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Callaloo (/ ˌ k æ l ə ˈ l uː / KAL-ə-LOO, [1] Jamaican Patois:; many spelling variants, such as kallaloo, calaloo, calalloo, calaloux, or callalloo) [2] [3] is a plant used in popular dishes in many Caribbean countries, while for other Caribbean countries, a stew made with the plant is called callaloo. Cuisines, including the plant ...
Callaloo, A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, is a quarterly literary magazine established in 1976 [1] by Charles H. Rowell, who remains its editor-in-chief.It contains creative writing, visual art, and critical texts about literature and culture of the African diaspora, and is the longest continuously running African-American literary magazine.
Callaloo may refer to: In cuisine: Callaloo, a Caribbean dish sometimes called pepperpot, made with the leaves of a plant also called "callaloo" Amaranthus, a genus of herb used to make the dish; Malanga, or Xanthosoma, a plant used to make the dish; Taro, a plant used to make the dish "Kalalou" is Haitian Kreyol for Okra; In academia:
Callaloo (sometimes kallaloo, calaloo, calalloo, or callalloo) is a popular Caribbean vegetable dish. There are many variants across the Caribbean, depending on the availability of local vegetables. There are many variants across the Caribbean, depending on the availability of local vegetables.
The root called John the Conqueror in hoodoo and used in lucky and/or sexual charms (though apparently not as a component of love potions, because it is a strong laxative if ingested) usually seems to be from I. jalapa. The testicle-like dried tubers are carried as amulets and rubbed by the users to gain good luck in gambling or flirting.
Callaloo is a Trinidadian soup or stew based on leafy vegetables. Callaloo is a thick, creamy soup made with okra, spinach and, often, crab meat from Trinidad and Tobago; Canh chua – made with rice, fish, various vegetables, and in some cases pineapple is from Vietnam. Canja de galinha is a Portuguese soup of chicken, rice and lemon.
Callaloo is a dish containing leafy vegetables such as spinach and sometimes okra amongst others, widely distributed in the Caribbean, with a distinctively mixed African and indigenous character. The variety of dessert dishes in the area also reflects the mixed origins of the recipes.
Other popular local dishes include callaloo soup, Accra (a fried snack composed of flour, egg, seasoning and the main ingredient of saltfish, usually prepared around Easter), green fig salad, cocoa tea (a traditional breakfast spiced hot drink) and bakes (which is a fried bread; it is also referred to as floats) among others. [2] Golden apple