mike brez wrote:
fulltimin wrote:
Hope you are having a great Holiday weekend.
Ours started off a little rough.
We made a big pot of Chili, figuring we would have leftovers for a couple of days.
We used some dried kidney beans, which we soaked overnight, rinsed, and instead of cooking them, we just put them in the Chili mix in the slow cooker.
Fast forward 8 hours, and it's time to eat.
Low and behold, the beans are not soft, but still faily "chewey".
Undeterred, we ate the Chili anyway. Eating the beans was a little like eating Brocolli, which was steamed very minimally, and still crunchy inside.
Evidently, eating not fully cooked kidney beans is not recommended for our bodies. Both of our intestinal tracts have become fully cleaned out, over a period of hours, and as such neither one of us is now full of ****, (excrement).
So, perhaps tomorrow will be off to a better start for the week.! :)
Have a great rest of the weekend, folks.
What brand crock pot do you use and how many quart?
The long answer is ... We used to have a 4 quart model, which was just a simple - Off, Low, or High model. There was no temperature control, and if we left food in too long, it would overcook and boil the liquid off.
We switched to a more modern Hamilton Beach 6 quart model - (
Link to Amazon), which was a vast improvement, as it did not over cook foods.
Later on, we added an Instant Pot to our kitchen. (
Amazon Link).
That is also a 6 quart model. After using it for a while, we decided this would be a better option for the motor home, because we can use one device for slow cooking and pressure cooking, as well as other functions.
Once the wife got used to it, she just loves it because of all the recipes available for it, many of which cook in a short amount of time.
The bottom drawers I built will be able to hold the Instant Pot, as well as Bread Maker and some other appliances that we don't want to leave home without.
