This is a general technique for cooking anything -- your denser items go on the bottom so they get more heat and cook faster, and potatoes are one of the denser foods, even more so than meat, so they take longer. But this is not always the case, and this recipe might be one of those exceptions.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jennifer Chambers > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 10:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > > Nancy, you are correct: Usually, potatoes go on the bottom, and the > meat goes on top. I guess the only way to know if it really matters is > to try the recipe twice, once the way it was written, and once with the > potatoes on the bottom. > > hth > > Jennifer > > On 1/28/14, Sandy <[email protected]> wrote: > > It says in the book that comes with the crock pot that instead of > > using the low setting, if you want to cook it quicker, do it on high, > > for instance, 8 hours on low would be four!!!! hours on the high > > setting, meaning on high, it equals 2 hours so you get like 8 hours > > done in four; I did it that way today with the slow cooker frozen > thing I purchased on Saturday. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Charles Rivard > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > > > > Can you explain what you sent? It doesn't make sense that cooking > > something on high equals 2 hours on low with a slow cooker. > > > > --- > > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sandy" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 7:16 PM > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > > > > > >> All I said was cooking some thing on high equals 2 hours on low with > >> the slow cooker; it is in their recipe/preparation book; what are > >> they smoking? > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark- > [email protected]] > >> On Behalf Of Charles Rivard > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:30 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > >> > >> How can cooking on high equal a short time on the low setting? I > >> would think that high would be the shorter time, wouldn't it? What > >> are you smoking? He! He! He! > >> > >> --- > >> Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Sandy" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]>; "'RJ'" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:08 AM > >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > >> > >> > >>> Cooking on high with the slow cooker equals 2 hours at the lowest > >>> setting. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Cookinginthedark > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RJ > >>> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 5:04 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > >>> > >>> No, If you want your dinner in 4 hour, place it on high. I > >>> personally like to cook on low for 6 to 8 hours on low. Today > things > >>> were done on low for about 6 and a half hours. > >>> RJ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
