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But WHY stick onions with cloves!? (lighthearted)

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Pantglas2 Sat 02-Apr-22 11:20:38

I think you’re right actually giulia - fishing around the end product for a stray clove would make me awfully vexed! Also the piercing of the onion releases more flavour possibly?

I’m another who learns better if you tell me why when you’re showing me how!

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giulia Sat 02-Apr-22 11:15:27

My mother always admired a famous chef called Philip Harben(?) - not sure of exact name anymore. She said she liked him because he didn't just tell you WHAT to do but also WHY? When motives are explained, they are so much easier to remember.

My question would have been "Why, when we are making a broth or certain other meat dishes, do they tell us to stick cloves into an onion? Is it just for tidyness - not to have cloves floating around our dish - or is there some miraculous alchemy that occurs when we stick our cloves into the onion?

I've always obediently followed instructions but have always wondered if it is important to do so or not?

Is this a stupid question?

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