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callaloo
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cal·la·loo  (kl-l, kl-l)
n.
1. The edible spinachlike leaves of the dasheen.
2. A soup or stew made of these leaves or other greens, okra, crabmeat, and seasonings.

[American Spanish calulú, plant of genus Xanthosoma whose leaves are used as greens, perhaps from Tupi caárurú, thick leaf.]


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Auguste told me to make a callalou de Brinvilliers in which I put some ground up glass, codfish bones and pieces of fish, to put it in this plot of corn and that that would get rid of the dogs.
Coconut, green and yellow papayas, tamarinds, jack fruit, mangoes, bananas, plantains, bread fruit, ackee (a fruit), dasheen, callalou leaves, banana leaves, pineapple, passion fruits, lobster, red snapper, reef fish, conch, tomatoes, pumpkin, corn, curry, allspice, bay leaves, nutmeg, cinnamon, habanero peppers, seasoned peppers and coffee are some of the common signature foods in the islands that you'll find interpreted in different ways, adds Andersson.
 
 
 
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