Hidatsa Stuffed Sugar Pumpkin

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 Ingrideients

• 1, 4 to 5 pound sugar pumpkin
• 2 tsp salt
• ½ tsp dry mustard
• 1 to 2 tbsp vegetable oil or rendered fat
• 1 pound ground venison, buffalo or beef
• 1 medium onion or 4 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup wild rice, cooked
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 tsp crushed dried sage
• ¼ tsp pepper

Step

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the top from pumpkin and remove seeds and strings. Prick cavity with a fork and rub with 1 teaspoon of salt and the mustard.
2. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add meat and onion and sauté over medium-high heat until browned. Off the heat, and stir in wild rice, eggs, remaining salt, sage, and pepper. Stuff pumpkin with this mixture.