"songbird" > wrote in message
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> 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.

Thanks! I add some to my chili sauce too!