Cloves
Excerpt from God's Banquet Table
An evergreen tree that grows in the West Indies bears a
brilliant red flower. When the flower buds are dried,
they turn a dark brown, almost blackish color, producing
our familiar clove that is rich in oil. Cloves have a
strong aroma and pungent spicy flavor.
A good quality
clove will be oily and tough. It is not recommended to
grind whole cloves in the coffee grinder because the
high oil content leaves a strong clove flavor in
whatever you grind afterward. We learned this one the
hard way. Several failed attempts in cleaning resulted
in a new coffee grinder.
Powdered cloves are excellent
in all sweet baking. An orange with cloves stuck into
its skin fills the room with a beautiful aroma and acts
as an insect repellent. A clove can relieve the
suffering of an aching tooth.
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