36 Times People Found Some Strange Leaves In Their Food, And Complained About It Online
When we order Chipotle, we rarely spend time looking at the food. We’re too busy stuffing it down our throats. But as much as you would hate to bite into a delicious meal and find something unexpected, quite a few Chipotle lovers have been surprised with the same ingredient they just couldn’t identify.
Sending its pictures to the restaurant chain via Twitter, some were wondering if the green was lettuce or a simple leaf the chefs found outside, others thought they were simply poking fun at their vegan clients. One girl even swore she wouldn’t eat Chipotle again. Scroll down to check out what shocked these hungry folks!
Quite a few Chipotle lovers were shocked to find a strange ingredient in their food
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Sending its pictures to the restaurant chain, they tried to identify the mysterious leaf
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It's a friggin bay leaf, frequently used in cooking for its flavor. Ignorant people show their ignorance on social media. Everyone is shocked all around. SMH.
What baffles me isn't the ignorance in itself, it's the tone... it's perfectly fine to just not know what the leaf is about, but most of those people are absolutely outraged without even trying to question why it could be there. I mean, if they had just calmly talked to the server (or called, if it was takeout), sure they'd have explained it?
Unfortunately people would rather be outraged about something they don't understand then try to learn what it is. It's a little sad actually and this post just shows how little people care to understand things that are new to them.
Even they take as a personal outrage: "Did chipotl put this leaf in my food to make fun of me for beeing vegan?" My Good, if you ara vegan, know the vegetables, please.
You mean to say, an American food chain actually uses natural products...Like plants? You'd better be shitting me! A 10-year old from ANY other country would recognise that as a bay leaf Adult American, yeah, not so much. Probably outright terror and horror at something organic in their food sends them into spiralling fits of disgust
Unfortunate these ignorant little attention seeking shit brains only needs the silliest reason to jump on social media and moan about things...where do I sign up for a one way trip to mars?
or if they had asked literally anyone with a brain stem about it first
Thanks to social media now we must live with knowing and acknowledging people's ignorance which doesn't even want to be remedied in most cases. I do miss the time when I had to wait for the news paper to read the next days news and model 302 telephones.
Yes, this! I have no problem with people being ignorant if they’re at least trying to learn things. Everyone is ignorant about something. As a librarian, I find “willful” ignorance deeply annoying, though We used to be able to delude ourselves into thinking that other human beings were reasonably intelligent, but the internet has killed that. Unfortunately about 10% of the population is willfully stupid (the same people who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows, for example), and are not even trying to be better.
Sadly social media has also rammed home to me how much people like to be outraged without doing any research. I was ignorant of how widespread this was once upon a time.
I honestly can't fathom how so many people don't know what a friggin' bay leaf is. Did their parents / grandparents never cook? I mean, sure, we always tried to fish it out before we were done cooking, because people don't tend to like biting into one since they're tough, but still... Are they really that rare? I wouldn't have thought so...
Yeah, I’m puzzled too. Have they never encountered spices before?
My thoughts exactly! This thing made me facepalm.
Bay leaves are freaking awesome. Besides cooking, you can put them in your cabinets, or wherever you don't want to insects to get into. They don't have to be fresh, you can use dry. Love them for cooking as well.
Yep, their stupidity is shocking. How couldn't they identify a damn bay leaf? Don't this people cook by themselves, or read? Are they coming from Mars?
I have chef's education and here in Finland we take the bay leaves off from the food before serving the food to the customers. That is because the bay leaves are not meant to be eaten - those just give more flavor to the food. It would be interesting to know why these restaurants are leaving the bay leaves to the food before serving it. Is it a common thing to do in the USA?
Yep , grandma used to put bay leaves in spahetti, chilli, chicken catchatori.
I was thinking the exact same thing, it's a bay leaf.
I couldn't believe they were complaining about bay leaf people just want a reason to complain
Believe me, nobody is shocked when ignorant people show their ignorance.
I can’t believe that there’s that many people that don’t know what a frickin’ bay leave looks like... and one of them was a spinach leaf! *smh*🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
People who want to be foodies but don't recognize the common bay leaf...or as we used to say "you got the bay leaf! You get to wash dishes!"
