This recipe is so familiar to the one my momma made. She made a pot of chicken soup on the stove top then added it to the cleaned pumpkin. As it cooks in the over the pumpkin softens slightly and you can scoop some of the pulp out that way without having to cube it upfront. Also while the soup was cooking she made the toasted pumpkin seeds that were seasoned to drop on top of the soup. Thanks for the memory. I haven't made that since my three kids were little.