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Tell me about the Slowcooker (WAS crockpot). Recipes here, pls.

  • After dozens of friends recommending, and a two year old exhausting us, my wife bought a crockpot (no pics of wife or crockpot, or wife using crockpot. Eat a bag.).

    I consider myself a food enthusiast. I enjoy cooking more than any other non-work activity. I know nothing about the crockpot.

    Anyone care to offer recipes? Everyday? One-pot? Gourmet? Easy things I can throw in before I leave for work?

    TIA.

    This post was edited by State00 on 4/25/2012 at 8:22 PM

    State00

  • -1 you know the rulez

    Walter_Sanchez

  • Crockpots are for keeping food warm. If you are a food enthusiast then you will not use it much to actually cook food. .02

    ByTor20084

  • This turned out well. Sorry for the half assed mobile link. I had an 8.5 pound pork shoulder that didn't fit and was way too much so I just chopped it in half.

    http://genxfinance.com/crock-pot-bbq-pulled-pork-recipe-for-under-15-easy-and-frugal/

    Buffalo Spartan

  • By-Tor said...

    Crockpots are for keeping food warm. If you are a food enthusiast then you will not use it much to actually cook food. .02

    confused

    Walter_Sanchez

  • Get some raw veggies, bacon, Cup-A-Soup. Baby, you got a stew going.

    Osmo ●

  • UPDATE: Crap. Shows how little I know about the crock pot. Wife bought a slow cooker. Always thought they were the same thing.

    Any further insights?

    State00

  • Go to McDonald's and buy 6 quarter pounders with cheese. Place said quarter pounders with cheese in the crockpot and throw it in the garbage, with authority, of course. Fuck your wife on the kitchen counter.

    Motown Spartan

  • pot roast
    quartered red potatoes
    baby carrots
    1 pkg onion soup mix
    1/4 c red wine

    Spray cold crock pot with nonstick spray, add potatoes and carrots, cover and turn crock pot on to low. While crock pot is heating, dredge pot roast in seasoned flour and brown roast in a little oil in heated pan on stove. Brown roast on all sides.

    All browned roast to warm crock pot, sprinkle with onion soup mix and pour red wine over roast.

    Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

    Note: always add cold foods to a cold crock pot and hot food to a warm crock pot.

    My inspiration: http://www.lifeasazebra.com/

    Minnie

  • State00 said...

    UPDATE: Crap. Shows how little I know about the crock pot. Wife bought a slow cooker. Always thought they were the same thing.

    Any further insights?

    They are the same thing.

    My inspiration: http://www.lifeasazebra.com/

    Minnie

  • State00 said...

    UPDATE: Crap. Shows how little I know about the crock pot. Wife bought a slow cooker. Always thought they were the same thing.

    Any further insights?

    They aren't the same?

    Buffalo Spartan

  • john winger said...

    Use the Reynolds liners, no need to spray or clean the pot, just remove food and throw it away

    Actually, I do use the liners - they are awesome! But if you don't use the liners, make sure you coat the crock pot with nonstick spray.

    My inspiration: http://www.lifeasazebra.com/

    Minnie

  • By-Tor said...

    Crockpots are for keeping food warm. If you are a food enthusiast then you will not use it much to actually cook food. .02

    What the fuck?

    NEspartan

  • NEspartan said...

    What the fuck?

    I used to think crock pots were a lazy unskilled way to cook too. That may actually be true but the results are good so I don't gaf.

    Buffalo Spartan

  • State00 said...

    UPDATE: Crap. Shows how little I know about the crock pot. Wife bought a slow cooker. Always thought they were the same thing.

    Any further insights?

    Crock Pot : Slow cooker :: Kleenex : Facial tissue

    get the new Nike MSU font: http://tinyurl.com/spartansfont

    Nutz Interface

  • Internet says: Crockpot is a line of slow cookers that is part of the Rival brand. Like most innovations, we commonly apply the first well-known brand name when recalling a commonly used product type. See: Xerox, Reynolds Wrap, Kleenex.

    State00

  • Rollerblades?

    There's some pretty dumb stuff in this thread. I use my slow cooker a lot for making things like chili or Italian beef:

    Large roast
    1 jar of pepperoncinis, cut the stems off
    2 cups of beef broth
    8 hours
    Pull it out, shred it up with a fork, add some salt/pepper/whatever, put it back in the cooker to absorb all the juices.
    Toast up some buns, add meat and a slice of provolone. Thank me later.

