/ck/ - Food & Cooking

LITERALLY *does nothing*

>>19372584
>make pot of rice
>add 5 bay leaves to check whether the meme is right
>remove lid after rice is done
>taste and smell rice
>want to kill OP for saying something so stupid

>>19372584
You can't taste bay leaves? Huh?

>>19372589
It reacts with liquids to create carbon dioxide gas bubbles which leaven bread.

Threads off to a bad start.

>>19372591
>>19372593
Sorry bay leaf jews, the charade is collapsing as we speak

>>19372593
>create carbon dioxide gas bubbles
I've mixed my bancakes with and without 'powder, and frankly the bubbles are the same. I guess if you use a spoon or shake it like an autist you need baking powder for bubbles but if you use a whisk it's fucking exactly the same

I do agree that bæ leaves are fucking amazing and DO NOT taste like nothing. that shit is the underdog ingredient that nobody knows is doing all its heavy lifting even when they use them

>>19372596
>not just 'jew leaf'
One job

>>19372602
Thats the term for jewish canadians moran

>>19372584
>Recipe calls for a single clove of garlic

>>19372622
many recipes don't really want to taste like any of their ingredients anon. a well balanced dish, especially a classic dish that has been refined for generations, is looking for layers of flavours or just the right combination of subtleties so that it tastes unique and you can only tell what the ingredients are if you start leaving them out.

you just have no sense of nuance in taste anon. a single peppercorn or a half a bæ leaf can make or break a dish, to anyone who has a sense of taste and doesn't suck down strawberry shortcake vape fumes 45 times a day

>>19372591
>>19372593
Please be kind to OP, the only herbs he has access to are stale and tasteless. His life is hard enough already.

>>19372633
It doesn't take a 5 star chef to notice bland hummus, try again.

>>19372641
If your hummus is bland, that means your chick peas weren't salted or your tahini was stale.

>>19372641
no but it does take a zero star chef to smash their 'ummous with garlic or lemon juice just to feel like they're making flavour when they don't appreciate all the other flavours they're ignoring

>>19372663
Or what a recipe is lacking, already figured that one out.

>>19372584
Any recipe where they want you to put in like 40 tablespoons of different shit and then a pinch of salt. Bro trust me you won't notice the salt after all the other shit you put in. Hell, you won't be able to taste the majority of the shit you put in to begin with.

>>19372672
forgot pic

>>19372678
Not even pro chefs can pick out all the flavors in spice mixes and they only have like 3-7 things in them

>>19372584
Vanilla extract in chocolate mocha tart.

poach a chicken breast in plain salted water with just a few bay leaves and you'll come back and delete this thread

>>19372683
but they use bay leaf

>>19372695
everything this anon says is true

>>19372700
bay leaves are fine if you don't drown your food in 40 herbs and spices so everything becomes a spice slop.
It's like mixing colors, if you pour too much in a touch of green won't make your brown sludge any more vibrant.

>>19372591
Recently tried this and can confirm the rice is better. What is the mystery behind these little fuckers bros? It can't be placebo or something like that, even people who didn't know were saying it was better.

>>19372584
I buy my spices online and they're all so much better than the grocery store shit. they cost 1-3 bucks more depending on the item, but the quality is worth it. every time I open up my bag of bay leaves the smell is so fragrant and strong. unless I'm pulling off a complex recipe I try to keep it to 3:2 ratio of spices to herbs. bay leaf is a must for soups, stocks, and brines and works great for some European style dishes. buy better herbs and spices op

If you can't taste bay leaf then you are either a tastelet or had Covid so bad it permanently ruined your sinuses and ability to taste because they taste great.

I mean just for a test, chew on a couple of them and report back.

>>19373466
Or just go to local Indian store.

>>19373543
I bought black peppercorns from an indian brand and they tasted like shit

OH! OH! ME!11 ME! I DO NOTHIHNG!1 ME ME ME! YES!1 I DO NOTHING! YES ME!1 NOTHING! I DO NOTHING! ME!!

