"Dora Smith" wrote in message

In the following recipe, I am learning that the meaning of the word clove
is not clear. Does it refer to cloves, or to cloves of garlic?
The recipe is that for Spanish-rice Skillet, on p 174 of the current
loose-leaf edition of the 1953 Better Homes and GArdens New Cook Book.
Recipe calls for 4 whole cloves, then says to remove them after cookign
along with the bay leaf.

4 slices bacon
1 cup chopped onion
1/4 coup chopped green pepper
2 10 1/2 or 11 ounce cans condensed tomato soup
1/2 cup rice
1/2 cup water
4 whole cloves
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp salt

Unless it's a misprint I would say that "clove" here means the spice
Syzygium aromaticum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove. Particularly since
the recipe says to remove them along with the bay leaves.

ingredients; cover tightly and cook slowly 50 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Remove cloves and bay leaf;

After 50 minutes of slow cooking any clove of garlic would have been reduced
to mush.

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