Note: What Curt said, but if you wash or rinse the vegetables, then the water that clings to them is enough. I'm thinking green beans or asparagus here. Some veggies are great on the grill. Zucchini is a good example: cut them in quarters lengthwise, put them on a hot grill for about 2 minutes on each of the 3 sides for a total of about 6 minutes. This should produce some grill marks. pile them up on a serving plate. They will soften a bit sitting piled up like that. Season (I just use a bit of Italian dressing) and serve.
If you want to use a crock pot for vegetables, use a temperature controller device (PID) and keep the vegetables in a vacuum-sealed bag. This technique is known as sous vide. This technique is wonderful for meat. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 6:18 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cooking in a Crockpot Boiled veggies taste terrible, they have no place in a crock pot. Put 'em in a covered dish in the microwave with a little water. Cook on high for 4-5 minutes or until they hit your favorite degree of done-ness. They'll be faux steamed and taste much better. Something like asparagus do in the oven, put it on a baking sheet, cover with olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. Bake at 350-400 for around 10 minutes until soft. I usually cover with foil for baking as the oil might smoke. Do kale in a frying pan with butter. Rinse the leaves first and the water on them will help them steam. Much more flavor than boiling. This is best with young leaves which are more tender, older ones might be tough and should be boiled instead. -Curt From: archer75--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: "arche...@embarqmail.com" <arche...@embarqmail.com> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 9:10 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT: Cooking in a Crockpot Since there are several knowledgeable cooks on the list, I have a questio: Because nearly all canned vegetables have a lot of salt, as well as some of the frozen vegetables, I bought an 8 quart crock pot/slow cooker that has 4 settings; 4 and 6 hours on high, and 8 and 10 hours on low; with the intention of cooking raw vegetable in such a way that I can't under-cook, over-cook, or mess them up in other ways. No cooking instructions came with the crock pot, and the instructions on the 'net were nearly all about cooking complicated recipes. No one addressed the technique of cooking raw vegetables, and there was much dispute about how much water should be added. I dumped the 3 to 4 quarts of raw vegetable in the pot, covered them with water and set the pot on 8 hours and low temperature. When it was done, none of the water seemed to have evaporated and the vegetables had sunk below the surface. Some of the vegetables seemed to have lost their flavor, so I'm wondering how little water can be used when cooking raw vegetables since that improves the flavor according to several on the 'net? The opinions on the 'net varied from a half cup of water to covering the vegetables with water (what I did). With a lot of butter and a couple of chicken sausages cut up on top and reheated in the microwave, the vegetable were pretty good, but it would be better to have vegetables flavorful enough to be eaten without any butter, meat, or flavoring like we did in Indiana during WW-2. Thanks, Gerry P.S. The pot is the "Crockpot" brand if that means anything. P.S.2: If I put uncooked bacon in with the vegetable, will that flavor the vegetables or must the bacon be cooked first? _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
