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Guinea squash is another name for "eggplant". Guinea squash is said to be known in Britain by 1587 as people originally called it as it appears white and shaped like an egg, but they eventually became known as "eggplant". It was also around 1587 that the variety of elongated and purple variety of eggplant appeared. Guinea squash can be eaten raw unlike the purple variety of eggplant and it can be stored longer up to two (2) months. It can also be dried and can be use when food is scarce. Guinea squash is called in various names in English, to wit: Scarlet eggplant, Mock tomato, Garden egg, Garden huckleberry, or Gilo. Guinea squash is called Kobo-Kobo in Sierra Leone, one of the countries in Africa

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Deutsch: Guinness Bier / Español: Cerveza Guinness / Português: Cerveja Guinness / Français: Bière Guinness / Italiano: Birra Guinness

Guinness Beer in the food context refers to a world-renowned dark stout beer that originated in Dublin, Ireland, in the 18th century. It is one of the most iconic and recognizable beer brands globally, famous for its rich, creamy head and distinctive deep-black color. The flavor of Guinness is characterized by a mix of malted barley, roasted unmalted barley, yeast, and hops, giving it a slightly bitter taste with coffee and chocolate undertones.

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English: Stew / Deutsch: Eintopf / Español: Guisado / Português: Ensopado / Français: Ragout / Italiano: Stufato /

Guisado is a traditional Mexican dish known for its rich and savory flavors. This hearty stew typically features a combination of meats, vegetables, and various seasonings, making it a popular comfort food in Mexican cuisine.

Guisado is also a Spanish stew made of rabbit, hare , goose or pheasant that is flavored with wine, herbs and bacon. In the Philippines, the word Guisado or Gisado is used and it means sauteed, that is food is Guisado. Meat, seafoods and vegetables which are sauteed are all called Guisado or Ginisa in Filipino. It is derived from the Spanish term Guisado. The Spaniards conquered the Philippines for 500 years and we derived some of our Filipino words from the Spanish words and Guisado is one of them.

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Guisado de Repollo refers to a Bolivian stew made of cabbage, tomatoes, chiles, onions and potatoes.

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Guisantes is the Spanish word for "peas". In the Philippines, peas called Guisantes are avaiable in cans. So far, I have not seen fresh peas, if we want to use peas, we buy the canned peas Guisantes is one of the Spanish words being used in the Philippines to refer to peas, too. It can be spelled as Gisantes.

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Guisat de Caracol refers to a stew made with snails, sausages, pork belly, vegetables, almonds, potatoes.

Guisat de Marisc refers to a tasty stew made with a variety of fish and seafoods particularly from Ibiza, Spain.

Guisat de Peix refers to a fish stew with potatoes. One of Ibiza's specialty dishes. Guisat Peix which is also known as Guiso de Pescado is cooked in shallow pans with different species of fish, potatoes and peppers.

Guiso is the Spanish word for "stew".

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Guk is a Korean term which means "soup".

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