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traditional cooked ham with cloves stuck into it

Cloves are the aromatic dried buds of a tree native to Indonesia, used as a spice in virtually all the world's cuisine. They can be used in cooking either whole or in a ground form, but they are extremely strong so they are used sparingly.

One use of cloves is as flavouring in stewed apple.

Dried cloves