Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cushaw squash adds a unique flavor to your dishes and is a fun ingredient to try. This squash is big and has a mild, sweet taste ...

Cushaw, the striped crooked neck pumpkin, is commonplace along the highways of Louisiana. Although this pumpkin is normally peeled, boiled and cooked casserole-style with brown sugar for the holiday ...

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Cushaw pie is a tasty, creamy and mild alternative to pumpkin. Cushaws store well into the winter and are available at farmers’ markets, farm shops and some groceries like Good Foods Co-op. Kevin ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Cushaw is a green-and white-striped, gourd-shaped pumpkin, which is famous in Southern Louisiana. Chef John Folse loves to cook cushaws in soups during the holiday season; however ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While they can be—and are—eaten immature as an early summer squash delicacy, the fruits take all season to fill out and ripen ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Many of the old Creole cooks referred to the meat of the cushaw, a green and white, striped crookneck pumpkin, simmered in sugar and spices, as Juirdmon. This mixture can ...

To cook the cushaw: Trim stem and blossom end of the squash, and cut into large chunks. Scrape out the seeds and discard (or keep for later toasting). Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large roasting pan ...

When Beckham Sharpe and his family switched from raising tobacco to growing produce on their Scott County farm more than a decade ago, they did a brisk business each fall in pumpkins and giant ...

One of the many varieties of squash native to North America, cushaws can be cooked in sweet and in savory dishes. To cook the cushaw: Trim stem and blossom end of the squash, and cut into large chunks ...