Used in spiced vegetable dishes, also in sweet dishes such as baking, pies, compotes, and also with meats, stews, vegetables and curries. The flavor of cloves is strong, fruity, and sweet almost hot. Cloves are available both whole and ground. Used for flavoring ham, pork, pickled fruit, onions, gravy, and syrup, spice cake, pumpkin pie, fruitcake, gingerbread, chili sauce, ketchup, and in combination with many other spices. Coriander Coriander has a sweet, slightly lemony flavor.
Coriander is available as whole seed and ground and is a principal ingredient in curry powder.
Middle Eastern, Indian, Russian, North African, and Mexican recipes include coriander for its distinctive flavor. Coriander seed is a pleasant addition to potato salad, rice's, bean, vegetable dishes, hot dogs, apple pie, poached fish, or bean, pea, and lentil soup. Creole Spice A blend of garlic, onion, cayenne, black pepper, thyme, oregano, paprika. Cuban Spice A blend of cumin, chili powder, cinnamon Cumin Cumin has a penetrating musty, earthy flavor with some green, grassy nuances. Cumin is available as whole seed and ground.