I first met cloves as a little girl in Brownies. We made clove-studded
oranges-what a wonderful scent I still remember-if they were for sale at
the grocery store I would buy one. I think they were intended to scent
your clothes/closet.

Intending to try making my aunt's cookie recipe I stopped at the spices
in Walmart and was shocked that a small container of ground cloves cost
over $4!

It made me think of frankincense and myrr for some reason :-) I stopped
at one of the dollar stores and a large bottle of ground cloves
cost...$1 so I bought it-10 years from now I will still have this bottle
of ground cloves lol. Hopefully it doesnt also have arsenic in it.

Now I know I can google this, but its much more fun to play Stump The
Band-no cheating, now...

What is a clove, what plant does it come from, where is it grown, how is
it harvested, and any connection to clover??

In article >,
(z z) wrote:

> I first met cloves as a little girl in Brownies. We made clove-studded
> oranges-what a wonderful scent I still remember-if they were for sale at
> the grocery store I would buy one. I think they were intended to scent
> your clothes/closet.
>
> Intending to try making my aunt's cookie recipe I stopped at the spices
> in Walmart and was shocked that a small container of ground cloves cost
> over $4!
>
> It made me think of frankincense and myrr for some reason :-) I stopped
> at one of the dollar stores and a large bottle of ground cloves
> cost...$1 so I bought it-10 years from now I will still have this bottle
> of ground cloves lol. Hopefully it doesnt also have arsenic in it.

There may (or may not) be a significant difference in the amount of
"cloviness" between the two. A good spice is a fresh spice.

Isaac

On Dec 4, 6:42*pm, (z z) wrote:
> I first met cloves as a little girl in Brownies. We made clove-studded
> oranges-what a wonderful scent I still remember-if they were for sale at
> the grocery store I would buy one. I think they were intended to scent
> your clothes/closet.
>
> Intending to try making my aunt's cookie recipe I stopped at the spices
> in Walmart and was shocked that a small container of ground cloves cost
> over $4!
>
> It made me think of frankincense and myrr for some reason :-) I stopped
> at one of the dollar stores and a large bottle of ground cloves
> cost...$1 so I bought it-10 years from now I will still have this bottle
> of ground cloves lol. Hopefully it doesnt also have arsenic in it.
>
> Now I know I can google this, but its much more fun to play Stump The
> Band-no cheating, now...
>
> What is a clove, what plant does it come from, where is it grown, how is
> it harvested, and any connection to clover??

From the bible -- cloven hoof indicating an animal is kosher,
therefore meat may become kosher by sticking cloves into it.

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 20:42:16 -0600, z z wrote:
>
>> What is a clove, what plant does it come from, where is it grown, how is
>> it harvested, and any connection to clover??
>
> Let me go research all that for you on Google and Wiki and come back
> and give you my interpretations of what I found out. Can you wait 12
> hours while I gather all the information and write it all up for you?
>
> -sw

12 hours? what, are you billing her?

On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 20:42:16 -0600 in rec.food.cooking,
(z z) wrote,
>It made me think of frankincense and myrr for some reason :-) I stopped
>at one of the dollar stores and a large bottle of ground cloves
>cost...$1 so I bought it-10 years from now I will still have this bottle

That wonderful scent you love... is volatile aroma/taste molecules
leaving the cloves and entering the air so that you can smell them.
In ten years they will be mostly gone. Hopefully you can spend
another buck and replace the jar before that long a time.

In article >,
(z z) wrote:

> Intending to try making my aunt's cookie recipe I stopped at the spices
> in Walmart and was shocked that a small container of ground cloves cost
> over $4!

Which is a prime example of why I buy some spices (those infrequently
used) from my food co-op where I can buy a teaspoon if that's all I
need. Probably cost less than a quarter. I buy a tablespoon of
cardamom every year for cardamom breads.

--
Barb,
http://www.barbschaller.com, as of August 20, 2012

On 07/12/2012 12:30 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> (z z) wrote:
>
>> Intending to try making my aunt's cookie recipe I stopped at the spices
>> in Walmart and was shocked that a small container of ground cloves cost
>> over $4!
>
> Which is a prime example of why I buy some spices (those infrequently
> used) from my food co-op where I can buy a teaspoon if that's all I
> need. Probably cost less than a quarter. I buy a tablespoon of
> cardamom every year for cardamom breads.
>



Yep. I needed some ground ginger two weeks ago. It was $4.99 for a small
jar of it. I bought some in the Bulk Barn. I got enough that I could
have filled that jar 4 times, and it cost me 26 cents.

I make clove ice tea.