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slowcooke struggle food
Dec. 28th, 2023 08:41 pmIt's allegedly winter here in SW Ohio, which is the time to eat all the warm carby coomfort foods. The other day I wanted mashed potatoes, but needed it to be a hands off thing as I was working. Enter the trusty slowcooker. I knew my big one was going to be too big and inefficient for this job, so Idug t the 1qt one gave it a shot.
Pro: a 1qt crockpot with removable crock was the perfect size
Con: this one has one temp setting - ON - and is known to burn foods.
Peeled and diced up a couple-three fist-sized potatoes, plopped them in the crock covered in water, and left them in the fridge overnight. In the morning, Idrained the water, rinsed and refilled the crock with hot tap water, and let it sit on the counter to warm up. I didn't want the cold crock to crack when the heat was applied. About 8am i got things going. At the 1.5 hour mark, things were just warming up. At the 3.5 hour mark, we had actual simmering with bubbles, but still too-al-dente-for-mashing cubes. At the 5 hour mark, the dramatacally shattered when stabbed with a fork, so Idrained and mashed them with butter and cream and pink salt.
The crock was pretty much full with the water, and once drained and mashed, Ihad two very generous or four normal sized servings. A+ will nom again.
Pro: a 1qt crockpot with removable crock was the perfect size
Con: this one has one temp setting - ON - and is known to burn foods.
Peeled and diced up a couple-three fist-sized potatoes, plopped them in the crock covered in water, and left them in the fridge overnight. In the morning, Idrained the water, rinsed and refilled the crock with hot tap water, and let it sit on the counter to warm up. I didn't want the cold crock to crack when the heat was applied. About 8am i got things going. At the 1.5 hour mark, things were just warming up. At the 3.5 hour mark, we had actual simmering with bubbles, but still too-al-dente-for-mashing cubes. At the 5 hour mark, the dramatacally shattered when stabbed with a fork, so Idrained and mashed them with butter and cream and pink salt.
The crock was pretty much full with the water, and once drained and mashed, Ihad two very generous or four normal sized servings. A+ will nom again.
