I've never had a problem leaving my crock pot on while I was not home. That's the beauty of it. I use it for all sorts of things, but I especially like cooking baked beans in it. It frees up my oven and I can cook 2 1/2 pound at a time. They freeze very well if there are left overs. Jeannes
-----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2020 2:12 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Helen Whitehead <hwhiteh...@cogeco.ca> Subject: Re: [CnD] Slow cooking Marie, I'm in agreement with you. I also have 2 Rival slow cookers, one from the eighties, which I believe is a 3 quart one, and my 5 or 6 quart one is from the nineties, and they both still work great! They only have low, medium and high on them for settings. I've also gone out and left it cooking with no fires, or damage to the electrical cord, or cracked lids or anything of the kind. I use mine for making soups, chili, spaghetti sauce, roasts with potatoes, and/or veggies, I make stews, too. A friend sent me liners from the US, and I love them! I'm in Canada, and I heard from someone, that Walmart sells them here. My bigger slow cooker has a plastic lid, while the other one is a glass one. Or ceramic, to match the insert, and both inserts can be removed to wash. They are both round. I love them! -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Marie Rudys via Cookinginthedark Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 1:48 PM 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 _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
