Soups, sauces and stews: they only deserve a wreath as soon as laurel is added. Warm and woody, that's how chefs describe the taste. But it may cost something. Sometimes even eight hundred euros per kilo. You can buy whole bay plants for next to nothing. Reap your riches. The Inspection Service wants to know how it is possible that bay leaf in a bag is very expensive. Could it be because some bags say that the leaves have been selected by hand? A tasty story about golden hands in laurel picking.
