Crackpot! - Salsa Chili

[Steve]

---  Kathryn Lambert <anigrrrl2 at ...> wrote:
>
> potioncat <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:          
> > Susan wrote:
> > Well, back to work, anyone got any good crock pot recipes?
> > (which is  why I like OT)
> 
> Potioncat:
> Oh, me too! (we can do those here, can't we?)
> 
> I can use all the crockpot meals I can get. Work late, busy 
> family...you know the drill.
> 
> ...
>    

>   ***Katie: 
> My hubby and I love to make chili in our crockpot. We put 
> in about 1 pound of ground beef, 3 cans of ... and about a
> cup of salsa. ...
>  

bboyminn:

CrAckpot, I'm sure that was a typo, but you have to admit
it's funny...crackpot chili recipes. ;)

I was making regular cooking pot chili one time and I tend
to improvise a bit around a basic recipe. I looked in the
refrigerator to see what I had, and saw Salsa. That seemed
like the perfect thing to put in chili. But the resulting
chili had a terribly overpowering vinegar taste to it that
resulted in my throwing away a whole pot of chili.

So, do you use special Salsa, does the long cooking reduce
the vinegar taste, or do you just not mind the taste of
vinegar in this context? 

Just curious.
  
>   We also do a good pot roast, where you sear the meat 
> quickly to lock in the juice, and then basically cover it 
> in the crockpot with red wine, beef stock, and veggies of 
> your choice and let it go on low for 6 hours. The beef will
> literally melt in your mouth. 
>    
>   Enjoy!! Katie

bboyminn:

Both my mother and my brother use various McCormick Crockpot
Spice packs for roast (pork and beef), and the result is
fantastic; tasty, moist, and tender as can be. Heaven on the
end of a fork.

Steve/bboyminn