Bay but there’s no a beach for miles
Man, just wait until someone tells her where the rest of food comes from
I know folks, my boss and his family, who - if it doesn’t come from a box, powder, and/or plastic bag, will not be eating it. It’s really sad and I eat whole food in front of him all the time in hopes…
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.
The staunch vegetarian stance of not eating anything you yourself killed
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.
Now don’t go hate on frozen veggies, they did nothing wrong
A weirdly large amount of people seem to think frozen foods or persevered foods in general are all evil and will kill you. Like ALL of it.
Like fucking salted meats and refrigeration are a god send. People are fucking stupid.
My first girlfriend’s brat sister got grossed out when I told her that eggs were literally shitted out by hens. Beautiful twist. She went on to get a food safety degree.
Imagine now knowing what a bay leaf is. I have to assume this is just a rage bait post.
I’ve noted so this is anecdotal, but an increase in the lack of food knowledge among younger generations. They’re not being taught what botulism even is. I’ve had cashiers look at me funny when I realize one of the cans has a dent near the lid.
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.
I hope so too. People should understand where their food comes from better.
I mean even if it was a random leaf, big deal? Better than a hair or sth
That leaf was conceived in wedlock.
I assume that’s for garnish
Bay leaves, at this point is just a cultural thing
It’s probably very tasty, but looking at the image I couldn’t help myself thinking “at least something edible and healthy in there”.
I mean the cheese is high-fat, but the chicken, rice, and beans?
Bay leaves are technically not that edible. You can’t really digest them, they’re pretty tough even after hours of cooking, and are mainly used for their intensive flavour…
So, no, it’s actually neither edible nor healthy.
Unbayleafable.
came here to make a silly comment. i can see im not needed here.
Your presence is welcome, thanks for cumin.
Do you mean thanks for cumin?
Keep an eye out for another spice-related pun opportunity, your thyme will come.
That is fucking magnificent. If you’re not a dad your talent is being wasted on us mere mortals.
You won the internet today
Well yeah bay leaves do usually get removed before serving
have you ever had bay leaves from a shoe?
I got a man-gina
Who cooks a shoe?
Old greg does
Anybody here ever worked at a chipotle? Do they really use bay leaves in their cooking? Let us know. Otherwise we can suspect OOP staged that photo and made a funny post for rage bait.
That just means your meal was freshly picked from the burrito tree. Geesh, some people…
Who the fuck uses bay leaves in Mexican food?
Mexicans. At least some of them.
I was curious, here is what I found: “We use bay leaves to add a subtle depth of flavor to dishes like our beans, rice, Barbacoa, and Carnitas.” - this was off a reddit post, so who knows.
Classic carnitas flavor absolutely has bay
Apparently it is common in Mexico itself. I had to look it up because I was also incredulous at using a bay leaf in a burrito.
Many Latin American countries always add bay leaves when cooking any type of bean. There are beans in a burrito.
I’m gonna have to try the mexican variety becsuse the kind I am used to adds literally nothing to dishes other than a leaf in the food. 🤷♂️
it’s the exact same plant. if your grocery store has a latin section they probably sell hojas de laurel for cheaper per ounce than mccormick.
Or even hoja de laurel molida. And then you don’t have to fish it out.
“Mexican food”…
Just checked out a map; turns out Mexico does exist.
The number of people who think Mexico isn’t a North American country is worrying
Try asking Americans to point out South America on a map. You’ll have to not giggle as they point to Texas or Florida.
Big if true
Chipotle is to Mexican food what Olive Garden is to Italian cuisine.
I feel like it’s closer than Taco Bell at least
Why is it Mexican FOOD and Italian CUISINE?
Eurocentrism
Well fuck, do the Spanish have food or cuisine?
Because despite not realizing it yet, human consciousness is just a next-word-predicting LLM, and the dataset most Americans are trained on has those as the most common next words.
👀😬
Birria? Rice? Caldos?
WTF do you mean who uses leaves in Mexican food?
Every good pot of Mexican beans has bay leaves in it.
People who know how to cook? 😆
There’s literally a species of laurel native to Mexico that indigenous Americans used in their food for thousands of years.
Bay leaves come from various plants and are used for their distinctive flavour and fragrance. The most common source is the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). Other types include California bay laurel, Indian bay leaf, West Indian bay laurel, and Mexican bay laurel.
Use it in with rice all the time. Its a very subtle flavor but it definitely adds to it so it goes in.
Mexicans, for one. Bay leaves are common in lots of cuisine.
I use it in Chili Colorado.
Mexicans.
