kawlata

{{Short description|Traditional Maltese vegetable soup}}

Kawlata is a traditional Maltese vegetable soup, typically made with cabbage and pork, and consumed during the winter months.{{cite book|last=Oster|first=Robert|title=The Maltese Meatloaf Mystery and Other Tales: A Phillip Bartlow Mystery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wj_PAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|date=31 January 2014|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4917-2219-0|page=22}}{{cite book|last=Gaul|first=Simon|title=Malta, Gozo and Comino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fevix8jSqg0C&pg=PA54|year=2007|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-86011-365-9|page=54}}{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Paul|title=Malta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoIPQzlFQq0C|date=April 1999|publisher=Insight Guides|isbn=978-0-88729-177-7|page=98}} During World War II, kawlata was a food staple prepared by the Communal Feeding Kitchens.{{cite book|last=Bradford|first=Ernie|title=Siege Malta 1940-1943|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyTOAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180|date=17 November 2011|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-84884-584-8|page=180}}

The first Maltese newspaper was called Il-kawlata maltija ("Maltese Medley").{{cite book|last1=Chambry|first1=D.|last2=Trump|first2=David H.|title=Malta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kIKAQAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Nagel|isbn=978-2-8263-0711-2|page=68}}