Ode to my CrockPot
Well, in a completely different vein than my previous two entries, I thought I would share about the “tragedy” that happened the other night in my kitchen. dramatic pause I discovered a large crack in my Crock Pot.
It seems my CrockPot and I really bonded this last year…I found out that you can make a whole lotta stuff in a CrockPot (and that when you’re out of the house all day, you can make stuff the night before and your sweet husband can plug it in on his lunch break and voila, it’s supper!). My CrockPot has been on a lot of field trips, too…it went to MoJazz in the days when the Rock met there (now how many Crock Pots have been to a bar?) and Curtiss with nacho cheese. But I must say that although I saddened by the crack (which I think if repaired with Crazy Glue or other adhesive that it may be a fire hazard :( )I have been very impressed with how well it’s kept up!
Does anyone else have fond memories of their favorite kitchen appliance?
(btw…don’t anyone despair here…I think I might be able to find a replacement “Pot” it :)) sigh of relief
i don’t know if it would be my favorite appliance but i have a lot of good memories of making pepperoni and cheese sandwiches with one of my friends a lot freshman year. i also like my coffee maker.
I really want a crock pot. I went to target to buy one. The little 3 quart ones are 19.99, but if you want a 5 quart, it is 39.99 and a 6 quart is 49.99. I could just buy two 3 quart crock pots and save ten dollars! I found this pretty frustrating, so I gave up and left :)
OOOH! Just this week I used my crock pot TWICE!
I made a pretty sweet (and SO easy) pot roast,
and then I made barbequeued pulled pork for
sandwiches! Better than Famous Dave’s: Karl has coined the term: “Infamous Maren”.
It’s crock pot season now, and I’m looking for more recipes. I think I want to use it every day
that I can: it is the most wonderful invention!
I would have to agree on the crock pot. My sister gave me a programmable one for Christmas last year and I love it because it automatically shuts off after the alloted time - no burning if I am late getting home!!!
Although I originally made fun of them, I really love my George Foreman (another Christmas gift from the same sister several years ago). The original gift was the small one which caused me to really want a larger one so I didn’t have to cook one thing at a time. So recently, I purchase the large one with the removable cooking plates you can put in the dishwasher! I think I’m in love!!!! : )))
I love deep fat fryers. I am attached to any and all of those. MMM….mozzerella sticks.
There’s a crack in my crock pot, dear Matthew, dear Matthew… There’s a crack in my crockpot, dear Matthew, a crack.
Well fix it dear Nancy, dear Nancy, dear Nancy…
Lol…you guys are hilarious. Dude, Maren, you can adapt pretty much anything to the CrockPot. Soups are great, you can do quite a few casseroles, and sauces to put on top of ric work pretty well, too. Taco meat or spaghetti sauce made ahead of time…oh yah. :)
I have not yet ventured into George Foreman-dom or DeepFatFryerWorld yet…but it seems the grill thing is really catching on.
Did you guys see that they are now making disposable CrockPot liners???? What an amazing idea. I actually had that idea a couple of weeks ago but someone beat me to it. Anyone try those yet? (Kirsten, we’re almost in casserole blog territory right now!)
Nancy, I had just read your blog and then was reading in 2Kings chapter 4 about the “pot of death”…Elisha’s solution, “Add flour”, perhaps some flour and water could make a glue paste for your crackpot…it worked for them, just thought I would pass on the wisdom.
This isn’t really an appliance but it is a utensil- rubber scrapper. I love my rubber scrapper. It is my favorite thing in my kitchen to use. Sometimes I ignore the mixer and blender and reach for my rubber scrapper. The other day at work I was using one and it snapped! I was over come with thoughts about what I would do if that ever happened to my beloved. Then I realized it was about 2 dollars at Target and went on with my day. :)
I love the george foreman as well: a superior cooking appliance.
JACKPOT! While looking at CrockPot.com for a replacement pot, I found a whole lotta recipes for your Pot: http://www.crockpot.com/recipescatmain.aspx
Not only is the Crockpot my favorite but have just discovered I can use my new silconeware bundt pan to make a cake in the crockpot. I have the new Cakemix doctor cookbook so it is sooo easy.