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Mid Hudson Times , Wednesday , September 6 , 2017

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By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com

new Caribbean eatery has come to the City of Newburgh . Calabash Restaurant offers authentic Jamaican food in a casual setting along a row of new restaurants on Liberty Street .

Located at the corner of Liberty and Spring streets , the restaurant is operated by husband-and-wife team Deborah and Rudolph Duffus . “ My husband is the chef ,” Mrs . Duffus said . “ I ’ m the person up front .”

Customers sat chatting while waiting for to-go orders at the restaurant one afternoon this month . They ordered Oxtail and sautéed vegetables .

“ Every island has a different twist ,” said Duffus . “ Jamaicans use more pepper . We use a lot of curry . We use more vegetables like cabbage , carrots , peas , bok choy and callaloo , which is similar to spinach .”

But , dishes are never served “ too spicy ,” said Duffus . “ People can ask for more spice , if they want it ,” she said . Rice and curry dishes are flavored with Scotch bonnet pepper . The pepper ’ s beans are cut open to turn up the heat in meat dishes such as curried goat , chicken , fish and soups .

Menu entrées include jerk chicken , curried chicken and goat , brown stewed chicken , ackee and salt fish , red snapper , sautéed vegetables and shrimp , and “ Ital stew ,” a vegetarian dish made with beans and vegetables in a coconut-milk broth .

A generous plate of red snapper , served with root vegetables and rice , was melt-in-your-mouth delicious , alongside a glass of fresh-squeezed lemonade on a recent hot , summer day . The entire meal cost less than $ 15 .

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perfluorinated chemicals - also referred to as perfluoroalkyl substances ( PFAS ). The tests did not provide participants with any information on potential health effects , a point of contention for many residents who had their blood tested .

“ To date , New York has conducted PFAS blood testing for more than 6,000 individuals , tested more than 1,600 private-well samples and collected more than 1,700 community health surveys from individuals ,” said New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr .

Deborah and Rudolph Duffus are the owners of Calabash Restaurant on Liberty St .

The average entrée costs about $ 10 . Entrées are served with sides of white rice , root vegetables such as sweet potatoes , carrots , sautéed cabbage , cornmeal dumplings , sweet plantains , and rice and beans with black , red kidney or pigeon peas .

The restaurant serves homemade lemonade , sorrel , sea moss smoothies and peanut punch , blended with peanuts , flax seeds , sunflowers seeds , molasses , oatmeal and almond milk . Customers bring their own alcohol .

Howard Zucker in a statement last week .

The survey was also offered to residents in Hoosick Falls , where the public water supply was contaminated by perfluorooctanoic acid ( PFOA ), and Long Island , where the Gabreski Air National Guard Base leached PFOS into drinking water in the Westhampton area .

The DOH has joined Alaska , Michigan , New Hampshire , Pennsylvania and Vermont to call on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a national health-effects study on communities impacted by perfluorinated chemicals .

Calabash also offers an event space and catering services . The restaurant hosts music and arts performances each month : open-mic poetry takes place every second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p . m .; a reggae dance party takes place on the last Friday of the month , beginning at 7 p . m .

Calabash Restaurant is located at 69 Liberty Street . The restaurant is open from 12 p . m . to 10 p . m . every day except Tuesday . Call 845-787-4462 for more information .

“ As communities across the nation are impacted by PFAS contamination , we have asked our federal partners to join us in our efforts to develop a ‎better understanding of the clear association between long-term exposure and certain health effects ,” Zucker said .

To access the online survey , visit the state Department of Health website at Health . ny . gov – type “ Newburgh survey ” into the search window on the homepage . Residents without computer access can request a paper version of the survey by calling 518-402-7950 .