Noah's ark. A small shellfish or clam. It is usually eaten raw, when it is quite tough and chewy, or cooked like mussels and included in pasta dishes.
Calabash. Some types of gourd are described as calabashes. There is a sweet calabash used from the United States to Africa and Sri Lanka. In Japan the flesh of some calabashes is dried, cut into thin strips and used to garnish soups. When dried the fruits can be hollowed out and used as bowls or formed into kitchen utensils.
