Whereas "kalabasa" is also referred to as "calabaza" in tropical America. But that "squash" is called "kalabasa" in the Philipines. The best that I can come up with is an article from Devour.Asia's Is Kalabasa (Calabaza) a Pumpkin? They explain that squash is used in a lot of Southeastern Asian dishes. There are also various other spellings ranging from "kalabasa" to "calabaza." At Least Is Calabaza a Squash or a Pumpkin? It doesn't help that lot of places use the terms interchangeably and some will call it a squash and a pumpkin in the very same sentence. But since it's a Spanish word for pumpkin and often referred to as a West Indian pumpkin, then surely it's a pumpkin? Yet, so many people also call it a squash! I can't even figure out whether to call it a squash or a pumpkin. Particularly since a lot of the gourds that I find under this name are a much richer green, more like an enormous acorn squash! The one that I have looked a pale orangish green in the grocery. However, this too seems to be a relatively generic term. The best that I can come up with is that it's sometimes referred to as a West Indian pumpkin. It took some digging, but "calabaza" seems to represent several types of squash and pumpkin. It looked vaguely like an enormous butternut squash/pie pumpkin hybrid. I briefly Googled it in the grocery store, but "calabaza" is a generic Spanish term for "pumpkin" and isn't necessarily associated with a particular gourd. I very distinctly remembered thinking, "I don't know what this is or what I'm going to do with it, but this thing is coming home with me!!" And this ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS thing caught my eye. Picked up some guavas thinking that maybe that would be fun in the curry! And then I ended up at the squash section. And then finally found the produce isle!īy the time that I reached the produce isle I was tired and already wanted to go home.īut I always get excited about the produce department! I grabbed some bean sprouts because they're difficult to find. Picked up some coconut cream because I pretty much always need some! Had to wrap back around again to get tortillas because grocery stores make you run in circles. Circled back around to the Latin American and Asian food departments. Didn't find anything for pet food in the meat section because I won't spend more than $0.99 a pound on dog chicken. Drooled over all of the cheese, which I spent far too much time in!! And managed not to get anything crazy because I won't pay full price for cheese unless I know that I really, truly, actually need something. Skipped through the frozen food isle because I don't eat that stuff. I tend to always start in the produce department, get lost in there, and then forget half my list before making it around to the juice isle and Gatorade that I always forget! Going in almost exclusively for Gatorade, I started there and did my route through the grocery store backwards. I was just perusing my friendly neighborhood fun ingredient grocery store! Maybe with vague idea that I was going to make curry. I didn't go into this knowing that I was going to make calabaza curry.
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