crackpot/slow cooker principles..and sex and food

[susanmcgee48176]

When we would do social work inservices on issues that included ANY 
kind of sex, we would notice that people would immediately get 
hungry..
definite correlation there...

Here are some slow cooker/crackpot (I loved the "typo") principles:

Tips for Successful Crock Pot Cooking:

Before you can adapt your recipes and substitute ingredients, you 
need to understand a few basic principles of success in slow cooking. 
1. When using a slow cooker, the temperature rises very slowly and 
the food cooks over a period of 4-8 hours for most recipes. Every 
time you open the pot, the temperature drops and it takes a long time 
to get back up. Resist the urge to open the crock pot. 
2. Seasonings mellow in a crock pot, so if you like to taste strong 
seasonings, you may need to re-season towards the end. Alternatively, 
use much more of your favorite spices and flavorings when you start 
your recipe. 
3. When cooking with vegetables and meat, put the vegetables on the 
bottom, they will take longer to cook. 
4. Increase eye appeal when you serve by using fresh herbs, raw 
vegetables, or fruit garnishes to dress up the plate. Another idea is 
to serve the entree with mixed wild rice. Any colorful addition will 
add eye appeal to the plate. 
5. Dairy products will curdle in a crock pot all day, they are best 
added near the end of the cooking time, the last hour or so. 
6. Rice cooked with meat usually ends up mushy. Either add rice 
during the second half of the cooking time, or use a second crock pot 
to make your rice, the cooking times are very different. 

unfay, esyay? (my son is just discovering pig latin)