Do foodies eat at Chipotle?
No.
hahahahahh hell no. Foodies eat organic, locally grown food that tastes delicious and you can spend hours oohing and ahhing over :)
Isn't everyone a foodie?
In Portugal we say "you got the bay leaf, you'll be travelling soon!
Or As some people say "you got the bay leaf! You get to wash dishes!"
I was always taught that when you got the bay leaf it was good luck??
Not in adoracat's household. Unless you think doing the dishes is good luck xD
Lol nope I think I like the good luck more than doing dishes :-)
That made me laugh :) thank you. Gonna make it an ancient family tradition right now :D
Sounds as fun!
Lol, if my family had this tradition, my dad would've washed the dishes more times than any man on this planet! :D
I always understood it as being good luck to be the one who got the bay leaf. Maybe that was made up so you wouldn't question that it was still in the dish when served.
I wonder what they would say if find kaffir-lime and lemongrass in Thai food...
I wonder what they'd say if they ever ate indian food? Herbes and leaves almost everywhere!
You're making me hungry. I'm from South Africa and we tons of Briyani and Curry. Aniseed, cardamon, cinnamon sticks, curry leaves and crushed cumin. Yum yum yum
and pods and seeds - they'd go into seizures
I don't think they even KNOW there is such a thing as Indian food. And they wouldn't be able to get past all the wonderful smells!
Quick Lomion and Shruti Naik. You too can install "ancient family traditions" like Adoracat's and now mine. >>> insert cheekiest grin possible <<<.
Totally read that as “herpes and leaves” at first. Definitely staying up too late reading these!
they probably think chipotle is indian food. hahahahah
Lomion, nothing would be said in the USA. Hysterics, nervous breakdowns, mind-numbing accounts on social media, calls to lawyers to sue, trauma all around.
Was thinking the same thing.
I was wondering the same thing. I cook a wide variety of ethnic dishes at home and have all sorts of spices - including bay leaves, seaweed, lemongrass, etc I bet these people would have a freak out if they ate at my house lol.
the lemon grass probably would be mistaken for a mashed weed.
I guess you could say it was un-Bay Leaf-able....
You're the next Carl Azuz
Ha!
Hahahaha :D ty Matrix. made me really lol.
Lol!
I see what you did there... 👀
LOL!!! the guy that said he found an Oak Leaf HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Stupidity never fails to amaze me. :/
I liked the one that called it a Basil leaf..../sigh
That was an oak leaf. Do you guys even know what a bay leaf is? A bay leaf doesn't have ragged edges like that. It's not short and fat. It's narrow and long.
was that your plate of food Lynne Lee? LOL I have a huge Oak in my garden i know what an Oak Leaf looks like
It's a bay leaf, one of the most common seasonings in dishes served across America. Really Peeps?
Across the world*
Human stupidity is just like the universe- vast and full of surprises....
It's funny that a vegan is mad about a leaf in their food. I could imagine ONE person getting bent out of shape because of never seeing a bay leaf before, but this is a whole phenomenon. (PS - I try to take the bay leafs out before I serve food because people can choke on the petiole, which remains pretty sharp even after hours of being cooked.)
As a vegan myself, it had me wondering what kind of food that person was raised on before becoming vegan. I know I shouldn't use myself as a baseline for measuring other vegans, but still...
I thought the same...the vegans I know, know a whole lot more of different vegetables, herbs and spices than the usual omnivore, just simply because they reflect and learn about foodstuffs regularly. But as you said, everyone is different ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is why I'm an advocate for selective reproduction. Please people, spay and neuter your idiots.
I can't even make lemonade but even I could see that it was a bay leaf!
.... This is what happens when people spend more time eating at restaurants than cooking. Next they'll be yelling about fleas when it's just pepper.
And how sad that they don't know the joy of cooking, it's a whole adventure, and what you cook at home is usually better for you as well!
I've concluded we've raised several generations of Americans who have never cooked anything from scratch.
Am I missing something? Those are BAY LEAVES. You use them in cooking, especially cuisines like Mexican. Granted, you are supposed to take bay leaves out of the pot before you serve the food, but they have a large kitchen there and some probably slipped through the cracks. They are certainly not leaves from trees outside!
