What to do with a jar of ground cloves? I bought this for a ham at Easter(the stores were sold out of whole cloves) but I want to use it before it's too old and loses its flavor. Any suggestions?

Cloves are used for a lot of baked items--in particular Christmas cookies, spice cookies and spice cakes. Cloves also add flavor to fruit pies--peach, for example. I like cloves paired with cinnamon, so if you have some recipes calling for cinnamon, you might add some cloves as well. Cloves have a stronger flavor than cinnamon, though, so don't add too much until you get a sense of how it works as a flavoring. If you make pickled spiced peaches or pickled cantalope, you can use the cloves there too. Generally though, for something like a pickled or preserved fruit, you should use whole cloves because the powdered version discolors the final product.

I like to buy cloves in bulk so I can buy a small portion and don't have to worry about keeping them too long.

I have a wonderful recipe for Gingersnaps. I know it is not the "season" for that kind of cookie but boy are they delicious! Let me know if you'd like me to post it!