November 22, 2004
holy cow! oh. wait.
I cooked dinner! Yahoo! It was edible! Double yahoo! It involved no cows, though. Only milk and cheese. I don't think cows make pasta.
So my shmancy recipe asked for two bay leaves. I know that I should fish them out before I serve the food to the unsuspecting hordes, and I know it's because the leaves are sharp and could hurt somebody's insides.
What do you do with the used up bay leaves?
I'm throwing mine away. But! What if I'm supposed to keep them in an empty jar of similar variety to the current jar? What if I'm supposed to use them in cooking for the out of doors? Or for parboiled meats? Or for leftovers? What if I'm supposed to rinse them off and return them to Spice Island where they infuse them, once again, with the delicate scents and tastes of bay leaves? I bet they'd send them to third world countries like Australia.
I'm not sure where I'd send them. So I'm sending them to the garbage.
Posted by dotty at November 22, 2004 07:54 PM