Re: [CH] Bay Tree
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Thu, 25 May 2000 10:51:21 -0700
> I know a lot of Indonesian dishes thar require the use of Bay leaves. They
Interesting. A European adaptation of Indonesian recipes. I'd be
interested to see these recipes. (I love Indonesian food, so I always like
to see any and all Indonesian recipes.)
The only three leaves I have seen mentioned in cookbooks of Indonesian
recipes are:
"daun salam" (a very mild-flavored leaf from a large tree in Myrtaceae,
Syzygium polyanthum, hence related to cloves, allspice, guavas, etc.);
"daun djeruk" (Citrus hystrix, often known in English as "Kaffir Lime", a
strongly lemon/lime-flavored leaf also extensively used in Thai cooking);
and "daun kuning" (the leaf from turmeric plant), which I've seen in only
one or at most two recipes ever.
I believe I have never seen a recipe book from Indonesia itself, but I'd
imagine the few I have from Malaysia and Singapore should be authentic and
reasonably represent the most common ingredients used in Indonesian
cooking. Of course, the Indonesian cookbooks published in Australia,
Europe, and USA could easily have been edited to bypass some "rare and
difficult to find" ingredients or recipes containing such.
--- Brent