Instructions: Brown first 4 ingredients together until tender. (you will need a large frying pan for this). Add remaining ingredients and mix by hand, well. Put into large cleaned out pumpkin and cook at 350 degrees for 2 hours until pumpkin is tender. Scoop out pumpkin meat with filling as you are serving it. Feeds about 8 people.

*Note: Make sure that the pumpkin you buy will fit in your oven before starting this. Measure your oven from top to bottom, and when buying the pumpkin measure it also. Also put pumpkin on a cookie sheet with sides. Some fluid will run out of the top of the pumpkin while cooking.

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