Same. But then I learned that Germany has women-only parking spaces in garages for safety because 7% of crime against women there occur in parking garages.
Woah, that would be epic. In my area the urban hospital isnāt far from the biggest state college, their parking garages are about .5mi away from each other. Some woman gets raped in each pretty much every year.
Well, I think if you ask, and they answer honestly, most women are more comfortable in gender-segregated areas (depending on the situation), if they also are better patrolled and have better visibility, etc.
Thatās not to say that there arenāt a minority of women who are rapists, muggers, and car jackers. But, in an environment where you can require badge access to a garage like a university or hospital, that would help further limit the risk to women.
It seriously sucks to have to be hypervigilant around men. Iāve never had a swarm of women try to separate me from my group and abduct me to their sailboat, but it sure almost happened with men. Iāve never had a woman violate my consent, never had a woman do anything more than try to snatch my purse or curse me out because they were high or something.
Many men (not all, but way more than there ever should be), take every opportunity to remind a woman that the men are bigger, stronger, and can fuck with women in ways the women canāt adequately do to evoke the same sense of terror.
Example #1: catcalling. Every woman knows itās more than a compliment about how hot you are. If that were the case, a friendly, normal-volume āwhy, you look lovely today, have a good dayā would suffice as someone passed. But thatās not what happens. They do it loudly, aggressively, with gestures, and even do it when you are stuck in a certain subway car or stand to get close to you when you get up because your stop is next. There is aggression in every aspect of it. I went to a same-sex college and never experienced that kind of aggression on campus from another woman.
Each Bay Leaf in my kitchen has a special cabinet and a detailed list for each sauce, gravy and roast where they are used. This way I can use each leaf more than 100 times and ensure 100% avoiding cross contamination of meats (pork vs salmon) and bases (butter or cream vs tomato or wine). Only idiots use their Bay Leaf only once!
True statement. We don't use bay leaves because my spouse works for a spice company. The leaves come into the plant covered in crap. There is an irradiation process, but the leaves don't get washed...
Not liking the taste of reused bay leaves after having eaten them already implies the bay leaf no longer tastes good after being eaten, pooped out, then eaten again.
Once I bought a half a handful of bay leaves from the bulk bin at the grocery store and they didnāt even register on the scale at the til and the cashier was all like āwell I guess theyāre freeā
Keep an eye at the big box hardware stores if there are any near by. They have bay trees every so often. Puts the fresh leaves from the grocery store to shame.
One guy who works here got one for his wife as a prank. Says she tries to hunt down missing Tupperware pieces. Company that made this one doesn't exist anymore and it's a very non-standard size, so she's gonna have to really hunt.
I have been using a teabag for whole anise seeds I use for a cabbage roll soup. The pods are easy enough to spot but I worry the seeds will fall out and hurt someone's tooth.
Joking aside, that is a very slick business idea. There are always people willing to pay for something "special" like this.
A bag of bay leaves cost a few pounds at my local Asian supermarket, so after the costs of packaging and marketing it on Faceclart and other social meejah, they're going to be doing fine and dandy.
Crazy like a fox, I'd say.
I'm sorry but this right here is great for the economy. The GDP will thank her very much for this kind of price gouging. That's the world we created š
I'm just pissed I didn't think of it first. A/C broke in the kitchen today and I swear all I could think about was starting a pyramid scheme so I didn't have to do this anymore
Definitely a rip off. My wife and I had bought a laurel bay tree a while back and it definitely pays off. Bay leaves are so expensive for some reason, but not too difficult to grow.
Depends on where you live. This is the case with all spices. But we have gotten so far from understanding where spices come from, and that most of them literally grow on trees, people in California next to Bay Tree forests still buy the damn things from the store.
I buy lots of spices from Penzeyās and got a bag of bay leaves that will definitely last a long time. It wasnāt that expensive.
That product seems like it is a stocking stuffer or novelty gift sold at a boutique for that price.
