why do we leave bay leaves whole and pick them out after cooking when all other spices are ground down to powder?

Question

Even cinnamon has a ground down version??

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Answer 1

In some spice mixes, there are minute amounts of ground bay leaves; however, as most other users said, it is mostly due to bay leaves’ not dissolving nature.

One of the common spice mixtures that contains bay leaves is the Old Bay Seasoning (no pun intended on my end). I am not joking.