"It's a REAL leaf in my food!" Um...do you not realize lettuce is a LEAF vegetable?? The ignorance is painful
I’m sad to be an American with idiots like these representing.
My point of view when everytime a "north-american" person (because I am originally from south and I do consider myself an american person) make believed that US people are really ignorant about lot of topics. I have so many creative and smart friends doing great things for humanity in the states at the moment. So don't feel down about this group of humans that couldn't reach furder just by paying more attention in life. Btw sorry for my English... Long time ago since I write something in this language.
There are plenty of intelligent people in the states. The problem is that the empty vessels make the loudest noise... Also, thanks for extending yourself to comment in English. You know more languages than most of us in the states. :-)
How to spot someone who has never cooked in their life.
I don't get it. Why would you be outraged by a leaf? Even if you didn't know what leaf it was? I mean, we eat spinach, lettuce, rocket, chives, kale... These are all leaves as far as I know. And fresh leaves of many trees are not only edible but delicious. Even pine needles are OK. So what's the problem?
But it's completely inedible so they thought it was bad food.
Omg seriously, it's a friggin BAY LEAF! A BAY LEAF!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
@Wings, I had same thought, in the same tone, as I scrolled through the photos. Now I can't stop laughing.
LOL! When I was little, we were waiting to see seated at a seafood restaurant. I was looking at the tank at the front and exclaimed, "Wow, look at those BIG BUGS!" A lady at the front jumped, expecting maybe a roach. She sees what I'm looking at, and then reprimanded me, "Those aren't bugs, they're lobsters!" My Dad: "Well, actually..."
Anywho, people can be completely unaware of the world around them. What did Cypher say... "Ignorance is bliss" Unless you make an ass of yourself and broadcast it on social media.
In spain we called it "laurel". We use it to cook because of it's flavor.
Slovak-Hungarian call it “granny leaf”. Very often is used in dark soups, or goulash etc.
I feel so much smarter for looking at this. Thank you, Bored Panda.
I just feel sadder and more alone amongst my own species... :-D
I know, I do too. :D
Maybe they should "leaf" the restaurant ...... I'm sorry.
You should be
hehehe.
Umm this kind of leaf is used for cooking...
lol it's similar how muricans say happy 2018th birthday to earth.
Ahahahaa
To be totally honest, I didn't know it was a bay leaf, but it was obviously some sort of spice. I mean c'mon, you think they're just gonna put a leaf from some random tree in your food?
Lol I knew what it was from the first pic. They never cook for themselves, do they?
I don't know what chipotle is, but those leaves are laurel leaves, a very rich seasoning. In Argentina and i think in all SouthAmérica is common.
So as in Europe. In Italy, it goes in every kind of pasta. And it grows in bushes (ah, the smell! Oh la la!). :)
Even in Finland we use them in almost everything.
Here in Brazil we ever care about it, it's everywhere! Try it on salsa! You'll won't regret...
It goes to a massive number of different types of dishes, I can't believe how come so many people had no idea what are they eating! :/ just wow
Wow, I guess not everyone watched their Mom and Grandma make stew as a kid huh? I still remember the odd time they would let me put the bay leaf in, I thought it was kinda cool putting a leaf in the stew pot :-).
Another really sad thing is that I’ve been struggling lately to get plantains from our local supermarket. When I asked the store why, thy said they don’t stock them anymore, as too many people had complained and returned them as inedible bananas. Why not try and educate people instead?
The stupidity abounds, I couldn't even look at all the posts, after the "vegan" post I went to the comments section, my faith in humanity has been partially restored, thanks everyone
Normal bay leaf. In ancient Rome it was sign of victory. Put it on your head and walk proud.
So. Many. Idiots.
It's times like this I believe we should rename my country Ignoramica. Best is that one complete moron who thought it was an OAK leaf! Because that's the only kind of leaves there are, right?
Laurus nobilis is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous leaves, in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and is used as bay leaf for seasoning in cooking.
disgusting fingernails and ignorant people.
Yikes people are stupid.
I was so tripped out seeing how people were acting about this. It's a BAY LEAF! Bums me out to think that our newer generations eat out SO much that they can't identify spices.