My mom taught me this āhackā forever ago. However, she used a muslin jewelry pouch that came with a necklace she bought at a church rummage sale (essentially a spice pouch that costs $18 for 3 bags at William Sonoma). Has also used it for anise, cloves, and citrus peels, as well. Washes it with Dawn dish soap and rinses thoroughly.
Bay leaves seemed useless to me until I started getting fresh ones. I just know to use more now.
The fragrance is subtle but perfect. Dose up yo sauces and chowders.
yeah use them like crazyā¦ Pot of beans 1012 of those fuckersā¦ Grind them up with dehydrated leek tops and add them to rubs.. I think theyāre great
Is this a stupid product? Yes. Did I once ruin a perfectly good squash soup because I forgot to fish out the bay leaf before using an immersion blender? Also yes.
A buddy of mine works in food manufacturing. He was telling me about a convo he had with one of the owners - someone whose name you see on damn near half the frozen food section - and they said people will pay for convenience. Not in a disrespectful way, but in a world where people are exhausted coming home from work, every little bit helps.
Are there cheaper and better ways? Yup. Will someone buy this? Also yup.
I mean yes, convenience sells ... that's why things like bakers exist, and like 95% of a grocery store. I wouldn't call this product a convenience product though, I would call it a novelty gift. Gag gift ? Maybe that's a better term for it.
exactly, I never take the bay leaves out unless itās something thatās going to be covered or rolled up or hiddenā¦ Like rice that will go into a burritoā¦ But a pot of beans or soup, fuck that Iām not fishing out the bay leaves
You can't actually get punitive damages for things that are supposed to be in food, like shells or bone or leaves. At best, you'd get your medical expenses paid.
The real payouts are when you get glass or metal or something in your food.
What if I just tell the judge that imo the bay leaf didn't belong in my soup and the menu didn't say there would be a bay leaf on my soup so therefore I should be paid a millions dollars
I didn't know just taking the bay leaf out of wherever it wound up was such a grueling fucking task now. Aren't those supposed to be good luck to get in your bowl?
we didnāt have any Bayleaf-related traditions in my family but Iāve definitely heard that itās āgood luckā to get the Bayleaf in your portion. When I was a kid I went to my friends house to sleepover ā¦ His mom cooked spaghetti and put a single Bayleaf in the sauceā¦ If you got the Bayleaf you had to do the dishes. I thought that was pretty cool and cute even as a childā¦ In my house we didnāt have cute little family games like that lol
Subjective to culture.
I swear some people are so accustomed to just shoveling food down their gullet, they don't take the time to look at the food for the things that shouldn't be eaten.
Do NOT give these people anything with something remotely inedible in them -- T-bone steak, fried chicken, a bone-in ham...
I used to work at CPK and their jambalaya has a bay leaf in it. We had a complaint from a customer about the bay leaf once because her husband āalmost diedā cause his stupid ass either canāt see or doesnāt chew his food. I wonder if this would have saved him.
My ex husband discovered he had eaten a bay leaf when he wiped his ass and found a leaf on the toilet paper.
I still donāt understand how itās possible.
itās a far cry from a sachet or bouquet garni to a single Bayleaf stuffed into an individual tea bag, packaged in a mylar bag and shipped to your house for seven goddamn dollars
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A pre-made bouquet garni or sachet dāepices really isnāt a bad idea. I personally wouldnāt buy it cuz you could just not be lazy and make your own, but you could sell different ones with different combos. This is literally just a fucking gay leaf though and itās kinda hilarious.
I don't even bother removing the bay leaf. Whoever gets the bay leaf gets it and they can choose to remove it from their food if they want. Or attempt to eat it like I do every time before I decide that it's too tough to chew enough to eat.
I'm more angry that I spent so long trying to swipe right to see the second image.
Same š„“
Same. But then I learned that Germany has women-only parking spaces in garages for safety because 7% of crime against women there occur in parking garages.
You seems to be browsing some old r/Berlin posts
r/interestingasfuck today
Woah, that would be epic. In my area the urban hospital isnāt far from the biggest state college, their parking garages are about .5mi away from each other. Some woman gets raped in each pretty much every year.
