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smackaholic wrote: and for you impatient fukkers i recomend a pressure cooker. it is basically a crock pot on meth.

Toddowen wrote:There's two dishes that stick out in my mind that the Moms would cook in a crock pot.

Baked beans- sort of like the Texas baked beans one gets at any decent BBQ place.

And spare ribs cooked with fruit- mainly peaches.


The saliva glands are definitely in overdrive at this moment just thinking of Mom's cooter.

Toddowen wrote:Nothing like a decent tasting home cooked meal as good as anything Mom made...

IndyFrisco wrote:In cooking the water out of the sauce, the pasta sauce gets more concentrated. Less water. More flavor.

socal's suggestion was more for like a set it and forget it and go to work and come home to a great sauce. Hell, even better, when I would get home to that, I would dump a load of penne into the crock and let it simmer that off for another half hour cooking the pasta. Dish it out and load up on freshly grated parm. One pot meal with little to no effort. Sounds good to me.

IndyFrisco wrote:In cooking the water out of the sauce, the pasta sauce gets more concentrated. Less water. More flavor.

Toddowen wrote:A little heads up: baking a cake in a crock pot kicks major ass. So far I've tried a carrot cake and a streusel in it and it's been outstanding each time. Plus the clean up can hardly be easier.

Try this. It's simple.

Steusel Pound Cake

Makes 6 to 8 Servings

Cook Time: 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours (HIGH)

1 Package (16 ounces) pound cake mix, plus ingredients to prepare mix per box
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup chopped nuts {I used walnuts}
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Coat Crock Pot slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray.{I used PAM Baking- made with real flour}
Prepare cake mix according to package directions
Stir in brown sugar, flour, nuts, and cinnamon.
Pour batter into Crock Pot slow cooker.
Cover; cook on HIGH 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

It's that simple and it comes out perfect. Falls right out of the ceramic crock and cleans up easily.

Toddowen wrote:Just made one last night, Smack. Dunkin Hines on a sale this week at Stop & Shop for a buck a box. Mixed it right to directions on the box and poured it into the crock that had been sprayed lightly with Pam Baking spray. Cover and cook for exactly 2 hours on High. Used Dunkin Hines cream cheese frosting.

A fukken cakewalk. Grandma would be jealous.

Toddowen wrote:Maybe you should try cooking hash brownies then?

Toddowen wrote:I've no need to send myself into an anxiety attack. My dope smoking days are gone for good. I wasted a good portion of my life to pot. I already know what it's like and I have no desire to ever smoke again. Sometimes I feel just as high through, say, travelling to areas of the country I've never been to before than I recall ever feeling when I had to always be high.


But...do what you must.

I suggest waiting until your mind is slipping so bad that you're already a demented vegetable.


But until then, try this recipe. {Which you're probably already familiar with}

Cranberry Bread
2 1/2 to 3 hours

This is a Cape Cod speciality. In the restaurants there, a basket of sliced cranberry bread is served with each meal. It's best buttered and eaten fresh. But leftovers- toasted and buttered- make a wonderful breakfast food. Cranberry bread freezes well and keeps fresh for many days in the refridgerator if well wrapped in plastic.

2 cups (1/2 lb.) fresh cranberries
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
6 tablespoons butter at room temperature
1 whole egg
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts


To Cook: A quarter cup at a time, chop the cranberries in a blender on low. DON'T puree them, which is what will happen if you blend them too long. In a large bowl, sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. With two knives, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it looks like a coarse meal. Combine the egg, orange peel, orange juice and stir into the flour mixure until well blended. Fold cranberries and walnuts in. Turn into a greased 2-quart mold. Cover with a loosely fitting plate. Place the mold on a rack or trivet in the slow cooker. Cover the cooker, but prop the lid open a fraction with a toothpick or a twist of foil to let excess steam escape. Cook on High 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the bread on a rack for 10 minutes, then unmold. Serve warm. Makes 5 to 6 servings.

This sounds about how Mom would make it. A good olde Yankee Thanksgiving wouldn't be complete without cranberry bread.

Toddowen wrote:I figure it's probably beneath you, but just this time, lose your self esteem and hit up the local Walmart. That's where I bought mine. It's a "Rival" with a timer. A good model. It comes with complete directions and even a little cookbook that can get any klutz out there started.

Dinsdale wrote:Screwbitch, are there Goodwill stores in your realm?

Toddowen wrote:You'd be surprised how authentic the taste of pulled pork using Kraft hickory flavored barbeque sauce is. You'd swear that someone labored all day around a fire, turning a hog on a spit.

Mikey wrote:You have to light your crockpot?

They have electric ones now, you know.

Screw_Michigan wrote:I'm a below average cook with a small kitchen and few utensils. I asked for a rice cooker for Christmas because I heard they are very versatile, much like a crock pot, and you can cook a lot of good shit in it. I would like to inherit or buy a used crock pot sometime for the same reasons.