The cable guy is here! Of course he arrived as soon as I tried to make a quick run to the bathroom. Hopefully this new dvr will work, and I won't miss any more fall tv.

Tea:

I also leave the house when the crock pot is on, but I am super paranoid about making sure that nothing that is flammable is anywhere near it when I'm running it.

I leave the house with the crockpot on two or three times a week. I try to not do recipes that require it to be on high during that time, but I definitely leave it on. And drive, like, two hours away. It's been fine.

I leave the crockpot on for five or six hours at a time when not home on high = though with nothing flammable nearby.

I figure a slow cooker doesn't put out much more energy than the lamp I leave on all day so it's not dark when I come home and trip over the cats. So I generally don't give it much thought about leaving the slow cooker alone for the day.

I could be wrong, of course, but that's always how it's been framed in my mind.

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I figure a slow cooker doesn't put out much more energy than the lamp I leave on all day so it's not dark when I come home and trip over the cats. So I generally don't give it much thought about leaving the slow cooker alone for the day.

I could be wrong, of course, but that's always how it's been framed in my mind.

I'm pretty sure crockpots were designed so people could cook stuff in them while they're away from the house.

I was just saying that, I, personally, because I am paranoid as hell, do not use the crockpot in the way that the Great Crockpot God intended. It was an indictment on my own crazy, not on crockpots or people who use them in the proper manner.

I feel indicted! Stop oppressing my crockpot choices, mang! *smooch*

Nora - I'm making a cajun-y chicken and sausage dish in my crockpot. Joe would not quit whining about his lack of gumbo. I did not make gumbo b/c I have no spoons, but I'll add rice to this and call it good enough for now.

Crockpots: Mainly I'm afraid I Did It Wrong and didn't put in enough water and the ingredients will catch fire and burn a hole through something expensive.

Crockpots are awesome for cooking all day while you're not home! Speaking of, I need to start using mine again.

I'm not worried I'll burn down the apartment complex--I'm worried my dinner won't be moist and delicious. So I got the kind of crockpot that turns itself off.

Fuck property damage.