Wayne Boatwright >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>On Thu 17 Feb 2005 09:41:58p, Damsel in dis Dress wrote in
>rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>>
>>>I like (GACK) Heinz 57 on pan-fried fish. Er, maybe it's just that I
>>>don't like the fish. :-)
>>
>> Try a sprinkling of ground cloves sometime. I don't know what possessed
>> me to try it in the first place, but it is GOOD!
>>
>> Carol
>
>I'd like to, but I don't deal well with cloves unless it's buried in a myriad
>of other spices in pumpkin pie or baked goods.
>
>When I was in highschool I went to the school nurse with a toothache. She
>saturated a cotton swab with oil of cloves and had me hold it on the tooth
>and gum for quite a while, giving me a fresh saturated swab every half hour
>or so. It was so strong it literally burned my gum tissue. Haven't felt the
>same way about cloves since then.

OMG! I wouldn't be able to even catch a whiff of cloves without feeling
sick. Sorry you can't get enjoyment from them.

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_