I think I'm going to need a whole new crockpot. But I am fairly certain it was really low cost to start with and I've had it over a decade. Some really delicious slow-cooked pork has come from it and I am content that I eventually do need to buy a new cooker.

Oh, hey, recs? What do people love?

Crazy expensive, but soooo worth it-- it is my One True Slow-Cooker.

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I love that you can use the insert directly on the stovetop to brown stuff, then just transfer it over to the main unit and set it to go.

I love that you can use the insert directly on the stovetop to brown stuff, then just transfer it over to the main unit and set it to go.

Okay, that's kind of awesome. Because I tend to skip any slow cooker recipe that tells me to brown a lot of ingredients.

Spendy, but it looks awesome. Possible Xmas item. Really, I use my slow cooker a lot and would love to have one that I could brown with and then set aside. And it's pretty!

Because I tend to skip any slow cooker recipe that tells me to brown a lot of ingredients.

Exactly.

Kitty ma~~~~ to Taz.

the FB video of our fuzzy boys together

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smonster, do they have a freecycle list in Nola? Perhaps you could get a reasonably gently used slow cooker on it.

There is, in fact, freecycle. I'm calling Crockpot first, to make sure on the replacement parts thing, but yeah.

Because I tend to skip any slow cooker recipe that tells me to brown a lot of ingredients.

No longer a problem now that I live with a vegetarian. "Brown the tofu" doesn't come up a lot. (Actually, I can't recall ever making anything with tofu.)

I love the blog I got the lasagna recipe from: [link] I've bookmarked about a jillion of her recipes that I want to try. (So far I've only made the lasagna, repeatedly.)

Bah. Time to head out to work.

I dislike tofu. Not as much as cilantro, but still ....

Someone once asked me what you could use tofu for. My response? "I hear it makes pretty good insulation." (YTofuMV)