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Cloves

  • 28-02-2019 06:13PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭


    Have been looking at the benefits of cloves but does any one know whether it's ok to chew/suck a clove as opposed to using it in a food?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭Giveaway


    Have been looking at the benefits of cloves but does any one know whether it's ok to chew/suck a clove as opposed to using it in a food?


    They are an absolute great ingredient in apple tart


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,944 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Have been looking at the benefits of cloves but does any one know whether it's ok to chew/suck a clove as opposed to using it in a food?

    Totally, if I have a tickly cough they are the best. Especially when heading to bed which always seems to make the cough worse. Slight numbing effect from them. I let one or two soften in my mouth and then squeeze them between my teeth to release the oil.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭aine kilbride


    Feisar wrote:
    Totally, if I have a tickly cough they are the best. Especially when heading to bed which always seems to make the cough worse. Slight numbing effect from them. I let one or two soften in my mouth and then squeeze them between my teeth to release the oil.


    Thanks. What about if you swallow them while you chew on them? Is that a problem? I know you can add to food but was wondering if you could put them directly in your mouth because you never hear of that being done. Good for bad breath too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,944 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Thanks. What about if you swallow them while you chew on them? Is that a problem? I know you can add to food but was wondering if you could put them directly in your mouth because you never hear of that being done. Good for bad breath too.

    I actually don't know but I've eaten loads over the years.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,893 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    clove_rock.jpg


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,268 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    I believe its best to chop them up and leave them for a few minutes before devouring.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭MeTheMan


    Can't ya just buy clove oil?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    Can't ya just buy clove oil?

    Didn't they ban it?
    Good for toothache apparently.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,944 ✭✭✭Feisar


    MeTheMan wrote: »
    Can't ya just buy clove oil?

    What manner of dark sorcery is this!??

    First they came for the socialists...



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    i've used them for toothache in the past, cannot remember if I swallowed them, but sure look if you leave them long enough in between your cheek and your gum they are just a little soggy piece of wood in the end, and yep, I probably just swallowed them, why does this suddenly sound so rude as I write it.... :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    If I remember correctly, they’re supposed to have pain-killing properties. Or some such thing

    That’s why a hot whiskey with cloves, honey and lemon is a winner. Antisceptic, pain killing and vitamin C


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 226 ✭✭Steer55


    Delicious with a hot whiskey!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,613 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Of course you can eat them, I have them whole in pilau rice. They're only... what even are they?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Of course you can eat them, I have them whole in pilau rice. They're only... what even are they?

    Tree flower buds..
    Cloves-Growing-310x165.jpg
    Ain't they cute.

    Have you seen black pepper as it grows. Weird.
    black-pepper.png

    And even though they're not a spice, don't get me started on cashews. God must have been tripping.
    cashewapple.jpg?w=275&h=206


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Just don't get high on your own supply.


  • Posts: 14,242 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Zorya wrote: »


    And even though they're not a spice, don't get me started on cashews. God must have been tripping.
    cashewapple.jpg?w=275&h=206



    Pineapples are another weird one. Maybe I'm alone on this, but I always thought there was such thing as a pineapple...tree?

    No, it's a pretty low plant

    pineapple-plant-500x500.jpg


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Cranberries are grown weird too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    love the sweets. hate cloves in apple tart. love apple tart.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    Cranberries are grown weird too.

    Aw come on. Put in a picture. Don't make me google. :)


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,498 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    Zorya wrote: »
    Aw come on. Put in a picture. Don't make me google. :)

    1256944873_4a05.jpg


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  • Posts: 14,242 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Not very common ones, but the Latin for the butterfly pea is "CLITORIA Ternatea". Guess why

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    In a similar vane, see also, the Yellow Stinkhorn

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Cloves/clove drops left to dissolve in vodka..... yum..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Cloves are foul. Every year people ruin xmas by destroying tasty delicious ham with the stupid things.

    Down with cloves.


  • Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cloves in an Apple pie?

    Ah stop


  • Posts: 17,847 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Have been looking at the benefits of cloves but does any one know whether it's ok to chew/suck a clove as opposed to using it in a food?

    Best infused with equal parts water and whiskey, sweetened with brown sugar heated and served with a slice of lemon.


  • Posts: 14,242 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cloves are foul. Every year people ruin xmas by destroying tasty delicious ham with the stupid things.

    Down with cloves.
    I know they're controversial in apple tart (a lot of us grew up being told they were dead flies, to stop us nicking it), but you can't have ham without the cloves. You might as well just order in a McDonalds for Christmas dinner.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    In white sauce roux

    Milk
    Butter
    Flour
    Cloves
    Pepper
    Bay leaf
    Sliced Onions
    Strain after simmering and pour onto bacon and cabbage


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Delish with ham I find.

    This reminds me of my Grandmother who when I was little used to tell me, when we'd go to my grandparents house for Sunday dinner back in the day, that the cloves where flies stuck on the ham glaze!

    Used to freak me out, she was a dote and had a wicked sense of humor too.


  • Posts: 14,242 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    In white sauce roux

    Milk
    Butter
    Flour
    Cloves
    Pepper
    Bay leaf
    Sliced Onions
    Strain after simmering and pour onto bacon and cabbage
    I've screenshot this to try it this weekend. Salivating.


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  • Posts: 17,847 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I've screenshot this to try it this weekend. Salivating.

    It’s equally delicious with chicken or fish.


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