What's in Your Crock Pot

[advres]

it costs less to run a crockpot than the whole oven. sucker.

[nickwm21]

it costs more to buy a crockpot, when you already have an oven and a pot. SUCKER

[advres]

Does it physically hurt being so stupid?

[iceman]

Actually it doesn't make a fuck of a lot of difference either way. Not sure what temps would equal the different settings on the pot but it couldn't be that hard to figure out. Maybe 225 and 300? Something like that.

[~mikey b]

shit - you can get a Crock Pot for $15 at WallyWorld - and you can get a 3 pot unit for around $50 - I prefer leaving my Crock Pot on all day rather than my oven - you can plug yer Crock Pot into your car lighter and cook as you travel - I bing mine to work, carry it up the lift to the top of the mtn and serve it up for lunch

try that with yer oven SUCKA

[Danno]

mine is full of home-made baked beans flavored with bacon, maple syrup (collected and made by Owen's Pop-Pop in New Hampshire) more bacon, and carmelized onions

that sounds good. do you have an actual recipe or do you just totally wing it?

sorry about the flu.

[nickwm21]

Does it physically hurt being so stupid?

Its that easy for you to get butthurt? You only wasted $15.

Actually it doesn't make a fuck of a lot of difference either way. Not sure what temps would equal the different settings on the pot but it couldn't be that hard to figure out. Maybe 225 and 300? Something like that.

Exactly. When I slow cook, I run the oven at like 250ish. The beauty of the oven is you have hundreds of temp settings, not two. You can adjust until you get that perfect low simmer. I wonder if the god of cooking, Alton Brown, has a crock pot in his kitchen? I doubt it.

you can plug yer Crock Pot into your car lighter and cook as you travel - I bing mine to work, carry it up the lift to the top of the mtn and serve it up for lunch

try that with yer oven SUCKA

There ya go... A solid answer, I like. I generally bring my classic coleman bbq to the hill.

[advres]

Its that easy for you to get butthurt? You only wasted $15.

#1 - it was a present.
#2 - my butt feels just fine. But thanks for your concern over my posterior.
#3 - Crcok post are cheaper than a dutch oven and you can even cook shit in the over while your crockpot is going. Your argument is not only invalid, it is stupid.
#4 - You are the one who started calling people names and pumping your chest with your over-enthusiastic sense of awesomeness.

I win.

[Danno]

I wonder if the god of cooking, Alton Brown, has a crock pot in his kitchen? I doubt it.

a few Alton Brown crock pot recipes on line.

[nickwm21]

you can even cook shit in the over while your crockpot is going. Your argument is not only invalid, it is stupid.

There you go... A solid answer. Should have used that one the first time.

My argument IS valid. Every recipe in this thread can be cooked just as easily in the oven. Recipes that involve browning can be cooked all in one pot, instead of dirtying two pieces of cookware...

I dunno. To me there is something to be said about not having so much junk around the house. Things that can do multiple things, like a nice heavy pot, are better than things that can only do one thing, like a crock pot.

[iceman]

Chili and cornbread, that's your answer. Need the oven for the cornbread... wait, we have two ovens...

[BigDaddy]

^That was my dinner tonight....

We don't even own a crock pot... or a microwave.

[Danno]

bought a big 4+ lb package of cubed stew beef from costco. Not sure what I am going to make. ANyone got a good beef stew recipe? Or other idea?

[MakersTeleMark]

Danno:

Talk to Nick. Sit there in front of your pot for hours stirring constantly, and then throw that bitch in your oven for 2, don't forget to crack a vent and pay your gas bill, or... well.

I'll e-mail you a stupid idiot proof recipe for your crockpot that you can set and forget, and go to work, come home to your young one, and have a non-stick sick meal ready to go at the fraction of the psychic and electrical cost.

Or, fuck you, throw it in the oven bitch.

[Danno]

Fuck the oven, I want to throw it in and go to work. As you well know.

Nick can sit in front of his oven, more power to him. I'm sure his shit tastes good.

[Bobby Stainless]

bought a big 4+ lb package of cubed stew beef from costco. Not sure what I am going to make. ANyone got a good beef stew recipe? Or other idea?

