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Calabash fruits have a variety of shapes: they can be huge and rounded, small and bottle-shaped, or slim and serpentine, and they can grow to be over a metre long. Rounder varieties are typically called calabash gourds. The gourd was one of the world's first cultivated plants grown not primarily for food, but for use as containers.
In African music, the calabash is a percussion instrument of the family of idiophones consisting of a half of a large calabash gourd, which is struck with the palms, fingers, wrist or objects to produce a variety of percussive sounds. [1] In Tuareg music, the askalabo [2] is a calabash "partly submerged in water, drummed to mimic camels' hooves ...
Another variation of meerschaum pipe is the calabash pipe made iconic by William Gillette's stage portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. [dubious – discuss] The calabash is a gourd similar to a squash, grown specifically for use in pipes. The shape is determined as the gourd grows by placing small blocks under the stem, forcing it into a gentle curve.
In western Uganda region, calabash is used for processing local butter or ghee and as well used to store milk for a longer period of time. [9] This was a traditional method of preservation and kept till present day. The calabash in some cases are also used as utensils for eating food or drinking tea and water in some communities.
Mursik is a traditional fermented milk variant of the Kalenjin people of Kenya.It can be made from cow or goat milk and is fermented in a specially made calabash gourd locally known as a sotet.
Traffic backs up on Beach Dr. to make the right turn on to River Road on Thursday, June 27, 2024 as visitors flock to the seafood restaurants in Calabash, N.C. Carrying on Calabash
The lunch special at Beck’s Restaurant in Calabash, NC: flounder, shrimp, french fries and coleslaw. Calabash-style fried fish can be found in North and South Carolina and beyond.
Try it in a Cream of Onion Soup or Chicken Noodle Soup (consider making a version with leftover turkey meat instead of shredded chicken), or make a turkey pot pie with the stock and meat.