One recipe for round steak in the slow cooker that was on this list and I consider tried and true had three ingredients. Round steaks, onions peeled and halved, and left over brewed coffee for the liquid. Makes a real tastey gravy and tenderizes the meat with the acid in the coffee. The crockpot and that's what those were called originally was invented by Rival just in time for World War II., and women doing work in Defense Plants bought them and used them regularly to feed themselves and their families when they got home from work. In my past I did lots of cooking with crockpots. The all metal slow cookers I have less confidence using. I had an Aroma and it died after three uses so wasn't well built.
On Fri, 21 Feb 2020, Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:47:50 > From: Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Marie Rudys <marmusi...@gmail.com> > Subject: [CnD] Slow cooking > > Hello, everyone!! > > > > I have been using slow cookers for forty years, and never had any of them > burn up. > > They use no more power than a lightbulb, to be honest about it. > > That is why it is perfectly safe to let it do its job whether or not you are > > Home. Low is around 250 degrees and high is > > 300 or so. Like a slow oven, really. > > I read that in the original Rival Crockpot Cookbook > > Back in the 1980's, and that information has stayed with me > > Ever since. I don't have to monitor it so closely, either. > > I never had a slow cooker boil over, either. It is not supposed to. > > > > Those of you who use one regularly know what I'm on about. > > I have gone out with the pot on low and when I got home tired, > > There is my food ready to eat. I never, ever had a > > Slow cooker catch fire or short out on me. Not one. > > I am cooking a roast now, with pearl onions and baby carrots > > And some potatoes. I did not put too much water > > In the bottom, because I know there will be more liquid as the meat > > Cooks. I am going to make some gravy from that. > > > > I use it at least once a month, when I > > Really want to slow cook something. > > > > The Hamilton Beach cooks slightly faster than the Rival > > I used to have back in the 1980's. But I just cook my roast the same > > Way I did back in those days. > > > > Marie > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > -- _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
