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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #725 on: July 24, 2012, 06:06:46 PM »
:panic:

Buy a cast iron dutch oven instead.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #726 on: July 24, 2012, 06:19:59 PM »
:panic:

Buy a cast iron dutch oven instead.

I have one (it's enamel covered) but a loved my crockpot damn it!

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #727 on: July 24, 2012, 07:46:19 PM »
I have one (it's enamel covered) but a loved my crockpot damn it!

I see a trip to Walmart/Target in your future.

I love mine....um, ALL of mine....but I did get a great one that's oval and holds about double the amount of the old kind. It's black and stainless. I can't remember if I got it at Target or Walmart. One of them has them on sale every couple of weeks and that's when I got mine. The good thing about this time of year, is they are bringing out the holiday ones....mine came with a little one that is great for keeping gravy, a sauce or even a holiday potpourri going in it.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #728 on: July 24, 2012, 07:48:34 PM »
Ack, I cracked my crockpot.  :censored:
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #729 on: July 24, 2012, 08:03:16 PM »
I see a trip to Walmart/Target in your future.

I love mine....um, ALL of mine....but I did get a great one that's oval and holds about double the amount of the old kind. It's black and stainless. I can't remember if I got it at Target or Walmart. One of them has them on sale every couple of weeks and that's when I got mine. The good thing about this time of year, is they are bringing out the holiday ones....mine came with a little one that is great for keeping gravy, a sauce or even a holiday potpourri going in it.

If this is te one you are talking about, it's the one I have/had.


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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #730 on: July 24, 2012, 09:10:54 PM »
I have that one.  And two others, a little smaller.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #731 on: July 24, 2012, 09:27:09 PM »
I prefer dutch ovens.. you can brown, bake, fry, and roast in them.

More chicken tonight.  Paprika, curry, garlic, and cayenne pepper.  Hungarian paprika was on sale.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #732 on: July 25, 2012, 07:36:12 AM »
I prefer dutch ovens.. you can brown, bake, fry, and roast in them.

More chicken tonight.  Paprika, curry, garlic, and cayenne pepper.  Hungarian paprika was on sale.

I love dutch ovens as well - they make incredible stews and there's a beef bourgignon (sp?) recipe from Ina Garten that's killer. (Wine will do that to beef).

But Crockpots are great in that they require no stove or cooktop to keep warm. Any self-respecting kitchen will have both dutch ovens and crockpots in 'em.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #733 on: July 25, 2012, 08:58:13 AM »
I love dutch ovens as well - they make incredible stews and there's a beef bourgignon (sp?) recipe from Ina Garten that's killer. (Wine will do that to beef).

But Crockpots are great in that they require no stove or cooktop to keep warm. Any self-respecting kitchen will have both dutch ovens and crockpots in 'em.

My kitchen has a very high self esteem as it has 3 crock pots and 2 dutch ovens.  Crockpots are great in the summer, and the dutch oven is perfect for winter!
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #734 on: July 25, 2012, 09:27:26 AM »
:rofl: I have one dutch oven.  I haven't had a crock pot for a few years.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #735 on: July 25, 2012, 10:17:56 AM »
BEG...that's the one I have too.

I also have 2 of the "old" round kind in 3 different sizes - S-M-L.  They are great for serving things that I want to keep warm when buffet serving - which I usually do with a crowd of people.


Chris - I use the crockpot for specific things...meatballs, bbq, beef stew, ribs.  I like that I can cook them for hours and not tie up my oven with them.

Another thing that I LOVE is my roaster oven that sits on the counter...or in my case on the freezer in the garage when I use it. It is the best for baking turkeys and for doing honey hams. Again keeps my oven free, it's out of the way, and cooks turkey quicker than a regular oven....almost an hour less. I've cooked a 26lb turkey in it with no problem. I got one because I only had one of those wall ovens that was difficult to fit a big roaster in and I got tired of having to make sure my Thanksgiving turkey would fit! It also holds 2 14lb spiral hams in it at one time. I can do two spiral hams "my way" ... super moist and great flavor, for a fraction of what Honey Baked Ham charges for one.



I've had mine for at least 25 years!! They have been around forever too. Both my stepgrandmother and stepmother had them when I was a teenager half a century ago! (damn, I am old  :bawl: )
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #736 on: August 06, 2012, 08:37:47 PM »
Too Dang Hot.  Worked out after work (ZUMBA!).  My eyelids were sweating.  Got home, cold shower, and a half scoop of Haagen Dazs 5 Coffee Ice Cream and a glass of cold milk.   :-)
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #737 on: August 06, 2012, 11:29:21 PM »
Pork chops.  I'm taking a break from chicken for a couple of days.

