Cloves are used whole in casseroles, gravy dishes, marinades or sauerkraut.
They are generally planted in an onion in order to be able to recover them after cooking and avoid swallowing them.
Ground, they are used in the composition of the four spices and other mixtures.
They are also used for sweet preparations such as gingerbread.
**Medicinal properties
Cloves have antiseptic and anesthetic properties.
In Madagascar they are very known to calm urinary tract infections and kidney stones.
Cloves are also very useful to relieve dental pain.