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Where do Bay Leaves come from and can you eat them?
Bay leaves grow on a tree and can be used in cooking - they are safe to eat = Answer = Bay Leaves come from the sweet bay or laurel tree, known botanically as Laurus nobilis. They are often used as a flavoring for soups and stews, but the leaves themselves are bitter and hard to chew, so are generally discarded after cooking.
What does a bay leaf look like?
Bay leaf (plural bay leaves) refers to the aromatic leaf of the bay laurel. Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance.Bay leaves can also be scattered in a pantry to repel meal moths, flies and roaches. Hopes this answer helps you out : )
What is a tansy?
bay leaf essential oil have a long and illustrious history. To crown great and accomplished people, the ancient Romans and Greeks used to make crowns out of genuine Bay Leaves. These great people were typically kings, war heroes, and Olympians. bay leaf essential oil is extracted from the bay tree, an evergreen tree . Steam distillation is used to extract the oil from the fresh leaves of the tree. The tree is native to the Mediterranean region and has glossy leaves, blackberries, and light green flowers. Bay essential oil is masculine and spicy, and it is a warming oil that is pleasant to use in the fall and winter.
What is a bay willow?
A bay willow is a species of willow tree native to northern Europe and northern Asia, with leaves which resemble laurel.
What is the name of an Aromatic cosmetic liquid by distilling leaves of tree in rum and water?
bay rum
What plant grows bay leaf?
Bay leaves grow on the Bay laurel tree (Laurus nobilis)Basic information can be found on Wikipedia. See the link below.
What is a cassia tree?
Cassia leaves are erroneously referred to as 'Indian bay leaves', even though they belong to a totally different botanical family and look nothing like a bay leaf. Cassia leaves can be twice the size (both in width and length) of the European bay leaf and when dried turn a dull brown colour and are inclined to break whereas bay leaves, tough and leathery as they are, are more likely to survive the drying process intact.
What store would likely carry bay oil?
If you mean baby oil, then any drug store or supermarket would carry it. Bay oil, also known as Oil of Bay, is an essential oil extracted from leaves of the bay tree, or bay laurel. It is used in aromatherapy and is also sold for medicinal purposes. A pharmacy or supermarket would be a likely place to buy it, Although bay leaves, from the same tree, are widely used in cooking, I've never heard of this use for bay oil.
Do you add bay leaves to spaghetti sauce?
Bay leaves are an aromatic herb that come from the evergreen Bay Laurel tree, which is native to the Mediterranean. They are used to flavor soups, stews, vegetables and meats. See related link.
What part of the tree does a bay leaf come from?
What part of the tree does a bay LEAF come from? I think you answered your own question.
How many calories 3 bay leaves?
12 calories in 3 bay leaves.
What is the best time to cut back a bay tree?
The best time would be in winter or when the tree gets too woody and stops producing proper leaves, the tree is not deciduous so should not be pruned too much.
