From my Great-Grandmother's secret cajun cookbook.
Total time to cook
1 hours
,
20 minutes
Ingredients
1/2 pound
Ground Beef
6
Yellow Crook Neck Squash
1 dash
Cinnamon
1 teaspoon
Salt
1 cup
Raw rice
1 teaspoon
Black Pepper
1 large can
Canned Tomatoes
1 can
Tomato Sauce
3 tablespoons
Olive Oil
1 teaspoon
Cholula Hot Sauce
2 Cloves
Garlic
Directions:
Cut necks off squash; scoop out inside with long-handled spoon. Wash and scrape outside.
Mix rice, salt, pepper, cinnamon, ground beef, tomato sauce and butter. Stuff squash loosely with dressing (don't pack it too tightly, or it will burst).
Make a stopper out of the discarded necks to plug the holes.
Cut off the bottoms of the squash and use toothpicks to stick the squash together in boiler, othewise they will not stand up.
Place squash in the boiler, add canned tomatoes and enough water to cover the squash.
Add crushed garlic and salt, then bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour or until done.