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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Who the fuck uses bay leaves in Mexican food?

People who know how to cook? πŸ˜†

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many Latin American countries always add bay leaves when cooking any type of bean. There are beans in a burrito.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] luxadazy@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Or even hoja de laurel molida. And then you don't have to fish it out.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

Birria? Rice? Caldos?

WTF do you mean who uses leaves in Mexican food?

[–] RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.today 28 points 1 day ago

Every good pot of Mexican beans has bay leaves in it.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 24 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] rainwall@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Mexicans, for one. Bay leaves are common in lots of cuisine.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Just checked out a map; turns out Mexico does exist.

[–] cowboydan@quokk.au 13 points 1 day ago
[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Chipotle is to Mexican food what Olive Garden is to Italian cuisine.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why is it Mexican FOOD and Italian CUISINE?

[–] GreenDust@lemmings.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

Well fuck, do the Spanish have food or cuisine?

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

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.

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 5 points 1 day ago

I feel like it's closer than Taco Bell at least

[–] deHaga@feddit.uk 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The number of people who think Mexico isn't a North American country is worrying

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Try asking Americans to point out South America on a map. You'll have to not giggle as they point to Texas or Florida.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Use it in with rice all the time. Its a very subtle flavor but it definitely adds to it so it goes in.

[–] cowfodder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Mexicans. At least some of them.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

πŸ‘€πŸ˜¬

[–] De4dSpace@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I use it in Chili Colorado.