I feel the same way I really enjoy cooking with the crockpot what determines whether you're supposed to brown the meat first or just throw it in there and let it cook
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2013, at 6:55 PM, "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've always heard how easy and convenient a crock pot is. I figured that it > would be just the thing for a beginning cook because you have to do so little > to get great meals. However, there are a lot of recipes for the crock pot > that I don't want to try because you have to brown the meat, boil this or > that, and then, basically use the crock pot to finish the process. This is > disappointing to me, because I figured, under an apparent misconception, that > you would put everything into the crock pot and let it, not the cook, do the > work. I don't want to have to cook the food before it goes into a crock pot > to complete the process I was hoping that it would perform from start to > finish. Some meals are the type I am looking for, but a lot of them aren't. > One exception to that is the chili recipe I make, which I have previously > posted. I use Venison, and I do grill it before it gets thrown into the pot > to cook for 8 hours on the low setting. It makes the house smell really go od all day, too, which is another thing that I do like about the crock pot. You've been smelling something all day, and can't wait to eat it! > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