People can not be that dumb for real.
Do people not know what bay leaves are????
Apparently not these overreacting tweeters...
Please be gentle as these are people who wouldn't know what spices are.
But they should learn to cook. It's a very useful skill. It isn't magic or difficult as people seem to think.
Really, bay leaves are not mysterious or rare. Cook once in awhile!
I feel dumber for having seen this article. Not only did it bother me that people didn't know what it was but the writer of the article didn't say what it was and showed a lot of different pictures, more than necessary. As if people looking at the article needed multiple angles of a bay leaf to know what it is.
I just laughed so hard. I am an Indian, and my 100% pure Indian mother uses bay leaf for any curry dish. Last tweet is awesome. XD
I knew they were bay leaves from the very 1st pic. Maybe if people spent more time in the kitchen and on recipe sites and less time tweeting their takeout...
Conclusion: Chipotle is so bad to your health, it makes you forget how a freaking Bay leaf looks like...
I feel like I just lost a couple of minutes of my life I will never get back.
its LAURIER a HERB!! Laurier (Laurus nobilis)
In what language?
French, for one
I don't get it. Why are they scared of a bay leaf?
Ignorance makes people fearful.
One of the picture looked like pasta and meatballs, and they were talking about a burrito bowl. So a few people started just doing it for fun every time they pulled a bay leaf they added to something out.
From a french point of view, bay leaves are used as spices, but they are not meant to be served in a plate, they give a good seasoning but are awful to eat. If i ever find one in my plate, i would feel as if no care was given to my dish.
In Italy we leave them on the plate as ornament some times.
I'm amazed that a place like Chipotle actually uses bay leaves in the first place.
I honestly am too, I've eaten there a million times and never seen a bay leaf.. but unlike these morons I know what they are!
They have to do something to give it flavor.
No care is given at Chipotle, it's a fast food restaurant. I've had avocado skins in my guacamole.
Depending on how well/long they've been cooked, they can be chewed up with the rest of a meal. In soups, for example. It's roughage/fiber.
Generation Numbfucks, congratulations!
It's like they don't understand that some food comes from plants...
Soo... what’s the point of this post?
...one of these guys called it an oak leaf. OAK. You know that one tree with super distinct and very hard to confuse leaves which look nothing like bay leaves? Just...how do these people live? It must be so boring inside those empty heads...
Do all these people really not know what a bay leaf is? I feel sad for humanity. People are so stupid.
O m god. Are these people for real. I learnt my spices long ago. We also use a similar leaf which is good for digestion. I bet they would not have had even heard about it. That's what happens when u don't eat home cooked meals nd no one is there to teach you what is what. I really pity them I would prefer to eat a home cooked meal from my mum then any pizza or outside food, like ever. Dear ignorant people, if u are a food lover, u are really missing on the real tasty food.
I couldn't understand what was the problem. I'm Spanish and we use a lot the bay leaf in our recipes. Is it really so unusual in the US? 0_o Maybe they should consider start selling more bay leaf and less guns, it will make them live longer, healthier and safer! ;)
What is so mysterious about finding a bay leaf in your food? It's like finding a piece of pork in your beans. I'd be more up in arms about finding cilantro in my food. YECCH!
Ok, I think I’m officially done with the human race now. The absolute worst one was: “found a leaf from an oak tree”. I can’t even.
in Italy laurel is used frequently, perhaps not so often in the United States
Oh no! There are leaves in my Salad! The outrage, I mean, who is your manager?!
In my house, the person who got the bay leaf washed the dishes that night. We always thought we could hide it when we found it, but that never worked.
so much hate. so much ignorance.
English is not my first languege and this post showed me one word i didn't know yet :) thanks for that. (Altough i recognized the "leaf" at once) And dear people, just saying, the most common prejudice about the USA is, that americans don't have any common sense or general knowledge- i know it is not true, but posts like this don't really help either ;)
I wish chipotle had come up with some kind of sassy response. I was scrolling down awaiting the juicy roast. :D
it's amazing how many millennials don't cook and have no clue what goes into their food.
It's not just millennials. Everyone does this. Anyone can be ignorant, anyone could be the next Albert Einstein.
