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.
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.
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.
Who the fuck uses bay leaves in Mexican food?
People who know how to cook? 😆
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.
Birria? Rice? Caldos?
WTF do you mean who uses leaves in Mexican food?
Mexicans.
Every good pot of Mexican beans has bay leaves in it.
Mexicans, for one. Bay leaves are common in lots of cuisine.
There’s literally a species of laurel native to Mexico that indigenous Americans used in their food for thousands of years.
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
“Mexican food”…
Just checked out a map; turns out Mexico does exist.
Big if true
Chipotle is to Mexican food what Olive Garden is to Italian cuisine.
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.
I feel like it’s closer than Taco Bell at least
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.
Use it in with rice all the time. Its a very subtle flavor but it definitely adds to it so it goes in.
Mexicans. At least some of them.
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I use it in Chili Colorado.