American: What is a Kershaw?

This is a kershaw or a cushaw!

There are different opinions on what this is:

• Mountain Man in Cana, Va says it is a cross between a pumpkin and a squash.

• Another opinion is that it is a cross between a zucchini and a pumpkin. 

• Another opinion is that it is a Tennessee sweet potato squash. 
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• Also claimed by Louisiana and Tennessee

It is a winter heirloom squash. In the crookneck squash family. 

My personal photo above

  

  

  

RECIPES BELOW:

LINK TO Lindsey's mystery squash soup

LINK TO CHICKENS IN THE ROAD Spiced cushaw pie

   

LINK TO A GROWING SEASON autumns-golden-harvest-squash/

LINK TO Indiana and Georgia cushaw squash pies

Substitutes for Kershaw would be Butternut or Delicata.  Photos below. 

Butternut

  

Delicata

  

Butternut and Kershaw have really tough skins and are tough to crack open.  I peel mine with a "Farberware" peeler (Wimpy peelers don't work).  My sister-in-law Patricia who made the Kershaw pies baked the Kershaw in the oven until the skin came off.