A Meal In A Pumpkin - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 onions, chopped
1 lb hamburger meat
1 lb sausage
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 cup mushroom, drained and chopped
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
8 ounces water chestnuts, drained and sliced
1 bell pepper, chopped
1 jalapeno, chopped
2 tablespoons pimentos, drained and chopped
2 cups cooked rice
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons creole seasoning
10 -12 lbs pumpkin
shortening

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Brown and drain beef along with onions and sausage.
Cook until no longer pink and drain well.
Cut top off of pumpkin and reserve.
Clean seeds and strings from pumpkin.
Clean well.
Coat pumpkin skin with shortening.
Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl.
Spoon ingredients into pumpkin.
Place top back on pumpkin.
Wrap foil over the stem.
Bake on a cookie sheet for 2 to 3 hours depending on the size of pumpkin.
DO NOT OVERBAKE. The pumpkin should not begin to brown.