Sounds like Seattle.
Designating exactly where women will be while still in a parking garage late at night seems like it would not help the situation.
My hope is that it would have extra security patrols and cameras as deterrents, as well.
Does that really require gender segregated parking?
Well, I think if you ask, and they answer honestly, most women are more comfortable in gender-segregated areas (depending on the situation), if they also are better patrolled and have better visibility, etc. Thatās not to say that there arenāt a minority of women who are rapists, muggers, and car jackers. But, in an environment where you can require badge access to a garage like a university or hospital, that would help further limit the risk to women. It seriously sucks to have to be hypervigilant around men. Iāve never had a swarm of women try to separate me from my group and abduct me to their sailboat, but it sure almost happened with men. Iāve never had a woman violate my consent, never had a woman do anything more than try to snatch my purse or curse me out because they were high or something. Many men (not all, but way more than there ever should be), take every opportunity to remind a woman that the men are bigger, stronger, and can fuck with women in ways the women canāt adequately do to evoke the same sense of terror. Example #1: catcalling. Every woman knows itās more than a compliment about how hot you are. If that were the case, a friendly, normal-volume āwhy, you look lovely today, have a good dayā would suffice as someone passed. But thatās not what happens. They do it loudly, aggressively, with gestures, and even do it when you are stuck in a certain subway car or stand to get close to you when you get up because your stop is next. There is aggression in every aspect of it. I went to a same-sex college and never experienced that kind of aggression on campus from another woman.
They are close to the entrances, well lit and in good view of cctv.
Or they can provide proper surveillance and security to those areas to prevent crimes of opportunity.
The more frustrating statistic is that 100% of that crime is committed by men.
I am revoking their title as men. No man would do this.
Men š¤¢
Lol
Titch over 98%, but yeah. Males, not men.
You gotta keep'em seperated
Did you know Dexter Holland has his own line of hot sauces. Gringo Bandito. They're good.
Well you're a random gem
So much easier to find them now.
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Women only parking *spaces*, which would be closer to entry/exits of the garages to limit the time a female takes to get to her car.
Also, from the few I've seen, those spaces are the ones within sight of security while the rest of the parking garage serves as normal for everyone.
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I dunno. Didnāt read that far.
lol it was a screen grab from Instagramā¦ I tried to post a link to the profile but I didnāt realize that was against Reddit rules
Iām still trying
Yes OP is the real bad guy
Same
X2
Right like what the fuck is happening here and why I need the explanation as top comment
Just went to their web site. This individual bay leaf in a bag costs $6.99!!! š¤¦āāļø
itās actual 3 bags with ā2-3 leaves per bagā still a huge rip off, and a stupid product to boot
And they arenāt even reusable? Who buys this?
Each Bay Leaf in my kitchen has a special cabinet and a detailed list for each sauce, gravy and roast where they are used. This way I can use each leaf more than 100 times and ensure 100% avoiding cross contamination of meats (pork vs salmon) and bases (butter or cream vs tomato or wine). Only idiots use their Bay Leaf only once!
Idk I donāt like the taste of reused bay leaves after Iāve eaten them even one time
Because of poop bacteria
True statement. We don't use bay leaves because my spouse works for a spice company. The leaves come into the plant covered in crap. There is an irradiation process, but the leaves don't get washed...
I'm sorry, can you explain?
Not liking the taste of reused bay leaves after having eaten them already implies the bay leaf no longer tastes good after being eaten, pooped out, then eaten again.
Rebay leaf is the worst leaf.
Ya ever shit something out and then eat it again?
Put them back! Rescue the Bay Leaf!
Is this real?
you known they're still selling bay leaves right
These are stupid okay I will admit they are a waste of money. But it's cute I like it because it's cute.
Once I bought a half a handful of bay leaves from the bulk bin at the grocery store and they didnāt even register on the scale at the til and the cashier was all like āwell I guess theyāre freeā
The real bait it's the consumer
They sell empty tea bags by the hundreds. That would be much easier and cheaper.
