How to Use callaloo in a Sentence

callaloo

noun

• Just try her callaloo, scotch bonnet caramelized onion parcels and rice and peas arancini balls.
  — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 24 Jan. 2020
• To this day, variations of callaloo abound throughout the West Indies.
  — Brigid Washington, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2021
• Or the aforementioned callaloo, whose surface of red oil hints at the cayenne punch to come and whose body is deeper for a splash of oxtail juice.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
• One of the most beloved and musically named Caribbean dishes is callaloo.
  — Tamerra Griffin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2022
• The menu includes jerk chicken, curry goat and callaloo; among other Jamaican specialties.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019
• Or head to the on-site juice bar for a detoxifying callaloo, bok choy, cucumber, pineapple, ginger, and lime concoction.
  — Kate Donnelly, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2020
• The pigweed is also very similar to the amaranth leaves that Jamaicans call callaloo, Cordelli says.
  — Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2017
• Fans of Caribbean food have asked Prime to add rice and (pigeon) peas and callaloo — a side dish traditionally made with a blend of greens, okra and peppers — to his menu.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
• While not widespread garden pests because many of our other vegetables don’t suit them, this particular flea beetle can still hamper the productivity of callaloo.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2023
• Other typical Jamaican dishes that originated in Africa include callaloo, a leafy green resembling spinach that’s made from amaranth or taro leaves.
  — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 1 July 2021
• The shop also sells salads, sides, nonalcoholic beverages and Saturday-only specials of ackee, callaloo and fried dumplings.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
• Besides, my heart is in Asian vegetables, edible perennials, fiddlehead ferns, and callaloo, not flowering shrubs or stringy English beans.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 May 2017
• My aunty Jannette and uncle Rawden might have us over for curry or a feast of our traditional Creole food — callaloo, macaroni pie, pelau, and stewed chicken.
  — Patrice Grell Yursik, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2021
• They are distinguished by their unusually flaky crusts and wide selection, which run from traditional fillings like callaloo and ackee to a beef-and-cheese mixture that imitates a cheeseburger.
  — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
• Green season doubles as a marinade and salsa, commonly used for fish, poultry, and beef, and is added to a number of common Trinidadian like pelau (a one-pot meat and rice dish) and callaloo (greens stewed in coconut milk).
  — Craig Cavallo, Saveur, 24 Feb. 2016
• As one of Trinidad and Tobago’s unofficial national dishes (callaloo is another), pelau is a homegrown darling and its widespread appeal goes beyond its luscious and spiky bite.
  — Bon Appétit, 17 Mar. 2022
• Other favorites from two Hartford locations are there — for dinner, lunch and Sunday brunch — including brown stew chicken, oxtail, curry goat, ackee and salt fish, coconut shrimp, callaloo and mackerel rundung.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 28 Jan. 2022
• Russell plans to add Sunday brunch in the upcoming weeks, with authentic Jamaican breakfast dishes like ackee and saltfish, callaloo and banana porridge with more traditional American offerings like eggs and French toast.
  — Leeanne Griffin, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2020