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Does a single bay leaf really make that much of a difference whenever you make a soup or stock? In this video, an experienced food stylist makes the rounds in the Food and Wine test kitchen to see if the chefs can detect which jar of chicken stock was made with and without a bay leaf.
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00:00What is this leaf in my soup?
00:01And does it really make a difference?
00:02We made two different stalks.
00:03One without bay leaves and one with.
00:05Now we're going to do a taste test to see if people can tell a difference.
00:08Tiffany, you're ready for this, aren't you?
00:10Yeah, I'm ready.
00:10Okay, no pressure at all.
00:12I think that one's got the bay leaf.
00:14You think that one has the bay leaf?
00:15You're correct.
00:16Oh, thank you, Tong.
00:18She's in the middle of something right now.
00:22Bay leaf.
00:23Killing it.
00:24This is really important to my heart, actually.
00:26Is it?
00:26This is the most serious of all the taste testings we've had so far, by the way.
00:30That is focus.
00:31I think this one has bay leaves.
00:32Why is that?
00:33Just, just vibes.
00:35Vibes?
00:35Well, you are correct.
00:37Let's go.
00:37Based on vibes alone, you have to tell us what you just said about bay leaves.
00:42That they're fake?
00:43You don't think that you're going to taste a difference, do you?
00:45No.
00:46Is that this one?
00:47Is that your final answer?
00:48Something weird at the end.
00:49Something weird at the end?
00:51Yeah.
00:51Like a tingle.
00:52A tingle.
00:53What if I told you that tingle is the bay leaf tingle?
00:56Really?
00:56It is.
00:57There is a level of ambivalence when it comes to bay leaves, as we've seen.
01:01However, you did pick up on a different taste.

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