Julie Bove wrote:
> As I type this, I am eating one of the best bean with bacon soups I've ever
> had. I had to do a double take at the recipe because it called for 1/8 of a
> teaspoon of powdered cloves. The recipe has a pound of dried navy beans. I
> have never added cloves to soup before, but I tried it. In fact towards the
> end, I tried the soup and decided to add even a little more. I also added
> extra celery, including the leaves, mainly to use up some celery. And I
> added two diced carrots. Recipe called for a pound of bacon. That seemed
> like too much so I added a lot less. I didn't really count but perhaps 12
> strips.
>
> Anyhoo... Ever added cloves to bean soup? Yummy!

the easter ham usually is cooked with cloves so
it's just in there anyways.

the only other thing we've cooked with cloves is
chili sauce.


songbird