Consider the Blue Hubbard Squash.
Do you see a Thanksgiving tradition?
Perhaps a savory side dish?
How about a centerpiece for the table?
How about the Mayflower?
I scoured the web looking for another example of Blue Hubbard Squash turned Mayflower ship, but this was as close as I could come.
My dad had different ideas. He took a huge squash, hollowed it out and carved it into a ship. He made dowel masts and paper sails.
My mom filled it with tangerines and nuts and the Blue Hubbard Mayflower sailed out on Thanksgiving tables in the early 1960s.
Thanksgiving in Ripton, VT 1962
And the next year, same sails, different squash!
Thanksgiving 1963, Ripton, VT
You can see me, smiling, directly to the left of the Mayflower, on my dad’s lap.
Time passed, I grew up, and when I had children I wanted my own Blue Hubbard Mayflower centerpiece.
San Francisco, 1997
Tutorial not included. This is truly DIY!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ashley Wolff 
Love this idea and the photos! Happy Thanksgiving to you too!
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Thanks, Julie!
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Wow – I am definitely impressed! Those squash are truly hard as rocks! My auntie used to take hers out to the chopping block and use the axe to whack it into manageable bits. A Mayflower squash boat would have been much more fun.
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You’re right, Cathy-they are wicked hard! Their natural shape is naturally boat-like, but I doubt if they’ll float!
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Well, they have that Pumpkin Regatta in Burlington…maybe they DO float? 🙂
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That would be a very classy entry–maybe I’ll think about it.
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