Ingredients

3 pounds cubed beef stew meat
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup baby carrots
4 large potatoes, cubed
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups boiling water
1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
3 tablespoons butter
3 onions, sliced
1/4 cup red wine
1/4 cup warm water
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions

Place meat in a large plastic bag. Combine 1/4 cup flour with 1/2 teaspoon salt; pour into the bag with the meat, and shake to coat.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add stew meat, and cook until evenly browned on the outside. Transfer to a slow cooker along with the carrots, potatoes, parsley, and pepper. In a small bowl, stir together 2 cups of boiling water and dry soup mix; pour into the slow cooker.
In the same skillet, melt butter and saute onions until softened; remove to the slow cooker. Pour red wine into the skillet, and stir to loosen browned bits of food on the bottom. Remove from heat, and pour into the slow cooker.
Cover, and cook on High for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to Low, and cook for 6 hours, or until meat is fork tender. In a small bowl or cup, mix together 2 tablespoons flour with 1/4 cup warm water. Stir into stew, and cook uncovered for 15 minutes, or until thickened.


Another favorite slow cooker reciper:

Kalua Pig:
Ingredients

1 (6 pound) pork butt roast
1 1/2 tablespoons Hawaiian sea salt
1 tablespoon liquid smoke flavoring

Directions

Pierce pork all over with a carving fork. Rub salt then liquid smoke over meat. Place roast in a slow cooker.
Cover, and cook on Low for 16 to 20 hours, turning once during cooking time.
Remove meat from slow cooker, and shred, adding drippings as needed to moisten.

[advres]

Danno. Brown the meat in your cast iron skillet. Throw it in the crock once done. Throw a can of beef consomme over it. Cook it on low for a couple/few hours. Cut up some red potatoes, onions, celery, carrots and throw them in after the first couple of hours (fill the rest of the crock). Season however you wish. Let it all reduce down for another 3 or 4 hours on low (or) until everything is tender. It won't seem like there is enough "broth" until maybe the last 30 minutes. Consume mass quantities.

This is less brothy than a stew. It is very hearty. If you want more liquid add a can of water at the same time as the consomme. I don't like real stew in crocks because I can't make my dumplings in the crock. I prefer making beef stew on the stove due to the dumpling topping.

PS... with 4 lbs you could make this twice. I tend to do 2-2.5 lbs of beef for this recipe.

[~mikey b]

Its that easy for you to get butthurt? You only wasted $15.



Exactly. When I slow cook, I run the oven at like 250ish. The beauty of the oven is you have hundreds of temp settings, not two. You can adjust until you get that perfect low simmer. I wonder if the god of cooking, Alton Brown, has a crock pot in his kitchen? I doubt it.



There ya go... A solid answer, I like. I generally bring my classic coleman bbq to the hill.

yeah, but I work at the hill - I don't have time for that bullshit - I can feed the entire ski patrol lunch for about $10, and folks can get hot food whenever they want - keeps the crew phat and happy and rolling all day

keep trying junior

[iceman]

he was trying to give you props mike.

[~mikey b]

I nose. I was trying to be an assbag.

[Sinecure]

I was watching the season finale of The Car Show last night. That show sucks balls. Top Gear, even Top Gear US is so much better. But in one of the segments the fat guy tried to drive a diesel Mercedes the length of California on one tank. Of course the tool didn't time it right so he got stuck in LA traffic (can you time that right?) and then ran his AC all through the central valley so he never made it quite to Oregon.

BUT, in the back seat he used the 110v AC outlet to plug in a crock pot with a brisket. The car must have smelled amazing for the whole trip. At the end of the 14 hour ordeal, they show him eating the brisket in his hotel room. The backseat crock pot may have been the highlight of the show.

[Tye 1on]

anybody try making something w/dry black beans by chance?

[Bobby Stainless]

Most dry beans, need to soak for 24 hours, I think.

[advres]

If you want to cook dry black beans, you will want to soak them in room temperature water over night before you actually put them to the heat. They take a good 7-8 hours on low so make sure the recipe is going to take that long or make sure they are the first thing you add.

[teletripper]

anybody try making something w/dry black beans by chance?

Yes I have, I make feijoada perhaps once a month or so and it's fuckin delicious. Here is a basic recipe for this and works well in the crock. Like other have said let the beans soak overnight.

http://www.eatdangerously.com/feijoada.html