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Skriven 2015-05-29 19:52:04 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum (1:261/38.0)
Ärende: Crockpots                                                [1]
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Hi Dave,

 >>> Originating Area: HOME_COOKING

 > Phil & Vicky's I met a crockpot that looks like an oblong
 > roaster. I am going to get one for my house.

 > http://www.crock-pot.com/specialty/new-casserole-crock-slow-cooker/

 DD>     B<------- CUT --------->8

 RH> OK, what I have is the oval crock pot, just realised, in re-reading
 RH> this what you meant. I've seen the other things but don't have the
 RH> room, or really the need for one.

 DD> It is one of those things, I think, that if you had one you would use
 DD> it a lot (if you use crockpots at all). And begin to wonder how you

It's something I would use for the times I need to cook large amounts of
food. Just for Steve and me, a meal that I didn't want a lot of left
overs on, it would be over kill. Cooking for our Life Group at church,
it would probably be right handy.

 DD> ever managed without it. I really like that it has a latch-down lid
 DD> which allows you to transport it and the contents without spillage to
 DD> pot-luck dinners, etc.

My crock pot has that; a very nice feature for toting it somewhere. No
more scrounging up a box, lining it with towels and hoping for the best.

 DD> I have a nice oval 4 quart and a smaller 1 1/2 quart - both of which
 DD> see plenty of use.

 JK> Looks interesting :)  Ooh.. another toy Lol I could run out
 JK> of room for all these toys you know <grin>

 RH> We found a 5 quart stainless steel pot on sale at Belk's tonight, was
 RH> $30, we got it and a poultry lifter (originally $10.), for $18. and
 RH> change. Steve is now trying to figure out how to fit the pot on the
 RH> rack. (G)

 DD> I have a 5 quart cast-iron Dutch oven. And a nice 3 quart T-Fal sauce
 DD> pan. Plus the Revereware 8 quart stock pot -- which gets a lot of use
 DD> in making chilli and soups. The encapsulated aluminum puck in the
 DD> bottom makes it very nice for simmering and not scorching/burning. And
 DD> a range of enamelled cast-iron Le Creuset pots and skillets in Flame
 DD> Red (sort of orangish) with cream coloured interiors. Those are Ebay
 DD> finds bought over a period of time.

 RH> I've got a 5 qt cast iron dutch oven, a 5 1/2 quart T-fal stainless
 RH> steel, a 12 qt Revereware (with an encapsulated puck) stock pot, an 8qt
 RH> Calphalon stock pot and a 6 qt Calphalon pasta cooker. Plus various and
 RH> sundry smaller pots, mostly stainless steel, but a couple of Visions.
 RH> We've looked at the Le Creuset stuff (fancy French cookware) but not
 RH> bought any. They're expensive, even in their outlet store. I wouldn't
 RH> mind trying them sometime but can't afford to buy any.

 DD> I got all mine off of Ebay. I agree that LeCreuset is *very* proud of
 DD> their product. And some friends of mine, in an effort to save money
 DD> bought cheap Chinese knock-offs. The finish was not durable and the
 DD> enamel crazed, chipped and looked ugly. The reason that I am sticking

Never pays to buy a knock off. I just replaced most of my cook pots a
few years ago so can't justify getting new ones right now. I'd wanted a
couple of non reactive pots for smaller batch canning, ended up getting
a whole new set of stainless steel.

 DD> with the Le Creuset is the colour is what I wanted (and
 DD> hard/impossible to duplicate in other cookware). Were I going to do it
 DD> over I would probably buy Lodge enamelled cast iron - which works as
 DD> well as the French product, is as durable, and is made in South
 DD> Pittsburg, TN USofA (Chattanooga metro area).

We've got several Lodge products, uncoated cast iron, that we really
like. Am I right in remembering (I think) I read somewhere that they
give factory tours? If so, that would be a place I'd like to visit.


 DD> The only poultry lifter with which I am familiar is an OXO Good Grips
 DD> item that looks like a big wire hook that has a rubberised handle. Is
 DD> that what you are referencing?

 RH> Bingo! We figure it'll be good for getting birds out of the smoker, as
 RH> well as in the kitchen.

 DD> Even with the extremely limited counter space in my tin-can I will
 DD> soon have one of those.

Always helps to have the tools you want. The house across the street
from us is going up for sale soon--it's had a good bit of renovation and
refurb work done on it. We asked the owners if we could take a look
inside at the counter tops (had seen that they were being redone, wanted
to see what they were like). Saw them, plus the rest of the house. Nice
looking brown granite counter tops but a rather small-ish kitchen for
the size of the house. We've got a bigger kitchen area, in a smaller
house.

 DD> Ferris Wheel (rotisserie). The oval guy also holds up to 6 leg
 DD> quarters for making chicken & noodles. The oblong casserole crockpot
 DD> will hold more than that.

 RH> Get several pork shoulders (Boston butts) and cook up a big pot of pork
 RH> for pulled pork, Kalua style pork, eastern NC bbq, etc. (G)

 DD> Odd that you should mention that -- the Sav-A-Lot across from me has
 DD> pork shoulder roasts (bone-in) on offer for 99c/lb. If I'm luckythey
 DD> will be skin-on as well.   Bv)=

Were you successful?

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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