{"id":12603,"date":"2010-12-01T11:13:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T15:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12603"},"modified":"2010-12-01T11:13:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T15:13:23","slug":"slow-cooker-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/12\/slow-cooker-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Cooker Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Growing up, a crock pot or slow cooker was always a highly used kitchen appliance.\u00a0 Mostly on Sundays when my mom would put a bunch of stuff in it in the morning and by supper time whatever was in there had cooked and turned into dinner.<\/p>\n

It made things really easy and provided time for other chores or football watching to be done in peace.<\/p>\n

It was one of the first things I asked for when I moved out on my own.\u00a0 And I got one!\u00a0 Then I wanted a bigger one and my lovely husband obliged and bought me a huge crock pot.\u00a0 Sometimes I secretly wish for a bigger one.<\/p>\n

I adore my crock pot and use it a great deal.\u00a0 You may be surprised to learn that it also gets a lot of use in the summer as well.\u00a0 Things can be cooking away without heating up the entire house or sweating over a stove.\u00a0 In the humid Ohio summers, you’ll do just about anything to avoid heating up the kitchen.<\/p>\n

In my naive cooking mind, I assumed everyone used crock pots at some point.\u00a0 I also assumed everyone loved them.<\/p>\n

Now that I’m cultured (ahem) I’m finding out that there are two camps regarding the slow cooker, those that love it and those that hate it.<\/p>\n

Apparently those that hate it suggest that it makes food bland, turns herbs and seasonings bitter, and makes things into a gloppy mess.<\/p>\n

I have to admit this surprised me because I’ve never experienced any of that with slow cooker foods.\u00a0 Everything has been totally amazing and meats always come out succulent and tender.<\/p>\n

My two favorite kinds of foods to make are roasts and chili in the slow cooker.\u00a0 Apparently it was first designed and marketed as a tool to cook beans.\u00a0 I’ve made beans in it before but don’t really like the way they turn out.\u00a0 It might take practice on my part though as I’m still trying to perfect making beans at home.\u00a0 So far I’ve only been mildly successful.<\/p>\n

Finding out that there are two camps to the crock pot\/slow cooker issue has me curious and wanting to hear opinions on the matter.\u00a0 As I said, I love my slow cooker and I just used it last night to make some chili!<\/p>\n

Do you like using a crock pot or do you dislike it?\u00a0 Do you have one and do you use it often or just on occasion? <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growing up, a crock pot or slow cooker was always a highly used kitchen appliance.\u00a0 Mostly on Sundays when my mom would put a bunch of stuff in it in the morning and by supper time whatever was in there had cooked and turned into dinner. It made things really easy and provided time for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3hh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}