I just remembered there's another reason to invert this. I make a recipe that is basically a roast, but with chicken breasts instead of beef roast, and I put the potatoes on top. This way I can season them differently than the meat and other vegetables below, and I get the roasted potato effect in the crock pot.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Jennifer Chambers > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Thick beef stew > > Quite right, Nicole. I intend to try this recipe the way it was > written, then again with the potatoes on bottom to see how it turns > out. My feeling is it won't really matter much, if at all. It sounds > quite good, and I've been longing for a different stew, so I thank the > original poster of this recipe. > > Jennifer > > On 1/28/14, Nicole Massey <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:cookinginthedark- > [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. 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