Comments on: Spiced Cushaw Squash Pie http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Suzanne McMinn http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-120232 Suzanne McMinn Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:06:20 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-120232 Donna, you can find cushaw squash at farmers market in late summer/early fall. Donna, you can find cushaw squash at farmers market in late summer/early fall.

]]> By: Donna http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-120231 Donna Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:01:30 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-120231 My grandmother always made these pies and I love them, but now do not know where to find them. Can you help with this? Thanks, Donna My grandmother always made these pies and I love them, but now do not know where to find them. Can you help with this?
Thanks,
Donna

]]> By: Melisa http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-95523 Melisa Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:22:22 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-95523 Suzanne - I'm so glad to find your website. I found a packet of Cushaw seeds at the dollar store and tossed a few in the garden. They did great. I am so glad to know that they are an heirloom variety and good for pies, just in time for Thanksgiving. Last week I made a pie out of the white Luminara pumpkin. What a nice change of flavor from the standard pumpkin. It was light and fresh. Thanks again for the info. Suzanne – I’m so glad to find your website. I found a packet of Cushaw seeds at the dollar store and tossed a few in the garden. They did great. I am so glad to know that they are an heirloom variety and good for pies, just in time for Thanksgiving.

Last week I made a pie out of the white Luminara pumpkin. What a nice change of flavor from the standard pumpkin. It was light and fresh. Thanks again for the info.

]]> By: Jean http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-94270 Jean Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:10:18 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-94270 Pie looks great, please also consider washing and drying the seeds. Store in jar after throughly dry and plant in spring. I started this last year. At 57 it finally dawned on me to do this instead of throwing them out and buying more in the spring. I love your webb site! Good Job! Pie looks great, please also consider washing and drying the seeds. Store in jar after throughly dry and plant in spring. I started this last year. At 57 it finally dawned on me to do this instead of throwing them out and buying more in the spring. I love your webb site! Good Job!

]]> By: SJ http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-93309 SJ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:38:10 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-93309 Oops I forgot one more ingredient -milk or cream (I used cream and only added 1-2 Tbs) Oops I forgot one more ingredient
-milk or cream (I used cream and only added 1-2 Tbs)

]]> By: SJ http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-93308 SJ Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:34:54 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-93308 It's so funny to read how many others are also so glad to hear about the Cushaw/Kershaw, as am I. A good friend of mine recently gave me, as she calls it, a Kershaw. I had never heard of such a thing, living in Ohio. This kind, however, is slightly different. It is the same size and shape and the insides look the same, but the skin is kind of the opposite in color, being mostly a whitish color with pale green stripes. My friend's husband is from the south and his relatives gave her the seeds and shared a whole different kind of recipe. I can share the ingredients, but unfortunately they don't have written measurements. Surprisingly this pie can be made without eggs or flour and still holds up pretty good! Here goes: Kershaw Pie makes 2 pies -about 3 cups cushaw/kershaw squash -about 1 cup white sugar (or until your liking) -about 1 Tbs. butter -about 1-2 tsp. nutmeg -1 tsp vanilla (I found a recipe that uses lemon extract also. I tried itand we liked it here in our family :) ) -bake it in a pie crust (use a shallow pan rather than a deep dish) It’s so funny to read how many others are also so glad to hear about the Cushaw/Kershaw, as am I. A good friend of mine recently gave me, as she calls it, a Kershaw. I had never heard of such a thing, living in Ohio. This kind, however, is slightly different. It is the same size and shape and the insides look the same, but the skin is kind of the opposite in color, being mostly a whitish color with pale green stripes. My friend’s husband is from the south and his relatives gave her the seeds and shared a whole different kind of recipe. I can share the ingredients, but unfortunately they don’t have written measurements. Surprisingly this pie can be made without eggs or flour and still holds up pretty good! Here goes:
Kershaw Pie makes 2 pies
-about 3 cups cushaw/kershaw squash
-about 1 cup white sugar (or until your liking)
-about 1 Tbs. butter
-about 1-2 tsp. nutmeg
-1 tsp vanilla (I found a recipe that uses lemon extract also. I tried itand we liked it here in our family :) )
-bake it in a pie crust (use a shallow pan rather than a deep dish)

]]> By: KCHobgood http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-93220 KCHobgood Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:15:41 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-93220 My paternal Grandmother made the most wonderful cushaw pies when I was growing up. Savory and sweet.So I thought I would look up her recipe and take a swing at it. I dropped by a local farmer's market a picked up a likely looking squash with pale yellow stripes. Everything was going well until the first bite. It was the most bitter thing I have ever put in my mouth.Later I discovered the problem was the cushaw itself. The thing was left on the vine too long and like an over ripe cucumber had turned. The toasted seeds were tasty so it wasn't a total waste. My paternal Grandmother made the most wonderful cushaw pies when I was growing up. Savory and sweet.So I thought I would look up her recipe and take a swing at it. I dropped by a local farmer’s market a picked up a likely looking squash with pale yellow stripes. Everything was going well until the first bite. It was the most bitter thing I have ever put in my mouth.Later I discovered the problem was the cushaw itself. The thing was left on the vine too long and like an over ripe cucumber had turned. The toasted seeds were tasty so it wasn’t a total waste.

]]> By: Jan Morgan http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-91480 Jan Morgan Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:41:21 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-91480 My Grandmother use to make Kershaw Pie when I was a kid. We all loved it! It has been many years since I have had some. Where do you get the seeds? Jan Morgan My Grandmother use to make Kershaw Pie when I was a kid. We all loved it! It has been many years since I have had some. Where do you get the seeds?

Jan Morgan

]]> By: Renee Rader http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-88058 Renee Rader Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:18:22 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-88058 Thank you so much for the cushaw pie recipe!! I just discovered them at a small farm in Virginia yesterday on my road trip to Florida. The lady there told me her husband grew them and they just happened to turn out extra large this year - mine is about 10lbs. She sold it to me for $4, which I though was great. I am getting ready to get started - can't wait for my new home to smell mmm mmm goooood!. Thanks for the info - can't wait to see how it is. p.s. I have a great crust recipe if you want it. Thank you so much for the cushaw pie recipe!! I just discovered them at a small farm in Virginia yesterday on my road trip to Florida. The lady there told me her husband grew them and they just happened to turn out extra large this year – mine is about 10lbs. She sold it to me for $4, which I though was great. I am getting ready to get started – can’t wait for my new home to smell mmm mmm goooood!. Thanks for the info – can’t wait to see how it is.

p.s. I have a great crust recipe if you want it.

]]> By: Pumpkin Pie! « Diary of a Busy Mom http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/spiced-cushaw-squash-pie/#comment-86204 Pumpkin Pie! « Diary of a Busy Mom Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:00:49 +0000 http://chickensintheroad.com/?p=15031#comment-86204 [...] in the Road, but I could not for the life of me find a Cushaw Squash So I used Suzanne’s Spiced Cushaw Pie recipe to make a Pumpkin Pie instead! Sorry for the blurry picture, but this is what my pie [...] [...] in the Road, but I could not for the life of me find a Cushaw Squash So I used Suzanne’s Spiced Cushaw Pie recipe to make a Pumpkin Pie instead! Sorry for the blurry picture, but this is what my pie [...]

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