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Product Description
Cloves have a rich, romantic history, beginning with the Romans, Greeks and Persians who used them in love philters, and the ancient Chinese who used the flowers to decorate their courts. Chinese emperors must have been especially fond of the aroma. They required officers to sweeten their breaths with cloves whenever they addressed the court.

Whole cloves are used to flavor meats (ham in particular), beverages, condiments, and desserts. Add whole cloves to your cooking stock for stew or for boiling poultry, beef, fish, or shrimp. Try them in spiced wine, mulled cider, tea, fruit punch, cranberry juice, tomato juice, hot tea and chocolate drinks. Add them to borscht, tomato, potato, beef and split pea soups. Whole cloves also add beauty and flavor to pickled fruits and relishes, chutneys, pineapple slices, fruit salads and compotes. To give vegetables a warm taste, add whole cloves to the water in which they’re boiled or steamed.

Organic Cloves by igourmet.com