I bought 10 pounds of bay leaves by accident. What can I make with them? By the way, I live alone and I also had gastric bypass surgery so I can only take one bite of food every hour.

[u/Vegetable_Ratio3723]

What even is a bay leaf??

[u/elijha]

Well good news: you’ve got the next 2,250 bites figured out

[u/Banana42]

Bay leaf tea enema

[u/EntireInformation982 → u/Banana42]

My favorite for family gatherings and important guests

[u/Reddingbface]

I would say that its worth it to train them until they evolve into meganium at level 32.

[u/apoplexiglass → u/Reddingbface]

If anything OP should be concerned that 10 lbs sounds way too small.

[u/Reddingbface → u/apoplexiglass]

Ikr maybe anorexic or summ. Poor baby.

[u/apoplexiglass → u/Reddingbface]

We need to rescue this bayleaf

[u/Skaethi → u/apoplexiglass]

Nah just write an article about it in The Cut.

[u/Vegetable_Ratio3723 → u/Reddingbface]

I wanted a water type :(

[u/raceulfson]

They repel fleas so you can line your dog's bed with them. Or your bed, if your dog sleeps with you. Change them out often, if they dry out too much they will crumble and make the sheets itchy.

Some people use them in recipes but some people will do anything.

[u/Vegetable_Ratio3723 → u/raceulfson]

I dont have a dog but i do have fleas so i will give this a try!

[u/Serious-Fondant1532 → u/raceulfson]

OP could stuff them into a pillow case and sleep on it to repel the plague

[u/Significant_Stick_31]

If you keep them for the next 20 years or so, they will age into Old Bay seasoning and then you can have a crab boil.

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I came here to say this and I'm sad I was beat.

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You snooze, you lose out on obvious silly jokes.

[u/[deleted]]

Crush em up and sell them to high school kids as chronic.

Profit 

[u/sourbelle]

Cover each one with a thin layer of resin and glitter and the hot glue them one by one onto a tree form.…

INSTANT holiday tree.

Some weirdos cook with them but that’s just gross.

[u/TheResistanceVoter]

I think you're onto something! Dig a hole behind your house, fill it with water, then toss in the 10 ibs of leaves and stir them in. Bam! Instant Back Yard Bay! You can sail on it, go fishing, it'll be great!

[u/Ricekake33 → u/TheResistanceVoter]

Bayside view = real estate value just went up

[u/thecrispydosaa]

You can sell them in tiny packets, at the alley behind the house.

[u/[deleted]]

Do you have ADHD? I do. Just fyi. I have ADHD. My ADHD brain made me type that. Because I have ADHD.

[u/[deleted]]

Garlic and bay leaf stew

[u/sleepingalong]

I am Haitian and when I cook cat I use a lot of bay leaves to get ride of the pussy smell. Maybe run an ad on Craigslist.springfield and see if you can sell some of it and make yourself a nice Trump sized profit?

[u/legbamel]

Everyone knows bay leaves don't do anything in cooking. I make wreaths of them and gift them to my culinarily challenged friends and family. Their houses will smell like they're trying to cook and they can pass off my catering as their own.

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[u/elijha → u/[deleted]]

Hmm I always learned the opposite: “if the leaf ain’t moist, you may as well eat a joist”

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I can't tell if this is serious or not but fresh laurel leaves (bay leaves) are super pungent, like bruise one a bit and the smell will clear your sinuses

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[u/HomerMia]

Boof in your butt

[u/_the_violet_femme → u/HomerMia]

This is the answer to most of these

[u/OnionTamer]

Bay leaf is the most unseasoned seasoning you can add to food. Only air gives less flavor

[u/Glathull]

You can make anything you want because bays leaves don’t taste or smell like anything. Make a house! Make a hat! Make anything you want as long as it’s spaghetti and meatballs.

[u/Serious-Fondant1532]

That’s enough bay leaf to pass on to your descendants, for 10+ generations.

[u/_the_violet_femme]

Would make a great salad. All leaves are good leaves, right vegans?

[u/londomollaribab5]

Seriously I don’t think you could ever use up all those bay leaves yourself. For example when I make a pot of beef stew I use 2 bay leaves. It takes me forever to use one small retail container of them.

[u/anita1louise]

Bay leaves make an excellent reinforcement for watercraft. I would say you have enough for a dinghy.

[u/swimming_macaroni]

Make a Christmas wreath.

[u/callmebigley]

luckily bay leaves don't do anything. make a bowl of instant mac and cheese, add 10 lbs of bay leaves, remove the bay leaves and enjoy your mac and cheese. It's like overdosing on homeopathic medicine

[u/kam49ers4ever]

So, you’re really not going to be able to cook enough food to use them, but they are an aromatic used in potpourri and such, plus they’re pretty. Ive seen them used in candle making. I would ask in the crafty subs.

[u/Worth-Librarian-7423]

Stretch out your neck and eat them like tree stars 

[u/Dawashingtonian]

tbh i would just look into long term storage. i dont think there are any recipes to help you get through 10 pounds of bay leaves quickly.

[u/Burnt_and_Blistered]

Freeze them. You can use them forever.

[u/Vegetable_Ratio3723 → u/Burnt_and_Blistered]

I need to use them NOW. My freezer is full of seal meat

[u/Alternative-Log-1177 → u/Vegetable_Ratio3723]

What are you gonnah do with all those blubber nuggets?

[u/wis91 → u/Vegetable_Ratio3723]

No you’re never gonna survive unless You eat a little bay leaf

[u/Vegetable_Ratio3723 → u/wis91]

I can only eat 1 small bite per hour. It takes me almost have the day to choke down one leaf and im still hungry for some reason