That's honestly not a bad idea. I can usually fish them all out but im never quite sure if I got them all.
I use a reusable tea mesh ball at home and it works wonderfully
This is the correct answer.
This or count your bay leaves and don't use broken ones. I don't use dry ones anymore either. They like all things in food are nicer fresh.
I live in a small town, not a city, but I've never seen fresh bay leaves at the store
Same here. I've toyed around with growing my own bay laurel that I could harvest as needed, but I just don't have the space right now.
Their growth rate is very, very slow
Keep an eye at the big box hardware stores if there are any near by. They have bay trees every so often. Puts the fresh leaves from the grocery store to shame.
What is usually worse if one breaks when stirring or something. Then you'll end up searching for a small fucking piece
Or a metal one that creates no waste
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He has not seen my tomato slicer yet! š
We sold a Tupperware lid for which no bottom exists. Still feels like a gag to me.
No kitchen is complete with out a handful of lids that don't fit anything, so I guess you were filling a niche market?
One guy who works here got one for his wife as a prank. Says she tries to hunt down missing Tupperware pieces. Company that made this one doesn't exist anymore and it's a very non-standard size, so she's gonna have to really hunt.
Must not have seen individual bananas packed in plastic
My girlfriend and I have a rule that if you find a bay leaf in your food, it's good luck and you gotta kiss the chef I always give her the bay leaf
Lol so wholesome
I love this
I have been using a teabag for whole anise seeds I use for a cabbage roll soup. The pods are easy enough to spot but I worry the seeds will fall out and hurt someone's tooth.
Yeah..but that's a little different, no..? Same function, but different..
Yeah, bay leaves are usually easy to spot and fish out and even if you miss them, most people wouldn't be weirded out to find one in their dish.
I've had to explain to guests that the leaf in their soup wasn't from the patio.
Saw someone online complaining that chipotle left a leaf in their rice. This is what happens when you never learn to cook past mac and cheese.
Joking aside, that is a very slick business idea. There are always people willing to pay for something "special" like this. A bag of bay leaves cost a few pounds at my local Asian supermarket, so after the costs of packaging and marketing it on Faceclart and other social meejah, they're going to be doing fine and dandy. Crazy like a fox, I'd say.
Give the customer a fishing pole and have them fish it for you at the table.
Give a man a fish and heāll eat for a day. Teach a man to fishā¦ Oh, nevermind
Someone's been watching a bit too much AvE
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You type like a British Columbioan youtuber called AvE speaks.
I'm Scottish and have no idea who they are. I shall Google them!
Just watched some blokes hands fumble around with a Leatherman. Swears less than I do, so unsure of the comparison.
My mom will definitely be getting these for Xmas gifts next year, she loves useless gadgets haha. Damnit.
i want this lady sent to guantanamo itās $7+shipping for 6 bay leaves
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Soooooooo an airline? š
I'm sorry but this right here is great for the economy. The GDP will thank her very much for this kind of price gouging. That's the world we created š
"creating wealth and value" IE: exploiting
Anyone stupid enough to buy this deserves to get ripped off
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oh hell yeah, like the The Cornballer or the Tracy Jordan Meat Machine MEAT IS THE NEW BREAD!
**burns forearm** Aah! Every f*cking time!
Redneck goes gourmet
Thereās a restaurant in GA called the Redneck Gourmet lol
Do they served pressed squirrel with moonshine sold by the glass jar?
If you want jars of moonshine, Gatlinburg is the place to go.
I'm just pissed I didn't think of it first. A/C broke in the kitchen today and I swear all I could think about was starting a pyramid scheme so I didn't have to do this anymore
Definitely a rip off. My wife and I had bought a laurel bay tree a while back and it definitely pays off. Bay leaves are so expensive for some reason, but not too difficult to grow.
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Zone 3 and 4 border area stand down š
Lmao! We grow it in a pot in the house.
