JAS_OH1
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I hate cloves. Other spices are fine. Not sure iI'd know about juniper.
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My favorite recipe for compound butter is salted butter with garlic, a bit of paprika and black pepper, basil, parsley and dill. All fresh herbs.
I don't know about indigestion, but I do know from experience that it's bitter.The green bit that grows inside the clove itself, not the sprout thingy!
Russ
You should try it sometime. As I said its not like any other spice. Its not used in the USA as much as it is here, I think.
You should try it. As I mentioned, its not really similar to any other spice. I've a few recipes here. This one uses juniper compound butter:
Cabbage Wedge Stuffed with Juniper Butter 'en Papillote'
Juniper is actually very common as a group of plants/trees. But not used as much in the kitchen. Just South of Dallas there is an area with almost nothing but juniper trees. A confusing factor in Texas is that Juiper trees are often called Cedar, or more specifically Mountain Cedar trees. We have cedar trees, too, but junipers somehow got lumped in with cedars.
I think we have had some variety of juniper in the yard/garden everywhere I have lived in the US, from New Jersey to Texas. But, my family never really cooked with it.
CD
JAS_OH1
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I never heard of anyone using it until now. I've never seen it in the spice/seasoning section in any stores, either. I'd have to think on it, besides, hubby is so set in his ways with his tastes that I am not sure how he would react.
JAS_OH1
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I am with you both on that. Vodka is good, gin, no. My mother liked Bombay Gin and tonic. My dad liked vodka. I guess I take after my dad.Okay, now we are on the same page.
CD
My heart always sinks when I hear this phrase - especially on a food forum. Guess I'm lucky - my partner will eat almost anything. Same with my friend who I (used to before lockdown
) visit regularly and cook for. He is a great meat lover which I'm not - but that gives me the chance to cook more meaty things. Juniper is great with meat and game.Back to compound butters. I'm going to try to incorporate a basil butter into the current recipe challenge.
The only problem is the fact that basil goes black quickly when chopped...
It's common in German cuisine. I use it when I make a sauerkraut dish.
Kroger (or the other mainstream grocers) don't carry it, but the smaller gourmet places do.
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Being of German ancestry, I use juniper in several dishes. If you have had Pho, cloves are used in the broth. Cloves are also one of the ingredients in mole negro.
Recipe - Oaxacan Mole Negro
Recipe - Oaxacan Mole Negro
JAS_OH1
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Yeah, I can't stand cloves. I have had Pho but it was made by a Cambodian, not a Vietnamese, and did not have cloves. It was a seafood Pho. I have never had mole negro. My cousin's wife in Arizona is of Mexican heritage and she has made mole for me, hers does not contain cloves.
I would be willing to give juniper a try.
I would be willing to give juniper a try.
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Whenever a recipe I use calls for cloves, I always halve the amount, because one tiny powdered grain is all it takes to go from "that's ok," to "I think I'm gonna
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JAS_OH1
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Probably one of the reasons I don't like pumpkin pie. Besides the fact that it contains pumpkin, which tastes a little like sweet potatoes and yams, which I also don't like. Or cooked carrots, or sweet squashes...you know the flavor I am talking about. I do love zucchini and yellow summer squash that has the mild flavor, but those spaghetti squashes and the like, yuk.Whenever a recipe I use calls for cloves, I always halve the amount, because one tiny powdered grain is all it takes to go from "that's ok," to "I think I'm gonna