Crazy expensive, but soooo worth it-- it is my One True Slow-Cooker.
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.
Raise your hand if 'ew.'
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Barb - Aug 17, 2011 7:53:39 pm PDT #27988 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Atropa - Aug 17, 2011 8:21:44 pm PDT #27989 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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.
Cass - Aug 17, 2011 8:22:09 pm PDT #27990 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
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!
Cass - Aug 17, 2011 8:23:11 pm PDT #27991 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Because I tend to skip any slow cooker recipe that tells me to brown a lot of ingredients.
Exactly.
beth b - Aug 17, 2011 9:47:31 pm PDT #27992 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Calli - Aug 18, 2011 1:48:58 am PDT #27993 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
smonster, do they have a freecycle list in Nola? Perhaps you could get a reasonably gently used slow cooker on it.
smonster - Aug 18, 2011 2:59:29 am PDT #27994 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
There is, in fact, freecycle. I'm calling Crockpot first, to make sure on the replacement parts thing, but yeah.
Steph L. - Aug 18, 2011 3:32:44 am PDT #27995 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
Toddson - Aug 18, 2011 3:53:19 am PDT #27996 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
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)
brenda m - Aug 18, 2011 4:11:46 am PDT #27997 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I always brown the tofu. But I wouldn't use it in a slow cooker recipe I don't think.