3 ms·

They do: https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-685/bay-leaf#sideeffects https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-685/bay-lea...

• abrookewood 1y ago
  Wow .. I had no idea. I'd always assumed you were supposed to remove them from cooking because they would taste bad if eaten directly - not that you couldn't actually digest them!
  • OneDeuxTriSeiGo 1y ago
    Yeah a lot of different leaves don't break down well in the digestive track without friction or longer digestion periods (which are adaptations that actual herbivores have). This is also why they (bay leaves or more generally all laurel leaves) are such a massive pain in the ass to compost in most places. The wonders of insoluble fiber and wax coatings on leaves.
    • woleium 1y ago
      s/track/tract/g
      • OneDeuxTriSeiGo 1y ago
        lol yep. idk how I managed to do that one.
• n1b0m 1y ago
  I stand corrected. Something to watch out for