Using dried bay leave in place of fresh

[Danada]

Hello,

Roughly how many dried bay leaves should be used per fresh bay leaf called for in a recipe to have a similar effect?

Thanks,

Dan

[bushwickgirl]

Todao has you covered.
Going forward, this thread might be of interest to you:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7367...

[todao]

Because dried herbs tend to be stronger than fresh herbs, I'd use about half as many. But it the dried leaves have been stored longer than 6 months I'd substitute them for the fresh 1:1.