Welcome to the kallabash takeaway website we are here to let people know of the superb carribbean food that we have on offer, we know that people love to eat good food we endevour to provide you with good carribbean food at reasonable cost come along and find out for yourselves and have your taste for good food satisfied
Kallabash was formerly known as hasty tasty but is now under new management we hope that you come along and try our good food
Whats in a name
Where does the name kallabash come from you may ask? it is derived from the name of a fruiting tree in the carribbean we know that you will enjoy the information following
Tree of the Caribbean:
THE CALABASH TREE
"This tree grows to a height of about thirty feet. The branches are long and form a spreading habit. The characteristic arrangement of the leaves is in clustered or condensed spirals or reduced shoots borne on long thin branches. The habit is strangely gaunt and the clusters of leaves are themselves spirally arranged on the branches. Each leaf is between two and five inches long. The texture is leathery and the color is bright green on the upper surface and paler below. The flowers are bell shaped, each about two inches with a pale yellow colour. The flowers are pollinated by nocturnal, nectar-sipping bats which find the floral structure by echolocution. The fruits [. . .] may grow to more than twelve inches in diameter" (8).
The slaves often used calabash fruit to create water containers, bowls, and other implements. When cored, the shell dried hard and watertight (like any gourd). The calabash also kept water cooler than if it sat in a rain barrel.
Today, the functional use of calabash gourds as eating or drinking implements has largely fallen out of favor in the Caribbean, though a few specific groups (such as the Rastafarians) still use the gourds in everyday, practical functions. More often, however, the calabash is used as part of a decorative, artistic work. The art is often still functional--much art in the Caribbean has a useful purpose beyond simple decoration--and takes the form of handbags, pots, rattles, or even drums.
The artist chooses a calabash to suit the size and shape of what s/he has in mind while it still grows green on the tree. After picking it, s/he uses an implement very much like a linoleum cutter to carve designs and images into the green calabash. The carved lines will dry several shades lighter than the uncarved portions of the calabash. When the artist finishes carving the calabash to satisfaction, s/he saws off the fruit's top along a predetermined line then cores out the pulpy white mass of fruit, seeds, and juice. The meat and juice of the calabash is poisonous, though some claim it has medicinal purposes when used properly. The shell is left to dry in the sun, where it will darken to a shade of brown that varies with each tree. When the gourd is fully dried, the artist adds the finishing touches--beads, strips of leather, etc.--and transforms it into a work of art.
