The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-19
THE PUNGENT GLOVE.
its Use In Cookery and the Medicinal
Properties Of Its OIL.

tts Use IN SookcFy ana tno meutotHAt
Properties Of It's OIL.
The Glove is we'll and widely
known spice of which millions Of
pounds are marketed and consumed
every year. In cookery it is employ
ed either BY itself or combined with
other spices in innumerable sweet
preparations, such as cakes, pies,
preserves, puddings, sauces, cordials
and candies.
AS it is very pungent, care must
be taken not to use it too freely. 1t
is a valuable addition to the flavor
and keeping qualities of both sweet
and sour pickles. 1t is excellent
also for the fiavoring of certain meat
dishes, as croquettes, boned and
pressed fowl, etc. The baked or
boiled ham, after the rind has been
taken off, acquires a much enjoyed
flavor from the cloves with which it
is the custom of some cooks to dot
the surface.
The medicinal properties of cloves
are similar to those of allspice and
cinnamon, and the oil, emulsiiied or
diluted in some way, is said to be
an excellent and quickly acting rem
edy for nausea and stomach cramps,
and it is generally prescribed for
toothache. Wherever it can be con-
veniently employed this oil is an ex-
cellent antiseptic and preventive Of
molds and mildews and is also, TO
some extent, a repellent Of insects.
The Glove, from the French clou,
a nail, is the flower bud of a tall
and beautiful evergreen of the myr-
tie family distinguished botanically
as Caryophyllus aromaticus. The
elongate part is the tube Of the Gu
lyx, while the four parted head is
externally the four sepals inclosing
the rounded corolla, the divisions Of
which are united at their tips and
cover the clustered stamens, also ar
ranged in groups Of four. BY soak
ing cloves for time in warm water
all these parts may be unfolded for
examination. The blossoms, when
allowed to develop, are deep Grim
son, arranged in clusters and of a
most enhancing fragrance, and, re-
lieved by the profuse dark green,
pointed, oval leaves, are very SNOWY,
The succeeding fruit resembles q
small olive in form and when ripe is
bright red or purple.
The Glove tree is native Of the
Moluccas, but is grown throughout
the East Indian archipelago, ir
some parts of Africa and of the
West Indies, where it is highly es
teemed as an ornamental evergreen
as well as for its choice product.
In preparation for market the
buds are carefully picked while still
green and slowly dried in the smoke
of wood fires until they assume thu
brown color of the familiar spice
The ripe fruit is also, to some ex
tent, dried and prepared for use aaC
is sold as smother of cloves" as are
also the fruit stalks, but neither Of
these compares in pungency ant
aroma to the flower 90 -
An amusing travel story comes
from Greece. A party Of English
tourists in search of the pictur.
eaue were being conducted over 4
very dangerous mountain pass wher
at particularly dangerous part Of
the journey, where the narrow path
led along the top of precipitou'
precipice, the chief guide called &
halt. 81 have stopped you," sale
the man in question in bad French
'because this is the very spot where
ten years ago an Englishman who
was being conducted by me fell ovel
and was killed.
81 was arrested and condemned
for my negligence to fifteen years
imprisonment. But | was released
when l had served half that time il
consequence of my good behavior il
Jail"