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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:47:31 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

I dried the bay leaves themselves by putting them in a metal dish on top of
my woodburner - I now have enough for a year of soup flavouring ;-)

I never dry off bay leaves. I have a biggish standard bay and just
rip off a few fresh leaves as required. Drying does nothing for the
taste in my view.

I agree. If you can obtain fresh leaves, they are better than dried but
sometimes needs must. The largest of my bay trees is around 20 feet
tall and the leaves smell lovely when picked and scrunched up so the
perfume is released.
--
June Hughes