What are you cooking or baking today?

[Jules]

I gave you a sad reaction (for the part in bold) then regretted it and decided I should either change it or explain. It's because I use my crock pot at least 3 days a week. I start meat and frozen vegetables in it early in the morning around 8 AM, and everything is ready by lunchtime.

I bet your stroganoff was good. I don't have a name for what I cook, either, and half the time I just improvise.

When I saw the sad reaction, I wondered what I wrote. Now I understand.

I’ll bet your meals are good too.

 

[Jules]

I don't really like slow cookers all that much, Used it mostly for chicken legs /broth for my dog.

I like to cook chilli all day long. It wouldn’t be the same done on the stove.

Maybe I’ll try the curried carrot soup in it this week.

This crock pot is really old. At least the 80s, when it was the thing to have.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Mine is old too. In all fairness to those who don't favor crock pots, I will say this. Mine is the great big round kind (NOT the newer oval kind). A normal sized round steel cake pan will fit into the bottom. I put that in, then fill it half full of water. On top of that, I put a metal rack, then sit another cake pan on top of the rack with the food in it.

When it's done, all I have to do is remove the top cake pan and transfer the food to a plate, and the crock pot never gets dirty. That certainly contributes to why I find it so convenient. I may not much like cooking the food in the crock pot directly since they can be hard to clean.

 

[Jules]

Mine is the old, round kind too. That’s a very clever way to cook in it. I don’t know if mine would fit a cake pan.

 

[RadishRose]

curried carrot soup

I'll take some of that, Jules!