Scary Alex says.............

PattyInAK · October 02, 2007, 08:51:10 AM

Its Halloweener month and my mom said to buy those pumpkins early and make her famous Dinner In a Pumpkin!!!
SAVORY STUFFED PUMPKIN
1.5 lbs. ground beef
I medium onion, chopped
1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 4oz. can sliced mushrooms
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1-1/2 cups cooked rice
1 8oz. can sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 large pumpkin (8-9 pounds)*
Vegetable oil

In a skillet over medium heat, cook ground beef and onion
until meat is no longer pink. Drain well. Add
soup, mushrooms, soy sauce and brown sugar. Simmer,
uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Stir in the rice and water chestnuts. Wash
pumpkin. Cut a 6 inch circle around stem.
Remove top and set aside. Discard seeds and loose fibers from the inside.
Spoon beef mixture into
pumpkin and replace top. Place on a greased 15"x10"x1" baking
pan. Rub oil over outside of pumpkin.
Bake, uncovered at 350F for 1-1/2 hours or until pumpkin is
tender. Scoop out some pumpkin with
each serving of the beef mixture. Freshly baked bread and raw
veggies go well with this.
Yield: about 6 servings.
Leftovers are great the next day.

* Make sure the pumpkin will fit in your oven!

doxielady5569128 · October 02, 2007, 09:27:08 AM

Sounds yummy. I love that last little disclaimer you gave. "Make sure the pumpkin will fit in your oven."

I can just see someone with their pumpkin all stuffed and ready to go in the oven and then oh No!! It won't fit!! That is probably something i would do.

I love Alex's scary eyes in the picture. Too funny!

PattyInAK · October 02, 2007, 09:31:24 AM

This recipe would probably work great with acorn squash, too. Either stuff the whole squash or cut in half and stuff. If I can't find a small-ish pumpkin soon, I will go the acorn squash route. I want to make this this weekend when my sisters Joan and Carol are here and we spend a couple days at the cabin with our folks.

Dee Dee and Hallie · October 02, 2007, 10:20:27 AM

This recipe sounds SO good. Every year I keep thinking I want to try it. I am going to try again this year, my house has been barely navigational for the last 3 weeks while they are remodeling Hallie's utility room (gettin' a new BATHTUB too for her oooh boy) so I haven't even been able to get to the microwave much less any cabinets or oven, and am on the kick of I will cook all the time once I have a nice clean kitchen again. That will last all of 2 minutes...but I still will try and make this recipe this fall! It really sounds good.

janeygirl · October 02, 2007, 01:17:58 PM

This sounds like a great recipe. I'm definitely going to try it.

Roberta · October 02, 2007, 01:49:19 PM

What sounds REALLY SCARY is Auntie Dee Dee saying she is going to cook............pray for Haillie and send her food packages
Oliver

Leslie · October 02, 2007, 04:52:44 PM

Quote from: Dee Dee and Hallie on October 02, 2007, 10:20:27 AM
This recipe sounds SO good. Every year I keep thinking I want to try it. I am going to try again this year, my house has been barely navigational for the last 3 weeks while they are remodeling Hallie's utility room (gettin' a new BATHTUB too for her oooh boy) so I haven't even been able to get to the microwave much less any cabinets or oven, and am on the kick of I will cook all the time once I have a nice clean kitchen again. That will last all of 2 minutes...but I still will try and make this recipe this fall! It really sounds good.

Heeeeeey...Hallie sed you keep all your food at the Subway down the street.

TerriL · October 02, 2007, 04:58:09 PM

I just love that picture Patty! Thanks for the recipe.... I plan to try it out this weekend!

PattyInAK · October 02, 2007, 05:23:31 PM

Quote from: Leslie on October 02, 2007, 04:52:44 PM
Heeeeeey...Hallie sed you keep all your food at the Subway down the street.

All I saw DD eat when I visited was air-popped popcorn and veggie burgers from down the street! Oh, and she had Snapple in her fridge, which looked like it had just been delivered from Sears!

Mike · October 02, 2007, 10:04:54 PM

Quote from: PattyInAK on October 02, 2007, 05:23:31 PM
Oh, and she had Snapple in her fridge, which looked like it had just been delivered from Sears!

Sears delivers Snapple now?

cheryl186 · October 03, 2007, 04:30:34 AM

I am going to take this recipe to work and pass it all around....sounds great!!! Oh yes...and Alex, you are really really scary!!!

PattyInAK · October 03, 2007, 08:18:22 AM

Quote from: Mike on October 02, 2007, 10:04:54 PM
Sears delivers Snapple now?

Well, maybe. Her fridge was stocked with the stuff.

Valerie · October 03, 2007, 10:37:31 AM

Yum, i want to try the recipe! And thanks for the note about making sure the pumpkin fits in your oven. I would be the dummy who buys the big pumpkin and it won't fit in there. :verdict:

Dee Dee and Hallie · October 03, 2007, 06:48:52 PM

Heh I remember the popcorn and subway days! I have expanded my palette now though, I also go to Quizno's....(although I still get the garden burgers from Burgerville! And if you ever go thru town in late summer you have to try their seasonal blackberry smoothies and walla walla onion rings).
I also have migrated from Snapple to Sobe. And can't remember the last time I ate popcorn.

LOL Roberta, Hallie agrees with you rotfl!! She says this has been the most restful 2.5 weeks she's had because I can't get to the oven thru all the boxes stacked up while the utility room work is going on. (sadly, no more toothbrush stuck in the wall back there!) I am so sick of PBnJ sammiches this pumpkin recipe sounds soooo good! I'm thinkin' I'll take it all up to my friend Sandys and have her hubby make it for us. :thumb: