It probably helps to start with the right plant and I'm not sure they are:  

Laurus nobilis vs. Myrica cerifera


http://www.mccormick.com/content.cfm?id=8212

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0000/ai_2603000015


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Orgrease
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Subject: Re: [BP] I see, this is now a gardening tips listserv. In that
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Met History wrote:

> ....why couldn't I just pick the bay leaves from the bayberry bushes
> on Damned Female Island, dry them, and send them out as Christmas
> presents?  They got all moldy, and didn't taste like regular bay
> leaves (even after I scraped off the mold).   christopher

c-

Did you hang them in dry air?
Best drying for herbs is hanging in dry air and/or putting them in a
paper bag hanging in dry air.
I particularly use the paper bag with my slowly accumulating collection
of rose petals w/ intention one day to make rose petal wine.

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