That’s a Crock!

On the Christmas holiday, I found a fabulous gift under the tree. A new crock pot.

I must admit that cooking with a slow-cooker is not flashy or exciting. But those are the traits that make it the method of choice at times around my house. The crock pot allows for assembly and no-look cooking long before meal time. It plays into the notion of “set it and forget it” to borrow a phrase from a very annoying kitch-TV millionaire. The crock also helps if you have varied meal times. Though not desireable, it ahappens that not everyone in the house can eat at the same time. The crock allows a diner to serve up a portion and leave the rest for others. Stews and chilis are great examples of foods that can serve easily this way.

The particular model of cooker that I have has a sophisticated control function that varies the temperature during the cooking cycle and, after cooking is complete, it switches to a warming mode that holds the dish at serving temperature. This feature enhances the pots ability to serve the food at the time the diners are ready for it.

So, over the next while, I will probably delve in to many crock adventures. I hope you choose to come along!!

MITK