On Sat 05 Mar 2005 12:40:09a, Damsel in dis Dress wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright >, if that's his real name, wrote:
>
>>I keep a variety of oils on hand, including lemon, that I use in cooking,
>>baking, and pickling. I have a local pharmacist order them. I usually
>>have orange, lemon, cinnamon, clove, peppermint, almond, and anise.
>
> What the heck are you doing with clove oil?
>
> I'm glad someone besides me is still up.
>
> Carol

I make a candied sweet pickle that calls for a few drops each of clove and
cinnamon oils. Whole cloves and cinnamon bark can make the pickling syrup
bitter after a while; the oil does not.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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