Cajun Christmas Dressing

5    medium mirlitons (vegetable pears)
3    slices bacon, chopped
1    small white onions, chopped fine
1/2  cup chopped shallots
1    lb peeled and deveined shrimp
1    cup wet white bread, squeezed
garlic salt
salt and pepper
Tabasco sauce
seasoned bread crumbs
2    eggs, slightly beaten

Boil mirlitons until fork tender (about 20 minutes).
Saute bacon, chopped seasonings and shrimp until shrimp are pink.
Add wet bread, garlic salt, salt and pepper to taste and Tabasco sauce.
Cook over medium heat until dressing browns a little.
Peel mirlitons, remove center seed, and mash.
Add mashed mirliton to skillet.
Add eggs slowly while stirring.
Add 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs.

Put dressing in buttered casserole.

Sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter and bake at 350 degrees until heated through.