Pumpkin Dinner

Categories: Dinner, Fall, all in one

Ingredients

• 1 medium pumpkin, at least 4 pounds, preferably 5 to 7 pounds
• 11/2 pounds lean ground beef
• 1/3 cup chopped green pepper
• 3/4 cup chopped celery
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 can (4 ounces) mushrooms, undrained
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 2 cups cooked rice
• Optional decorations: olives, steamed carrot, whole cloves, fresh parsley

Directions

1. Wash, dry and cut lid from pumpkin; set lid aside. Scrape out the inside of the pumpkin well, discarding all seeds and membrane; set pumpkin aside.

2. In a large skillet, brown hamburger, green pepper, celery and onion. In mixing bowl, mix together the salt, pepper, soy sauce, brown sugar, mushrooms, soup and rice, then add to the hamburger mixture.

3. Mix well and turn into the prepared pumpkin. Put lid on, place pumpkin on foil-lined, rimmed cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 11/2 hours.

4. To serve, be sure to scrape up some of the inside of the cooked pumpkin along with the hamburger mixture.

5. To decorate the pumpkin, use toothpicks to attach black olives for eyes, steamed carrot for the nose, and whole cloves for the mouth. For hair, use fresh parsley around the top.

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