So tasty.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #738 on: August 07, 2012, 01:13:57 AM »
Too Dang Hot.  Worked out after work (ZUMBA!).  My eyelids were sweating.  Got home, cold shower, and a half scoop of Haagen Dazs 5 Coffee Ice Cream and a glass of cold milk.   :-)
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #739 on: August 07, 2012, 05:42:57 AM »
BEG...that's the one I have too.

I also have 2 of the "old" round kind in 3 different sizes - S-M-L.  They are great for serving things that I want to keep warm when buffet serving - which I usually do with a crowd of people.


Chris - I use the crockpot for specific things...meatballs, bbq, beef stew, ribs.  I like that I can cook them for hours and not tie up my oven with them.

Another thing that I LOVE is my roaster oven that sits on the counter...or in my case on the freezer in the garage when I use it. It is the best for baking turkeys and for doing honey hams. Again keeps my oven free, it's out of the way, and cooks turkey quicker than a regular oven....almost an hour less. I've cooked a 26lb turkey in it with no problem. I got one because I only had one of those wall ovens that was difficult to fit a big roaster in and I got tired of having to make sure my Thanksgiving turkey would fit! It also holds 2 14lb spiral hams in it at one time. I can do two spiral hams "my way" ... super moist and great flavor, for a fraction of what Honey Baked Ham charges for one.



I've had mine for at least 25 years!! They have been around forever too. Both my stepgrandmother and stepmother had them when I was a teenager half a century ago! (damn, I am old  :bawl: )

Debk, I also have one of the electric roasters regifted I believe and no directions came with it.

My question is when baking chicken or turkey, how to get the skin to brown up ????

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #740 on: August 08, 2012, 08:24:03 AM »
Debk, I also have one of the electric roasters regifted I believe and no directions came with it.

My question is when baking chicken or turkey, how to get the skin to brown up ????

I really only use it for turkey or ham, both of which I cook in roasting bags. I do so for two reasons - originally it was to make cleanup so much easier and in the process I found out it also made them much more moist.

I slather butter all over the top of the turkey and sprinkle paprika on top of the butter. It doesn't get real brown, but I don't like the skin crispy. I think you could turn it up at the end though to brown it up more if you wanted, but if you are doing it in a bag, you might have to open the bag.
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #741 on: August 08, 2012, 10:46:46 AM »
I really only use it for turkey or ham, both of which I cook in roasting bags. I do so for two reasons - originally it was to make cleanup so much easier and in the process I found out it also made them much more moist.

I slather butter all over the top of the turkey and sprinkle paprika on top of the butter. It doesn't get real brown, but I don't like the skin crispy. I think you could turn it up at the end though to brown it up more if you wanted, but if you are doing it in a bag, you might have to open the bag.

We've used the cooking bags for turkey before. They do keep it more moist, but they also make the turkey so tender, it falls apart when you try to carve it.

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #742 on: August 30, 2012, 10:34:27 PM »
Roasted chicken and baked potato.  I could eat this every night.

Oh wait... I am eating it every night.  So tasty.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #743 on: September 01, 2012, 03:35:56 PM »
Out of chicken.  Teriyaki pork chops marinating in the refrigerator. :)
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #744 on: September 02, 2012, 10:10:12 AM »
Grilled Redfish tonight!   :drool:
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #745 on: September 02, 2012, 10:34:32 AM »
Grilled Redfish tonight!   :drool:



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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #746 on: September 02, 2012, 11:58:08 AM »
If it's going to rain, I'm off to look for a new sushi restaurant for lunch since I can't do anything else right now.

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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #747 on: September 02, 2012, 01:51:05 PM »
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #748 on: September 09, 2012, 06:05:18 PM »
Wife has a roast beef stew in the crock pot with red potatoes, onions, carrots, celery and I don't know what else. I'm cooking ford hook butter beans that I picked and shelled today with bacon bits and a tad bit of butter thrown in. Fixing to slice and stew the first batch of little tender squash out of my late garden along with some onions in them....and some rice to put the stew over.

I'm going to pig out.

...and next week I should be getting my first tomatoes and peas from my late garden.
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Re: Whats for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #749 on: September 09, 2012, 06:11:34 PM »
Stuffed bell peppers, and fresh corn.  I am prepping my fall garden right now.
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