A Tasty Treat
A Tasty Summer Treat
Cushaws. You heard me right Cushaw. I had never heard of it before either until Memorial Day weekend. My Uncle had some growing in his garden. I thought it was an under developed watermelon. It turns out that the Cushaw plant is anything but under developed. It's wonderful!
The green-striped cushaw is technically a winter squash grown in the American South. Fruits average 10 to 20 pounds, It can grow to be 12 to 18 inches long. The skin is whitish-green with mottled green stripes.
The flesh is light-yellow; it is mild and slightly sweet in flavor; meaty in texture and fibrous. It is sometimes called cushaw pumpkin and is often substituted for the standard, orange, jack-o-lantern pumpkin in pie-making.
I brought one home with me from Alabama and made a wonderful, delightful summer dessert. What are your favorite summer foods?
| BAKED CUSHAW | |
1 med. cushaw 2 eggs 2 c. sugar 1/2 lb. butter 1/2 tsp. baking powder Dash nutmeg Cut cushaw pieces. Scrape out seeds and boil until tender. Remove peeling, mix cushaw with all ingredients. Place in baking dish and bake at 350 degrees until brown on top. | |
Bon Appetit! :)
posted by Unknown @ Friday, June 18, 2010
10 Comments
10 Comments:
Sounds delicious.
Yvonne.
Well I indeed learn something new today. :)
I'm not a big fan of squash, but I'm brave enough to try anything once.
This is a new one to me, too...
My favorite summer foods are home grown tomatoes and fresh berries....
10-20 pounds? Holy cow.
Can you make a side dish out of them, or do they work better as a dessert?
I love fresh produce in the summer, but ice cream's good, too! Especially with fresh fruit.
Margaret =)
I've never heard of that vegetable and yet the recipe sounds so yummy!
CD
Cushaw is fantastic with vanilla ice cream! :)
Looking forward to your Movie Dirty Dozen on Monday!
My mother-in-law used to fix cushaw. It was wonderful. Thanks for following my blog!
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