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     Title: Stuffed Pumpkin
Categories: Main dish, Vegetables, Meats
     Yield: 1 Servings

     1    Small pumpkin
     2 tb Butter
     1 c  Chopped onion
     1 c  Chopped celery
   1/2 c  Chopped green pepper
     2    Garlic cloves, minced
 1 1/2 lb Ground beef
     3    Fresh or canned tomatoes-
          Chopped
     6    Carrots, sliced in rounds
     5    Potatoes, in 1/2" cubes
     1 ts Oregano
     1 ts Parsley
     1 tb Worcestershire sauce
     1 c  Grated cheddar cheese
          Salt and pepper

 Preheat the oven to 350F.  Wash the pumpkin, cut off
 the top and empty out the seeds with pith.  Score the
 pumpkin flesh on the inside, but do not pierce through
 the shell.  Bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, saute the
 onions, celery and green pepper in butter until
 tender.  Add the meat, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes.
 Season with oregano, parsley, pepper and
 Worcestershire sauce.  Simmer for 15 minutes. Stuff
 the pumpkin with the meat mixture.  Bake at 350F for
 15 minutes. Sprinkle on the grated cheese and bake
 another 5 minutes.  Source: Greatest Moments in
 Cooking. ch

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