{"id":1584,"date":"2013-05-23T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2014-04-03T04:23:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T04:23:51","slug":"malabar-gourd-cabell-dangel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/malabar-gourd-cabell-dangel\/","title":{"rendered":"Malabar Gourd – cabell d’\u00e0ngel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malabar Gourd (cabell d’\u00e0ngel) – Cucurbita ficifolia<\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cucurbita_ficifolia<\/a><\/p>\n

This a great producing cucurbit that is a separate species from the usual melons, squash and pumpkins that people often mistake it for.<\/p>\n

The plant grows fast and large in a range of environments and it should be grown much more commonly than it is.\u00a0It does spread quite quickly so you need a lot of space for it and it should be grown on a large trellis system or on a sturdy fence. I have found that the fruits form much better if they are lifted from the ground. It is self pollinating so you only need one vine if desired.<\/p>\n

It is a ‘short lived’ perennial – so it will keep on going through winter if the weather permits.<\/p>\n

The fruit is upwards of\u00a0about\u00a030cm in diameter. They can get VERY big in the right environment.<\/p>\n

The seeds are used in a tasty ‘peanut brittle’ like dish and the central flesh is especially great used in a Catalan\/spanish recipe jam – see http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cabell_d’\u00e0ngel<\/a><\/p>\n

See my version here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/cabell-dangel-melon-jam\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Apparently you can eat the leaves as well… but I have not been tempted tbh.<\/p>\n

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Also known in Mexico as\u00a0Chilacayote and many andean countries as Zambo.<\/p>\n

There are several variations on interesting tasty Ecuadorian recipes using Zambo and Potatoes cooked with a peanut and cream paste.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for traditional recipes it is usually best to search for\u00a0Chilacayote or Zambo.<\/p>\n

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Malabar Gourd (cabell d’\u00e0ngel) – Cucurbita ficifolia http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cucurbita_ficifolia This a great producing cucurbit that is a separate species from the usual melons, squash and pumpkins that people often mistake it for. The plant grows fast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-notes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-content\/media\/malabargourd.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ccXI-py","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chickenfish.cc\/bio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}