Cloves

Also known as clove studs or nails.

Cloves are readily available dried or in whole dried buds. Store in a cool, dry, dark place. The whole cloves will keep indefinitely. Ground cloves loose their flavor within 6 months to 1 year.

Add ground cloves to gingerbread, cookies, applesauce, muffins, cakes, and other spicy sweets.

Also add to barbecue and cocktail sauces. Throw in a few whole cloves to bean and split pea soups to liven it up. (remove before serving)

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Cloves are a spice native to Indonesia and cultivated in Madagascar. Cloves are the dried flower buds of an evergreen tree that are dried and become as hard as a nail and shaped much like one.

They can be ground and used to flavor baked goods, soups, vegetables and sauces, or left whole and poked into roasted pork or ham. Cloves are strong, pungent, and sweet, with a warm flavor.