>>21440628>most recipes that require a bay leaf for an entire pot of stew only require 1 single leafYou are a whimsical child if you did not know how potent the flavor of a bay leaf
>you can eat other leaves no problemAh yes, all leaves are the same. Have you never gotten a bay leaf in your soup bowl as a child and tried it out of curiosity? It's not good on its own, it's basically an aromatic. Incense smells great, you should not ingest it.