To fuck or to cook?

[Fugee]

I wish I had a TV in the kitchen.

http://www.fox.com/cookalong/?src=schedule_page

[robustpuppy]

Originally Posted by tmdiva

I've been coveting the Williams-Sonoma exclusive All-Clad stainless steel slow cooker with removable METAL insert, because I can't live without the ability to sear meat on the stovetop before slow-cooking without losing the fond. I may never get it, and just keep relying on my oven.

tm

Rival makes (or made) one for about $100, but for some it is out of stock everywhere. Something to watch for if it becomes available again.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by robustpuppy

Rival makes (or made) one for about $100, but for some it is out of stock everywhere. Something to watch for if it becomes available again.

Hamilton Beach also makes one.

$79.99 and in stock thru Target ($12 shipping + sales tax).

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Sparklehorse

That sounds delicious but how do you remove the breasts part-way through without ruining the bird and roasting your own skin?

With great care.

You are really removing the thighs and legs, which is a little easier to do without ruining the bird -- just find the right place to cut, and make a firm cut right thru. A pair of poultry shears would help a lot. I didn't have that, so I used tongs and a long knife instead.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Any opinions on the new style Cuisinart food processors? I have the older "classic" style, and I see that those can be had for something of a discount compared to the comparable newer "elite" style.

Gift item, cuisinart brand wanted, so please don't both with Bose/Tiffany sucks.

Since no one else has answered your question, I'll throw in my 2 pennies. I have a DLC-8 which I've had so long that I bought a replacement blade a few years ago since the old was so dull.

What I find most irritating about the workbowl design really about cleaning. It has all those ridges in the feed tube (which doesn't come apart) where food particles get stuck and are virtually unreachable.

The only thing I know about the new food processors (gleaned from a "non-commercial" on a PBS show) is that the blade locks in so you can pour out the bowl without the blade falling out. I would guess that also means it doesn't leak around the blade when the bowl is filled with liquid, as mine does.

I took a quick peek at the Amazon ratings and the "Most Favorable" review headline is "I like it a lot, but not in love."

Doesn't seem like it's worth almost double the money. I hadn't looked at the prices in a while and I am frankly surprised at how relatively inexpensive a Cuisinart is. I think it costs around the same number of dollars for a "classic" as mine cost when it was acquired many years ago.

ETA that some person with even more time on their hands completed a very detailed comparison review on the Amazon site. Link.

[1436]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

You'll need both for me to get the turkey in.

Okay, ew.

I always wondered why Hank had you on ignore.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Dude. Not even Sebby would go there. Hang your head, motherfucker.

I laughed.

[1436]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Are these okay or should I get the Le Creuset?

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/produc...LinkType=PDPZ1

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/produc...LinkType=PDPZ1

They're having a sale, just for you!

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/

Note the bacon weave in the caphalon picture - mmmmmmm!

[notcasesensitive]

So I'll go ahead and admit that I'm getting sort of annoyed. If you will recall, we got a 4 quart slow cooker. I got a cookbook that I liked, but for the fact that many of the recipes call for a larger cooker (5-6 quart). So I got the slow cooker for two cookbook that someone here recommended and it came today. Flipping through, I realize it contains only recipes for 1.5-3 quart cookers. I had no idea that it would be such a struggle to find recipes that are meant for the size slow cooker that I have. Where do you people find slow cooker recipes? Any resources that break down the recipes by cooker size?

This is enough to convince me that fucking is always the correct choice.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

So I'll go ahead and admit that I'm getting sort of annoyed. If you will recall, we got a 4 quart slow cooker. I got a cookbook that I liked, but for the fact that many of the recipes call for a larger cooker (5-6 quart). So I got the slow cooker for two cookbook that someone here recommended and it came today. Flipping through, I realize it contains only recipes for 1.5-3 quart cookers. I had no idea that it would be such a struggle to find recipes that are meant for the size slow cooker that I have. Where do you people find slow cooker recipes? Any resources that break down the recipes by cooker size?

