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Calabaza fruits for sale in a supermarket in the Philippines Calabaza vine. Calabaza is the generic name in the Spanish language for any type of winter squash.Within an English-language context it specifically refers to the West Indian pumpkin, a winter squash typically grown in the West Indies, tropical America, and the Philippines.
The English word calabash is loaned from Middle French: calebasse, which in turn derived from Spanish: calabaza meaning gourd or pumpkin. The Spanish word is of pre-Roman origin. It comes from the Iberian: calapaccu, from -cal which means house or shell. It is a doublet of carapace and galapago.
In the Campania, Calabria, Latium and Sicily regions of Italy and in some parts of Catalonia (Spain) they are frequently made into fritters. [citation needed]In Mexican cuisine, especially in Central Mexico, squash blossom (known as flor de calabaza [] in Spanish) is widely used, particularly in soups and as a filling for quesadillas.
Spaghetti squash has a great party trick: After halving and removing the seeds, roasting or microwaving it, you scrape out the flesh with a fork, and it forms strands, like spaghetti (hence the name).
1 pumpkin or calabaza squash (about 2 1/2 pounds), peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 5 to 6 cups)osh apple, peeled, cored and cut into 1-inch pieces;
The basic recipe for ginataang kalabasa includes cubed calabaza (kalabasa, commonly known in Philippine English as "squash"), coconut milk (gata), coconut cream (kakang gata), ginger, onions, garlic, and either bagoong (fermented fish or shrimp) or patis (fish sauce), and salt and pepper to taste.
Use of wild C. argyrosperma to treat acne has also been recorded in Chiapas. [30] A Spanish name for the wild gourds in Oaxaca is calabaza amarga, meaning bitter gourd. Other terms used in that area include the Nahuatl tecomachichi, and the Zapotec guedu laac. Wild fruits have been used in Oaxaca for healing wounds. [30]
Calabaza – a commonly grown winter squash in the Caribbean, tropical America, and the Philippines; Dickinson pumpkin – Libby's uses a proprietary strain of Dickinson for its canned pumpkin [8] [9] Giromon – a large, green cultivar, grown primarily in the Caribbean. Haitians use it to make the traditional "soupe giromon". [10]