[Sca-cooks] Clove defined and symbolism

[Gretchen Beck]

--On Monday, April 05, 2010 8:07 AM -0700 edoard at medievalcookery.com wrote:

> It's one of those "mysterious football-shaped things" (TM).  In this
> particular case, it's been stuck with a flower.  Food for thought, eh?

I'd say it's a wafer, and the combination relates to the (I think) Mary
visiting St Elizabeth scene behind it. (Jesus and John the Baptist in the
womb). In this context, a flower makes sense.

toodles, margaret