(the things that people ruin gammon with) yukk
2006-12-19 11:27:34 · 17 answers · asked by dave angel 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
gammon is a pork joint. gammon and pineapple would be a fairly popular dish (with people who hate nice food) it is usually a salted item brought out at Christmas, soaked, then boiled for hours on end stuffed full of the mystery cloves and served with turkey. check out the bbc food pages.
2006-12-19 11:45:55 · update #1
Cloves are the aromatic dried flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to Indonesia and used as a spice in cuisine all over the world.
Cloves can be used in cooking either whole or in a ground form, but as they are extremely strong they are used sparingly. The spice is used throughout Europe and Asia and is smoked in a type of cigarettes locally known as kretek in Indonesia and in occasional coffee bars in the West, mixed with marijuana to create marijuana spliffs (joints). Cloves are also an important incense material in Chinese and Japanese culture. Clove essential oil is used in aromatherapy and oil of cloves is widely used to treat toothache in dental emergencies.
Cloves have historically been used in Indian cuisine (both North Indian and South Indian). In the north indian cuisine, it is used in almost every sauce or side dish made, mostly ground up along with other spices. They are also a key ingredient in chai tea along with green cardamoms. In the south indian cuisine, it finds extensive use in the biryani dish (similar to the pilaf, but with the addition of local spice taste), and is normally added whole to enhance the presentation and flavor of the rice.
2006-12-19 11:36:39 · answer #1 · answered by Danzarth 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cloves are the dried flower bud of a variety of myrtle. It's a lovely spice and widely used for toothache too.
Emmieduckie; Gammon is a cut of bacon from the back leg, rolled into joint and either roast or sliced thickly and grilled. One of the tradition ways to roast a gammon joint is to honey glaze it and spike it with cloves. Fantastic
2006-12-19 11:50:22 · answer #2 · answered by leekier 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a dried flower bud from an evergreen tree. Commonly used in gingerbread, spiced cider, and pumpkin pie. They're also sometimes added to herbal cigarettes, but I think that's icky. :)
If you'd return the favor, what is gammon? I haven't heard of that.
2006-12-19 11:36:36 · answer #3 · answered by Emmy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ah, we all want to know what clove is. Usually it's just clust and will not clast.
actually cloves are dried seeds, rubbish with gammon but good for mulled wine.
2006-12-21 01:52:11 · answer #4 · answered by amdby 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Clove is usually associated with garlic.
When you buy garlic and break it apart...it break in about 12 pieces. Each piece is called a clove.
In cooking recipees..they will tell you to use one or two clove of garlic. The clove being used in this case as a measurement to tell you how much you should use.
2006-12-19 11:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by Aussies-Online 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its a dried out flower bud used in spices and as a aurvedic medicine
2006-12-19 17:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by Aman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was wondering the same thing myself just yesterday. Obviously, they're some kind of plant part, but what part of what plant? It's a mystery!
2006-12-19 11:32:12 · answer #7 · answered by kezza 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove
It's basically just a dried out flower bud used as a spice. They are quite aromatic in flavour and are not to everyone's taste.
2006-12-19 11:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the dried flower bud from a tree.
2006-12-19 11:31:43 · answer #9 · answered by Automation Wizard 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a clove is commonly used in pilgrim times and it comes from the tops of an orange i think...i remeber you stick them in oranges and use them as seasoning...and they're yummy don't discriminate against cloves jkjk
2006-12-19 11:31:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