Recipe - Beef In Costume For Halloween

1 (4 lb.) pumpkin
1 pound Lean ground beef
1 cup Chopped onion
Cooking oil
1/3 cup Chopped red pepper
1/3 cup Chopped green pepper
1 Clove minced garlic
1 teaspoon Salt
One fourth teaspoon Thyme
One fourth teaspoon Pepper
1 (7 One half Oz.) pitted ripe
olives
1 (8 Oz.) Can tomato sauce
2 Beaten eggs

Preparation : Cut top from pumpkin; scrape out seeds and fibers. Simmer in
salted water to cover for 20 to 25 minutes or until almost tender. Drain.
Brown beef and onion. Add peppers and garlic. Cook one minute. Remove from
heat, stir in remaining ingredients. Spoon into pumpkin. Place "lid" on
top. Brush pumpkin with oil.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Let stand 10 minutes.

Cut into edges to serve.
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #252

Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:13:09 0700

From: Greg Leonhardt gregl@ix.netcom.com