A bay leaf?!? Really?!? I had glass in a salad once, crunched right down on it. Not at a Chipolte.
People are so, so dumb. That's not even rare or difficult to know. Amazing.
Ok, you're not supposed to leave them in the food (unless it's for decoration, doesn't really work for a burrito though? :P ) but do people seriously not know what a bayleaf looks like? 'leaf from outside" "tree leaf" "is it lettuce?" (really?) Now I'm wondering if they even know where all the powdered-spices&herbs come from... (but seeing as they don't even know what a bayleaf is... I doubt they cook that often.)
Apparently it is a fast food cafe. ( I have not seen them in my part of Australia yet. ) I am kind of impressed that they actually cooked with a real herb. In my family we were taught to put the bay leaf on the side of the plate and praise the cook.
Well at least a bay leaf organic and not something scary like dihydrogen monoxide!
Oh no! Not the dihydrogen monoxide!
Arf arf arf :-D
Oh yes GOTH MS. FRIZZLE!!!!
That last tweet... xD
This is how to show people that you're an ignorant and idiot.
And these dumb fucks have nuclear weapons...
This is a very appreciated delicacy in Brazil. We call it "laurel leaf". One of the indispensable ingredients in a good 'feijoada'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NviOS0kki-w (Hugs from Brazil)
This is a very appreciated delicacy in Brazil. We call it "laurel leaf". One of the indispensable ingredients in a good 'feijoada'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NviOS0kki-w (Hugs from Brazil)
δαφνη? lol
How sheltered have their lives been and how limited their food choices ,if they react with such surprise over a bloody Bay leaf ?!
umm... just a bay leaf? whats the problem?
its Bay leaf. And it is kind of spice normaly used in gastronomy...
White people complain about everything, and that’s coming from a Mexican right there which is me
It's a bay leaf FFS!
This article should be called: white Americans discover bay leaves for the first time
I guess schools no longer teach Home Economics...
It's a bay leaf. Buuuut for being vegan, you do deserve a leaf off a tree in your food anyway.
face palm... if people would educate themselves and cook more!!! It's a freaking bay leaf!!!!!
Yes, it's a bay leaf and not a leaf they found outside, but the leaves are supposed to be taken out of the food before its served. You should not be finding bay leaves in your food..
Haha even I know what it is and I don't cook.🤣
I would love to say people aren't that stupid, but clearly they are. Seriously though, what self respecting Vegan has no idea what a bay leaf is?
Bay Leaf!!!! Seasoning herb, but should have been removed.
So sad that the majority of these people don't seem to know how to cook or have ever cooked. It's a bay leaf. It's used to flavor the food. Nothing weird or strange.
Don't ever eat tomato sauce made by a real Italian. OMG!!! BAY LEAVES!!!
Yup, not too bright! I spotted the bay leaf in the first picture. Use it all the time. I have a buddy who found a live praying mantis chopped in half in his salad. I wonder if they'd find that offensive?
LOL This too funny. People should learn how to cook if they don't know how to identify a bay leaf. LOL
LOL OMG You can tell the people that can't cook. Can't even identify a simple bay leaf. LOL
Every single person who put this post up is a moron that's a bay leaf it's a seasoning its ass it's used to seasoning it's for seasoning food it's not a Ali from a regular tree it's a bay leaf I can't believe this man
I think we need to bring back home ec so people can learn to recognize a bay leaf.
Sad. I don’t claim to be much of a cook, and even I knew what that was.
Well, I'm glad I wasn't the only person who thought "WTH, its a bay leaflet" before I even opened the article. Can't believe the person who called it "an oak leaf" -- really? SMH.
The fact that a vegan didn't know what a bay leaf is kind of shocks me
So. Much. Stupid.
That's what happen when you never cook your own food: you have no idea what a bay leaf, a super common seasoning, looks like.
Guys that's a bay leaf hahaha it surprises me how apparently so many people can't cook since they don't even kno what a bay Leaf Is ahah
Yes, spices come from trees, bushes and grasses. Milk comes out of cows´ nipples and liver is a body part that cleanses the blood of an animal. Even eggs come out of the arse of a fowl Holy shit! You can´t eat anything these days, can you? Well, maybe quorn, but then again, that is made from a fungus found in soil ...
