On Sat 05 Mar 2005 09:43:03a, Damsel in dis Dress wrote in
rec.food.cooking:

> Melba's Jammin' >, if that's their real name,
> wrote:
>
>>In article >,
wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>>Hard candy!! Watermelon pickles!! (And I buy LorAnn brand at Maid of
>>Scandinavia/Sweet Celebrations.)
>
> <G> The question was specific to Wayne. He had a childhood trauma
> involving clove oil. I was just kinda shocked that he had some in his
> house.
>
> Carol, who puts butter and ground cloves on sauteed fish

Ack, my DSL's been down most of the morning.

I can stand a couple of drops of oil of cloves in a whole recipe of
pickles, as it's very subtle. Any more than that and I run from the
bottle!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974