This is enough to convince me that fucking is always the correct choice.

is 5.3 required to make enough food for two? if not then multiply everything in a recipe by .75.

do not worry about accurately putting in .67 tsps- guesstimate. and (guesstimate is a word? no redlining?) then fine tune the amounts as you make your favorite dishes time and time again over the next 40 years.

remember- cooking is a journey not a destination, and you will grow with each step, backwards as well as forward. I won the Betty Crocker award at my high school so I know of what I speak.





or sell the 4 quart at your next garage sale and buy a 6 quart.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

is 5.3 required to make enough food for two? if not then multiply everything in a recipe by .75.

do not worry about accurately putting in .67 tsps- guesstimate. and (guesstimate is a word? no redlining?) then fine tune the amounts as you make your favorite dishes time and time again over the next 40 years.

remember- cooking is a journey not a destination, and you will grow with each step, backwards as well as forward. I won the Betty Crocker award at my high school so I know of what I speak.





or sell the 4 quart at your next garage sale and buy a 6 quart.

I am fine with changing recipe sizes to fit the pot EXCEPT for the fact that I can't seem to figure out how it changes the cooking time and everything we've made so far has been done way, way before it was supposed to be done. No one here seemed to have an idea as to how to fix that issue other than to keep checking stuff a lot. If I had to classify my current relationship status with my slow cooker I would say It's Complicated. I don't want a huge cooker. I live in a freaking one bedroom apartment with no storage in the 'hood. I'm just tryin' to stay alive here, man. I don't need any It's Complicated.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

I am fine with changing recipe sizes to fit the pot EXCEPT for the fact that I can't seem to figure out how it changes the cooking time and everything we've made so far has been done way, way before it was supposed to be done. No one here seemed to have an idea as to how to fix that issue other than to keep checking stuff a lot. If I had to classify my current relationship status with my slow cooker I would say It's Complicated. I don't want a huge cooker. I live in a freaking one bedroom apartment with no storage in the 'hood. I'm just tryin' to stay alive here, man. I don't need any It's Complicated.

you can't overcook in a slow cooker, I thought.

do this- on days you're using it, go pick up fringey. have her taste the dish every 15 minutes after it's cooked for a few hours. if she senses it's done, she unplugs until you get home. win-win?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

So I'll go ahead and admit that I'm getting sort of annoyed. If you will recall, we got a 4 quart slow cooker. I got a cookbook that I liked, but for the fact that many of the recipes call for a larger cooker (5-6 quart). So I got the slow cooker for two cookbook that someone here recommended and it came today. Flipping through, I realize it contains only recipes for 1.5-3 quart cookers. I had no idea that it would be such a struggle to find recipes that are meant for the size slow cooker that I have. Where do you people find slow cooker recipes? Any resources that break down the recipes by cooker size?

This is enough to convince me that fucking is always the correct choice.

What are you cooking that you need a precise recipe? Surely you can take the suggested ingredients and eyeball how much of everything you need. Do you ever cook without a recipe?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by Adder

What are you cooking that you need a precise recipe? Surely you can take the suggested ingredients and eyeball how much of everything you need. Do you ever cook without a recipe?

I'm sick of you. All I typically do is cook without a recipe. Proportions are not my problem here. I'm trying to broaden my horizons with this whole making things in a slow cooker process, but thus far figuring out cooking times has been a royal pain in the ass. Almost worse than you.

Uh, no offence or whatever.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

you can't overcook in a slow cooker, I thought.

do this- on days you're using it, go pick up fringey. have her taste the dish every 15 minutes after it's cooked for a few hours. if she senses it's done, she unplugs until you get home. win-win?

The pork we made was overcooked and I first checked it about an hour before the minimum cooking time. The meatloaf was 180 degrees all the way through by the time I checked it about 90 minutes before the minimum cooking time, but still tasted great and was super tender. Both recipes were for 5-6 qt pots. I don't mind experimenting, but I'm really not a fan of overcooked meat. Answers. I just want answers. If the answer is that I need to continually test the meat basically at all times after starting the slow cooker, well that seems to do away with all the convenience factor of using one.