>>19374924
fool

>>19374927
orange fool

You’re supposed to cram it, numbnuts. How many times do we have to go over this?

>>19374932
uh oh

>>19373963
indian brands are known for substituting dried mouse or rabbit droppings as fake peppercorns

>>19374924
These at least have some value, chives are completely useless

>>19373466
>Buying bay leaves.
Just buy a damn tree, they are cheap and require 0 maintenance outside the first week or 2

>>19373466
spices are one of those things where im willing to pay extra for quality, considering you use so little at a time but it can make such a big difference

>>19375110
why? I spend a couple bucks every two years to buy a bag of Turkish bay leaves and they're great, I don't need a tree

>>19375198
exactly. most spices are pretty cheap anyway unless you're buying certain ones like saffron or rare whole peppercorns

>>19372672
You chose the one ingredient that makes this statement wrong. It's kind of impressive. You should learn what salt does in cooking before posting here though.

>>19372584
according to quantum mechanics everything affects everything
these leaves clearly have influenced you to make a thread , therefore they did do something

>>19375416
The fact that you can't actually prove your point and only talk around it means you're wrong though

>>19375468
Butthurt retard.

>>19375472
See, you still can't form an argument. Personal attacks on top of that? Doubling down on being wrong.

>>19372633
>a single peppercorn
>half a bæ leaf
man ypipo really be seasonin they food for real now huh

>>19375035
eat SHIT faggot FUCK YOU

imagine lacking the ability to taste a a fucking bay leaf...you probably believe you dont REALLY need to drink water

>>19372599
it needs acid to work
either use baking powder with added tartaric acid or add something like buttermilk or lemon juice

>>19374944
that is frustrating.

>>19375781

>>19372584
>>19372589
>I don't know anything about food chemistry: the thread
>>19372634
>Be nice to an idiot online
I refuse.

why is it called cream cheese it isn't fuckin creamy. its only good for bagels and its never flavored its just plain so fuck you

>>19372591
>>19373436
I was inclined to agree with op but now I'll try this with non asian rice

>>19372584
Nah
Threw 2 big leaves in my baked potato soup yesterday. Should have just been one, the flavor was a lil strong

>>19372584
it does, it creates a faint, bitter, medicinal taste. I dont really like it

>>19372584

>>19372633
Trying to read this post turned me into a flaming niggerfaggot with aids.
Never post again.

a single garlic clove is probably overwhelming for white people, i get it

>>19372584
barely adds any flavor

>>19372584
Tastelet

>>19372584
does nothing for a drink

>>19372584

>>19372591
I made sauerkraut where I put a bay leaf in one jar but not the other. That was also quite noticeably different.

>>19377956
Dumbass opinion

>>19378258
Capers do add flavor, I can attest to this because I do not like them

>>19374944
It's actually good for your laundry to piss in it

>>19378325
You're mom said it was good for her too

Bay leaves are for people with finesse. This is lost on brown people who mask shitty meats with handfuls of anything they can get their claws on from the spice rack.

>>19378325
huh you got any source on that, and what about pooping, i like doing both

>>19372584
Some people taste different things differently. Some people have genetic traits or phenotypes that block certain flavors from being experienced, see dill vs crown dill and/or cilantro/soap.

Also, having a very high salt diet can worsen your taste buds.

Eating a lot of very spicy food can at least CHANGE your taste perception, some research says it can even deaden parts of your sense of taste.

If you truly taste nothing, figure out how much salt you're eating, and if it is a lot, for your sake, your tastebuds' sake, and for your heart's aake, go off almost all salt for two weeks, and try again. If still jothing, maybe you're unlucky. Ancient greeks would literally be awarded bay leafs for being the fittest in all the city states and they were thrilled.

>>19377956
Never knew your tastebuds could be this fucked.

>>19378348
i noticed she's been a lot happier recently, keep it up, thanks. now I don't have to drink a gallon of cola every day

all it does is color your food without adding any actual flavor