Keep an eye out for another spice-related pun opportunity, your thyme will come.

Your presence is welcome, thanks for cumin.

I can't downvote you for an honestly expressed opinion, but soup is a disappointing meal.

Bummer, that it's only for women though

I had a relative once say that she's vegetarian, won't eat animals. I point out the chicken she's eating and has always eaten, and she says "It's from the grocery store, not an animal". We had to have a long chat. People too divorced from real food and its sources, have some weird assumptions.

My friends mom has been trying the opposite- shes trying to avoid buying any plastic packaged food. Not so much out of concern for microplastics, but as a way to reduce her environmental impact.

Its also helped her eat much healthier- most candy is out, all her veggies are fresh instead of frozen, fresh meats instead of prepackaged ones, etc.

Ain't nobody got thyme for that.

Don't have to be salty about it.

I knew things were going to get spicy in here.

You want one from a bay or harbor, where the pollution hast concentrated, and the bay leaf has been able to draw in all the tasty flavors of PCBs, chemical waste, sewage, fertilizers, pesticides, industrial run-off, etc. It's all those subtle flavors that make the Bay Leaf the King of Seasonings.

I've read it enhances every other flavour, kind of like salt but without making things salty

It has a soft flavor. I don't put it into anything spicy, and probably won't be noticeable with the way Americans seem to do seasoning. But if I'm making a soup with some meat and potatoes and various vegetables, I'll put it in, it'll be noticeable.

If you just boil beef with and without it, you'll feel the difference the most, I think.

You're not supposed to eat it

That's why you take them out afterwards

I can't speak for everyone, but these last few years have given me the impression that more folks are picking up cooking. I hope that's true at least.

we just tell the kids whoever finds the bay leaf "wins" and gets first dessert.

i can't remember the last time i served dessert.

Like a cat with a hairball.

ignorance, but yeah. Who hasn't encountered a bay leaf by adulthood?

Nah, you don't want that. I don't think the leaf would grind very well and it's just supposed to be a hint of spice in the final dish.

Old greg does