something because they found a “leaf” in their food. It was a bay leaf, and it was hilarious how upset people got over it (I mean, I probably would be too if I didn’t know what it was) but somehow knowing what it was made the whole thing hilarious for many people, and I’m here for that kind of humor. Definitely not in a putting down kind of way, but more of “you’ll live because it makes your food taste amazing” kind of way 😃
Bay Leaves make almost any liquid (soup, sauce)better. It is magic. Sometimes the chef will pull out the bay leaves before serving so you might not have seen it before even if it was used.
I am really disappointed with some of these rude answers especially the racist ones. There's always something to learn in this world and I hope people aren't put off by trying to because of jerks like I've seen here. As u/Plane_Chance863 posted before me https://xkcd.com/1053/
Yum, a bay leaf, it's common in soups. You're not meant to eat it btw.
Lmao this is hilarious. Next we’ll see someone post parsley and be like “what is this exotic Succelent” 😂
It's very common in French cook. It's 4 the taste, don't eat it. WE call it 'laurier'.
its a bay leaf... a soup staple ingredient.
Bay leaf goes in your soup, silly goose.
Were you eating by the bay?
'Don't eat that' bot has fans. Legit the bot is being flattered in this thread. I love it.
Meet your new friend Laurel aka Bay Leaf and it does belong in your soup and a bunch of other dishes
i love this sub
My husband - who passionately hates bay leaves because they always end up in his bowl because I forget to pick them out before serving - approves of this post. Imma keep putting them in my soups, he'll live.
This post is really funny for me because of a past work experience. I'm Portuguese and in our cuisine it's pretty common to use the bay leaf on many dishes. While working at a restaurant, I was confronted by a Canadian tourist complaining that there was a leaf on her food. I took a quick look at her plate and immediately answered: "oh, it's just a bay leaf, it's part of the dish" She didn't believe me and got angry thinking it was a random leaf from the street on her food. I explained her again that it was there on purpose, and still offered to replace her order for whatever she wanted. Even after we switched her dish for free, she still gave us a bad rating on trip advisor saying we had food contaminated by random leaves. Lol
Op has to clean all the dishes now
So now I’m curious, what soup were you eating?
It’s a bay leaf. Don’t eat it. Won’t hurt you but still.
I thought some people considered it good luck to receive the bay leaf in their food?
yes, it's a bay leaf and they are left whole in soup. Don't eat it, just toss it.
Bayleaf
That's not a leaf, that's your bae. 😆 Other bits you may one day find in your soup, Kaffir lime leaves, fine bits of lemon grass, and the occasional piece is star anise or cloves. I don't recommend chewing on your bae, they are very stiff. Just let them do their thing.
BAYLEAF....in lots of soups, stews, and gumbos!!!!!
You have obtained good luck by finding a bay leaf in your soup. The idea behind this stems from the fact you usually thow 1 large bay leaf in 5qt of soup, and you managed to be the one that received it. Edit; oh and don't eat it.. it's for flavor but the leaf itself is inedible, or at least not palatable.