{"id":648,"date":"2008-09-22T14:28:34","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T19:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2014-09-03T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T14:09:59","slug":"i-finally-tasted-crockpot-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/i-finally-tasted-crockpot-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"I finally tasted Crockpot victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I have mentioned, I am one of the very few Crockpot challenged. I wanted to succeed at being a slow-cooker mama, I just couldn&#8217;t seem to get it right. Until now.<\/p>\n<p>Since I became blissfully married nearly 10 years ago, my slow-cooker meat always tasted like paper with sauce on it. What happened to the juicy days of tender meats and delicious dinners?<\/p>\n<p>After a little research I was lead to <a href=\"http:\/\/crockpot365.blogspot.com\/\">A Year of Crockpotting<\/a>, and I learned that my crockpot was cooking too quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Those tender, juicy crockpot meals were prepared on a hand-me-down slow cooker that I handed down when I got a brand new one after getting married. The new ones were hotter, and therefore by following many slow-cooker recipes, my meat was being overcooked! I should have kept the old, slow one!<\/p>\n<p>But that one is gone. Someone else is loving it, I just know it.<\/p>\n<p>And through the years I have searched for the solution, spending lots of money on new slowcookers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s539.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff360\/Momstoolbox\/?action=view&amp;current=photo-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/photo-15.jpg\" alt=\"Photobucket\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think this is even all of them. I think I&#8217;ve given away one or two. I just couldn&#8217;t abandon the dream.<\/p>\n<p>Well, did you see that black beauty on the top left in the photo? The six quart Rival Crockpot from Target?<\/p>\n<p>That sweetie is my answer! It has a temperature probe and it is helping me achieve crockpot perfection!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I loaded up the crock and stuck the probe in a chicken breast.<\/p>\n<p>And last night my husband finally commented that I had finally reached the right consistency in the slow-cooker. And he was right! It&#8217;s finally working for me!!<\/p>\n<p>Wooo-Hooo! Guess it&#8217;s time to subscribe to the crockpotting blog&#8230;\u00a0 I can finally join the club!<\/p>\n<p>And if you have any can&#8217;t miss crockpot recipes, I&#8217;d love to hear the details. I&#8217;m ready to slow cook!!<\/p>\n<p>Looking for a few slow cooker\/ crock pot recipes? Click over to see a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?s=crock+pot\" target=\"_blank\">recipes for slow cooker meals<\/a> here on MomsToolbox.<\/p>\n<p>For more Talk about Tuesday,\u00a0head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazyorganizer.com\/blog\/?p=1609\">Lara&#8217;s blog.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-207 aligncenter\" title=\"momflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/momflower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I have mentioned, I am one of the very few Crockpot challenged. I wanted to succeed at being a slow-cooker mama, I just couldn&#8217;t seem to get it right. Until now. Since I became blissfully married nearly 10 years ago, my slow-cooker meat always tasted like paper with sauce on it. 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