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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna
The only thing I like about the BH&G cookbook was the table of measurements and list of substitutions in the very back. I was making a stew out of it early in my marriage and called her to ask what bay leaf was. "Bay leaf? Where did you get that from?" she said. When I told her, she sniffed, "That's a Yankee cookbook! Only put part of that bay leaf in, and take it out before you eat! Better yet, don't use it at all!"
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You're supposed to take it out before you eat - the cookbook says that (at least every stew recipe I've tried from the BH&G cookbooks say that).
I'm confused.