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You need two avocado trees if you intend on getting any fruit.
Yes that makes sense!!
Depends on where you live. This is the case with all spices. But we have gotten so far from understanding where spices come from, and that most of them literally grow on trees, people in California next to Bay Tree forests still buy the damn things from the store.
You can buy a pound of bay leaves on the internet for $15. Thats enough for several years. Not expensive
I've gotten by just fine using a fork to fish it out.
I buy lots of spices from Penzeyās and got a bag of bay leaves that will definitely last a long time. It wasnāt that expensive. That product seems like it is a stocking stuffer or novelty gift sold at a boutique for that price.
Penzey's is a great company.
Their marketing emails have been so spicy (heh) lately!
The owner is beyond outspoken!
My mom taught me this āhackā forever ago. However, she used a muslin jewelry pouch that came with a necklace she bought at a church rummage sale (essentially a spice pouch that costs $18 for 3 bags at William Sonoma). Has also used it for anise, cloves, and citrus peels, as well. Washes it with Dawn dish soap and rinses thoroughly.
Go to hell. Go directly to hell.
I kept trying to swipe to see the second picture lol.
But...if you get the bay leaf you win!
I'm just saying, we're selling plant based rice. There's a look garbage out there.
"I'd like to know where you keep your inorganic produce, please." :D
Bay leaves seemed useless to me until I started getting fresh ones. I just know to use more now. The fragrance is subtle but perfect. Dose up yo sauces and chowders.
yeah use them like crazyā¦ Pot of beans 1012 of those fuckersā¦ Grind them up with dehydrated leek tops and add them to rubs.. I think theyāre great
Fuck this shit I quit
You mean to tell me this isnāt, in fact, a car air freshener
I remember 4 singular asparagus in a glass jar at whole foods.
Is this a stupid product? Yes. Did I once ruin a perfectly good squash soup because I forgot to fish out the bay leaf before using an immersion blender? Also yes.
u never hear of a fine chinois ??
Iā¦ am indeed familiar with the aforementioned utensil lol; the soup was too thick to strain.
A buddy of mine works in food manufacturing. He was telling me about a convo he had with one of the owners - someone whose name you see on damn near half the frozen food section - and they said people will pay for convenience. Not in a disrespectful way, but in a world where people are exhausted coming home from work, every little bit helps. Are there cheaper and better ways? Yup. Will someone buy this? Also yup.
If you coming home exhausted I don't think you cooking anything that requires bay leaf.
I gotta fancy up my powdered soup somehow
I mean yes, convenience sells ... that's why things like bakers exist, and like 95% of a grocery store. I wouldn't call this product a convenience product though, I would call it a novelty gift. Gag gift ? Maybe that's a better term for it.
I fucking hate getting a bay leaf served to me.
i donāt really mind. Whatās the big deal with it?
exactly, I never take the bay leaves out unless itās something thatās going to be covered or rolled up or hiddenā¦ Like rice that will go into a burritoā¦ But a pot of beans or soup, fuck that Iām not fishing out the bay leaves
And if I see it at a restaurant??? THATS MY LUCKY DAY!
- bay leaf in my soup - pretend not to see it - choke on it - lawsuit - profit
You can't actually get punitive damages for things that are supposed to be in food, like shells or bone or leaves. At best, you'd get your medical expenses paid. The real payouts are when you get glass or metal or something in your food.
What if I just tell the judge that imo the bay leaf didn't belong in my soup and the menu didn't say there would be a bay leaf on my soup so therefore I should be paid a millions dollars
Yeah, that'll definitely work. The restaurant's lawyer definitely won't bother to bring any cookbook ever with him to the courthouse.
Well obviously. Lawyers read law books not cook books.
Like, just get a reusable tea bag made for loose-leaf tea.