I use these in spaghetti and when I was growing up, my mom did too. She told us whoever got the bay leaf/leaves was going to have good luck.
I guess none of these people cook at all? 😂
Good for you that you've found a bay leaf. It means your food has been cooked thoroughly, expertly, and not using those instant things.
Obviously not too many cook with herbs or spices if they had they would recognize a bay leaf when the saw one added to food fo flavor
Google is your friend.
Stay in school, kids. The world is lost if you don't
I use bay leaves in everything. Have a MASSIVE tree in my yard. You gotta fish them out before you eat tho. Not terribly pleasant themselves.
In spanish: laurel. So used in cooking for flavor. In spanish we said: La ignorancia es atrevida, maybe Ignorance is bold.
(insert toy story meme) Idiots, idiots everywhere!
Jorge Araújo haha
Jorge Araújo lol
Jorge Araújo -
Jorge Araújo no
Jorge Araújo ?
Jorge Araújo easy
(insert toy story meme) Idiots, idiots everywhere
IT' S A BAYLEAF...lovely flavouring!
Wow have people never heard of bay leaves? I mean some of these people are vegans. #WTactualF
I seriously thought this was a big joke I'm Italian and we practically put bay leaves, rosemary, parsley or sage in every friggin dish we cook (well not me.. I usually cook my special "whatever-you-have-in-your-fridge" one pot for two)
It's a bay leaf, used in many dishes. It adds flavor to the dish. You just take it out and continue eating, that's all. :)
It's a Bay leaf!
it is supposed to be removed after cooking but it wont hurt you.
How in the hell does a vegan not know what a bay leaf is?! I grew up with those in my food...maybe it's because I'm Aussie and our food is influenced by so many different cultures?
I really don't like people.
I guess few people prepare tasty food themselves...yeah it is a bay leaf...an important ingredient in soups and sauces. People should be much more frightened abut the ingredients that they cannot see in their food.
Problem is that home ec is not being taught, parents don't cook, and we depend on fast and convience foods.
So common in French food... bouquet-ga...f04013.jpg
*facepalms* there are too many people who have never done any cooking before if they can't recognise a common bay leaf.
The second to last one wasn't a bay leaf. It was an oak leaf. I know what bay leaves look like, they've narrow and long. That leaf was short, fat, and had edges like a saw. That is not what a bay leaf looks like.
Anyone want to see a bunch of morons? Just click on this article.
The Italian in me is screaming at these idiots. LEARN FOOD.
Trump voters strike again....
I couldn't read this. It was too torturous! I scrolled down in hopes to find hope for humanity
The problem is also that many people in developed countries never cook by themselves in their entire lives. And when that's the case, you should at least be humble and treat the staff at restaurants etc. with respect, i guess.
Laakerinlehti...
Wouldnt these feel foolish if they kbew how many of the spices they use are actually ground bark...leaves....roots....seeds. Bay just happens to be one that adds flavor when added whole but if ground up becomes tiny bits of unpleasent texture.
Check your salad everyone! It might contain oak leaves ...LOL
simply amazing so many supposedly "educated" people have no clue what a bay leaf is..... SMH.
Most cooks recognize a bay leaf almost immediately...maybe Chipotle should just put a note on the menu that should you find a "leaf" don't panic. It's seasoning! People would still complain...can almost guarantee it!
Folks who can't ID a common bay leaf should only eat at White Castle.
Shoot, i'd be happy that they knew enough to throw a bay leaf in, at a Chipotle no less!
Please get your noses out of your phones.... buy a cookbook....go to the kitchen....and learn to cook. The leaves are called bay leaves. They are used for flavor.
Its a bay leaf 😂😂😂 I keep a jar in my spice cabinet. Excellent for soups and stews
Obviously, these folks don't cook from scratch - or had meals cooked from scratch growing up. They don't know what cooking herbs look like. We had a game at our house when we were kids - whoever gets the bay leaf gets the biggest piece of (pie, cake, or other dessert).
