I think browning the meat gives them more flavor. My mom and mother-in-law always did it. And I've found it to be true.
-----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gerry Learry Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 2:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CnD] under a misconception Why don't you just use the recipes that you don't have to cook for? Most of the time browning the meet first helps to remove Greece that the crock pot cant. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]> To: "COOKING IN THE DARK" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 4:55 PM Subject: [CnD] under a misconception > 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 good 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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