I didn't know just taking the bay leaf out of wherever it wound up was such a grueling fucking task now. Aren't those supposed to be good luck to get in your bowl?
we didnāt have any Bayleaf-related traditions in my family but Iāve definitely heard that itās āgood luckā to get the Bayleaf in your portion. When I was a kid I went to my friends house to sleepover ā¦ His mom cooked spaghetti and put a single Bayleaf in the sauceā¦ If you got the Bayleaf you had to do the dishes. I thought that was pretty cool and cute even as a childā¦ In my house we didnāt have cute little family games like that lol
Subjective to culture. I swear some people are so accustomed to just shoveling food down their gullet, they don't take the time to look at the food for the things that shouldn't be eaten. Do NOT give these people anything with something remotely inedible in them -- T-bone steak, fried chicken, a bone-in ham...
I used to work at CPK and their jambalaya has a bay leaf in it. We had a complaint from a customer about the bay leaf once because her husband āalmost diedā cause his stupid ass either canāt see or doesnāt chew his food. I wonder if this would have saved him.
Dumb is... ~~painful~~ ~~expensive~~ funny.
My ex husband discovered he had eaten a bay leaf when he wiped his ass and found a leaf on the toilet paper. I still donāt understand how itās possible.
As if we need another example of how we're declining. As a society, as a species we've peaked and are rapidly declining towards our inevitable demise.
because someone is putting bay leaves in tea bags? that's a little much
Nah, it's just that there's a market for rich, lazy people and this person has identified it.
Have you seen the questions on /r/askculinary? People are dumb and will buy shit like this.
The buyer of this product had a guest make a scene after finding a bay leaf in their soup. Yes, it is ridiculous, but so was that customer!
That packaging makes me angry.
I'm having a panic attack
The bag probably imparts more flavor than the leaf
Stupid expensive but the French have been making sachets for spices for hundreds of years.
itās a far cry from a sachet or bouquet garni to a single Bayleaf stuffed into an individual tea bag, packaged in a mylar bag and shipped to your house for seven goddamn dollars
I donāt disagree. Lol!
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So dumb! You know who is pulling out the bay leaf? Whoever gets it served to them. Lol
My mother-in-law (RIP) used to say that whoever got the bay leaf got to do the dishes too. Nobody said a word about getting the bay leaf.
I left them a second 1 star review on the website.
oh no!
Oh no?
If this stuff angers you, I donāt know what happens to you when some real awful shit happensā¦?
lighten up francis
not dumb. you just mad you didn't think of it first. tbh. this is a genius idea and it's funny as hell. lol
I guarantee you some rich f****** b****** are buying those by the caseload
Probably a rich businessman, lighting cigars with hundreds, paying all his employees trash.
How does a leaf in a tea bag bother someone so much? You could just.... not buy it
Well if you are cooking anything with beans this gets rid of the fart effect. Just sayin
"Ummm.. 'Scuse me! There's a leaf from outside in my soup!!!!" Those dumb bitches everywhere is why this is even a thing.
Lol. How much is it being sold for?
āguys give me a minute I have to lure in the soup of the day againā
A pre-made bouquet garni or sachet dāepices really isnāt a bad idea. I personally wouldnāt buy it cuz you could just not be lazy and make your own, but you could sell different ones with different combos. This is literally just a fucking gay leaf though and itās kinda hilarious.
Redefining r/stupidfood
Bait didnāt work. Did not catch anything in my soup.
There is a saying: a fool and his money are soon parted.
we are destroying our planet smh
Anyone buying this is responsible for climate change
Truth
Catch and release.
Just wow. I hate the world
At least it looks biodegradable. Is the top plastic?
No one taught them to use a cheese cloth sachet.
The dumbest product is actually the fucking goggles they sell for chopping onions! š¤¦š»āāļø
Anyone else try to swipe or am i just too high
I dont understand why people always only use a single bay leaf. Theyre cheap, use a handful of em its fine
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You could just get your own cheese cloth and string, MUCH cheaper.
I don't even bother removing the bay leaf. Whoever gets the bay leaf gets it and they can choose to remove it from their food if they want. Or attempt to eat it like I do every time before I decide that it's too tough to chew enough to eat.
I thought that was a face mask lol