    Phil McCrackin

  • By-Tor said...

    Crockpots are for keeping food warm. If you are a food enthusiast then you will not use it much to actually cook food. .02

    By-Tor is right. The better alternative is the Dutch Oven, so easy a woman could do it (and not screw it up).

    And we would have accepted Vaseline : Petroleum Jelly to go along with Q-tips, Kleenex, etc.

    attachment

    5thhorseman

  • http://porkandbeer.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/beer-braised-pork-sandwich/

    http://porkandbeer.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/beer-braised-pork-tacos/

    tRCMB - Visit at your own risk of being disgusted.

    Gob_Bluth

  • By-Tor said...

    Crockpots are for keeping food warm. If you are a food enthusiast then you will not use it much to actually cook food. .02

    Agreed. Chili being one of the few possible exceptions (after browning everything using real cooking).

    A woman at work told me that she cooks her ribs in the crockpot for 8 hours and the meat falls off the bone. I told her that if I cooked her head in a crockpot for 8 hours the meat would fall off the bone too. She hasn't spoken to me since.

    Cym Jim ●

  • Cym Jim said...

    Agreed. Chili being one of the few possible exceptions (after browning everything using real cooking).

    A woman at work told me that she cooks her ribs in the crockpot for 8 hours and the meat falls off the bone. I told her that if I cooked her head in a crockpot for 8 hours the meat would fall off the bone too. She hasn't spoken to me since.

    Explain to me the problem with a device that enables one to cook "low and slow." What's the difference between doing it with an electric heat source in a slow cooker versus low fire on a stove top if the temps are the same?

    State00

  • State00 said...

    Explain to me the problem with a device that enables one to cook "low and slow." What's the difference between doing it with an electric heat source in a slow cooker versus low fire on a stove top if the temps are the same?

    Yep. The food snobs on here are forgetting about the very valid (and increasingly popular among foodies) form of cooking known as braising.

    Get a big chunk of meat that needs to be cooked a long time to get tender. Season and sear the meat over high heat (on a stovetop). Braise in slow cooker. Win.

    Spartan2k

  • Spartan2k said...

    Yep. The food snobs on here are forgetting about the very valid (and increasingly popular among foodies) form of cooking known as braising.

    Get a big chunk of meat that needs to be cooked a long time to get tender. Season and sear the meat over high heat (on a stovetop). Braise in slow cooker. Win.

    That's kind of what I'm getting to. I'm pretty snobby myself. I have a Staub Coq Au Vin that I've used for braising and it's one of my favorite pieces of cookware.

    But when it comes to preparing slow cooked creations like pulled pork, Italian beef, or pot roast, all I hear about slow cookers is that they'll get the job done in remarkable fashion.

    Aside from the comment above that you shouldn't cook with a warming device, which doesn't seem to apply to a slow cooker, I haven't heard concrete reasons why a slow cooker is a poor alternative to cooking low and slow with fire.

    State00

  • State00 said...

    That's kind of what I'm getting to. I'm pretty snobby myself. I have a Staub Coq Au Vin that I've used for braising and it's one of my favorite pieces of cookware.

    But when it comes to preparing slow cooked creations like pulled pork, Italian beef, or pot roast, all I hear about slow cookers is that they'll get the job done in remarkable fashion.

    Aside from the comment above that you shouldn't cook with a warming device, which doesn't seem to apply to a slow cooker, I haven't heard concrete reasons why a slow cooker is a poor alternative to cooking low and slow with fire.

    For something like pulled pork, the major disadvantage is flavor from the smoke/fire. Low and slow in a smoker (or even over an open flame with wood) is going to impart flavors that you are not going to get from a sterile cooking device like a slow cooker.

    But comparing making a pot roast in the oven vs. slow cooker - there is really no difference. If you do not foil the roast in the oven, you will get additional browning. However, most of the time people foil big pieces of meat like this to prevent it from getting dried out. If that is the case, the slow cooker should be no different than the oven.

    Spartan2k

  • Keep your eyes open for a nice coon or possum laying in the road on your commute home.

    Stop and toss whatever you find in the trunk.

    When you get home.

    Gut, Skin, Debone, Dice.
    Add the meat and:
    1 diced rutabaga
    4 diced onions
    6 diced celery stalks
    any other vegetables you might have
    and 10 Bhut Jolokia peppers to mask any off flavor from the road kill.

    Let this simmer all day while you work then enjoy!

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    LooseGoose2012 ●

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