For the vegetables, you might want to put them in last so they stay firm. I also have trouble knowing the amount of liquid I'm supposed to put, which is why I tend to read the recipes first because I am not an expert cook yet. I think the more comfortable we can become with cooking the more comfortable we will become with liquids.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2013, at 2:52 PM, "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. > ----- 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