Obviously, these folks have never cooked a meal from scratch, using cooking herbs; they never had meals growing up made from scratch, using cooking herbs. In our house, we had a game: the person who gets the bay leaf gets the biggest piece of whatever was being served for dessert! I guess cooking from scratch, using real ingredients and real herbs is becoming a lost art. Too bad - because all the processed foods being consumed have minimal nutritional value and led to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Basel or bay leaves.
Maybe there ought to be a note on the menu about bay leaves for all those who do not know about them. Not everyone cooks anymore.
Do people honestly not recognize a bay leaf when they see one? Then again, the majority of the idiots posting appear to be 20 something's who've probably never cooked their own meals before - straight from Mommy's kitchen to Chipotle!
Good grief, lighten up. Leaves are used in all kinds of authentic cuisine including American. Bay leaves and curry leaves spring immediately to mind. They are served in the dish and removed to the side of the plate when eating. Did you guys just fall off the turnip truck?
Have they never seen a bay leaf before? I use them in cooking all the time. Just pick it out and keep eating.
Well, more evidence of how this nation is progressively getting dumbed-down. Not so many years ago just about everyone was familiar with how well Bay leaves flavor certain dishes. Now it's "...this unidentifiable friggin LEAF?!" I for one am aghast at BOTH the ignorance and the tone. A nation of rocket scientists, we are! As Bill the Cat famously put it, ACKKKKKKK! Thought_po...5f32cf.jpg
So, you mean these people never seen or used a bay leaf..!? seriously? how people cook in in here?!
OMG, it's a bay leaf people, used in cooking. Try it sometime.
"Bay leaf" the Rogue said below...I think he maybe correct. Thanks Rogue.
It looks like the Oregano leaf. It's a seasoning used in whole lot of Italian foods. Spice! Nothing nefarious!
THAT in itself is what blatant ignorance is....
My gosh! it´s bay leaf! U hoja de laurel, es deliciosa, en aroma y sabor!
That “secret” ingredient my mom adds to soups and even some marinades, I should complain to my dad... cos she might want to kill me or worse.. turn me into the vegan - it depends...
It's scary how dumb so many people are these days
...by their faces,they never cooked,how could they know? :)))
LOL shows they newer cook in their lives...
The stupidity is strong with these morons. They're probably the same people who go to Starbucks, find a coffee ground, and think it's dirt.
Seriously? They don’t know a bay leaf when they see it?
Wow, just wow. Hey, why ask when you can boast/complain and have something to post on social media?
I'm rolling my eyes here and how the hell they cld not recognize a freaking bay leaf???? I
Seriously? I'm Thirteen and I know what a bay leaf is.
It's a bay leaf, but you aren't supposed to eat them, they should have been removed.
Bay leaf for seasoning, but don't eat it, should have been removed.
I think these people are morons. Especially the one who claimed it was an oak leaf. It's a Bay leaf, for seasoning. you find them in better Italian food too.
Obviously, these stupid F-ing people have never cooked ANYTHING or know what spices are. These people really are pathetic. I've got a whole jar of bay leaves in my pantry right now, just waiting for me to spice something up!
Freaking stupid people.,. never seen a Bay Leaf, oh but they be serious foodies.
Bay leaf' moron!
How are people so dumb....
A lot of people who don't cook going to Chipotle's....
The average person is really, really stupid and uneducated. Wow. I'm so sorry.
When people in other countries say our average person is a dillweed and an uneducated dope, I'm going to have to now apologize for these morons and tell them I'm sorry. Man...We have some really stupid, stupid people in the U.S.
I knew it was a bay leaf BEFORE I clicked on this article.
These are Bay leaves that should be removed before serving as they cannot be digested. Doesn't anybody cook any more??
*cough* You're not supposed to digest it.
Do you not know what a bay leaf is ?????? Wow none of you cook huh?
As soon as I saw the first picture it's obvious that it's a bay leaf seriously it's a bit obvious
Bay laurel. They grow wild in the swamp and make a helluva good seasoning for just about any sauce, gravy or soup! Where have these people been?
Obviously we need to do a better job of teaching home ec to people in school. We need to do a better job educating people. Period.
I cringed throughout this whole thing, honestly it's a bloody bay leaf!!
So the difference between a foodie and a dumpster truck is that the dumpster truck eats at Chipotle