The crock pot sure is handy and, for the most part, pretty easy. I have had
some problems, though. One is that vegetables will get mushy. I like them
to be firmer. Another problem is that a lot of food seems to form a soup or
stew, rather than if you use a conventional oven. I'm never sure of just
how much liquid to add, although I do know that it is not much, as recipes
make their own juices when cooking. For the most part, I do not want a lot
of liquid in the food. I really do love some things made in a crock pot,
though, like my extremely hot Chili, which I have previously posted to this
list.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "RJ" <[email protected]>
To: "citd" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 3:15 PM
Subject: [CnD] Crockpot cooking
One of the things I found that crockpot cooking is some thing most people
can do.
For example:
Over the last few days one ham made many meals in the crockpot
I started out with a 6 or 7 pound ham.
Add enough juice to cover the bottom of the pot and added 1/2 cup of brown
sugar to the juice. I used cider, for that is what I had on hand.
I than rubbed 1/2 cup of brown sugar over the ham and put the ham fat side
down in the crockpot.
Set the pot on low and about 6 hours I checked the ham with my talking
thermometer. See it was a cured ham, I pulled it out a 140 F and let it
rest for 15 minute with a foil tent over the ham.
Next day
I took two cups of beans that I let soak over night and added them to the
crockpot along with 8 cups of water
Chopped up a large onion, a couple clove of garlic, a bay leave, oregano,
and some basil. Plus a stick of celery and a carrot.
Mixed every thing together with a little black pepper.
Sit the pot on low and let it cook for about 9 hours, or until the beans
were tender.
The next day, I cooked some macaroni and added it to the beans that were
warming up in the crockpot.
To finish off the ham
Today I took the rest of the ham and some white potatoes and
turned them into scalloped potatoes
Slice up the potatoes with my mandolin and did the same with a onion,
which I broke up into onion rings. Added a couple cans of creamed soup,
celery, carrots, and broke up the rest of the ham, Seasoned them with
salt/pepper and mixed well and put them in the crockpot on low. It been
about 8 hours, will have to check to see if the potatoes are done. If so,
will put the pot on warm, until it is time for dinner.
RJ
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