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 ...

Every month I have to send in my topics for upcoming columns. Most of the time, I've jotted down ideas on notes and stuck them to my computer monitor or the dashboard of my Jeep. Sometimes my brain is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cushaws and pumpkins for sale at Beckham Sharpe’s Georgetown farm. You can find them at farmers’ markets and at the grocery store, if you know what to look for. The green striped gourd is the cushaw.

John Folse's "Encyclopedia of Creole and Cajun Cuisine" says that the spiced and sweetened cooked cushaw was known by the name "juirdmon." Cushaws sometimes turn up in small grocery stores around ...