Comments on: Adventures in crockpotting – Crockpot Applesauce Chicken

By: crockpot lady

crockpot lady — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:06:45 +0000

Jennette? Is it possible that I never actually commented on this post? I am so terribly sorry—it was open in a firefox window for a good week, and I totally thought I had.

thank you for the link and the smiles—I loved the cats circling photo.

xoxo

steph

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:17:53 +0000

Sounds like what I pulled out when I went looking for an onion too. Well, actually, I wasn’t looking for an *onion*, I was looking for the source of the fruit flies in my kitchen. Let’s just say I found it. [gag]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:58:59 +0000

Not to be a negative nellie,

but I’ve read in a few places that it is not healthy to use frozen meats in a crock pot – you should defrost them first. Otherwise they say that during the defrost process in the crock pot they spend a lot of time in the bad zone and bacteria become rampant.

By: RG

RG — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:08:49 +0000

For some reason, whenever I see a crockpot I think of a good friend in grad school who said she grew up with crockpot meals (presumably yucky) because her mother was a college professor. She was excited to learn how good, well-cooked food could taste. My Mom, who is my friend’s opposite, used her crockpot rarely and basically only for variants on rice pudding. Although my Mom also worked, she had other solutions to getting food on the table soon after getting home. One solution was teaching me how to make the long-cooking things (beans, rice). Another solution she had is to use a pressure cooker, which cooks much more quickly.

By: amy

amy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:15 +0000

First, I just need to say that I just may be your most insane reader ever; I’ve read all of your archives in a week.

Second, this chicken looks amazing, I think I’ll try it this weekend with some homemade applesauce I made.

Third, bags of frozen chicken breasts are crock pots’ best friends. You can buy a bag, pull out 2 or 3, and throw them in with some sauce of your choice. SOOO easy!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:07:06 +0000

I adore my crockpot. It is one of my favorite items in my kitchen! I use it for all sorts of stuff, from stew to soup to chicken and beef. I even have a recipe for a turkey-pesto lasagna from the crockpot. My sister got me an awesome cookbok ‘Not your Mother’s Crockpot Cookbook’ that uses lots of natural ingedients rather than the cream of mushroom soup type recipes that were indicative of the 1970′s crock pot.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:46:21 +0000

I actually have dinner cooking in the crock pot at the moment! It’s a new to me recipe so hopefully it turns out good.

I’ve heard a lot of people don’t like the newer crock pots because they cook TOO fast.

One word of advice, spray the crock with cooking spray. Took me about 5 years of soaking/scrubbing before I had a lightbulb moment. Sheesh lol.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:13:23 +0000

@Kari -

I’m interested in your recipes! rachaelsellsmark@yahoo.com I have a crockpot, but haven’t used it much (I’m not much of a cook, but I’m trying to learn).

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:03:59 +0000

That is the exact crockpot, color and all, I grew up with. And I’m from central Indiana, too. Hmm.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:54:40 +0000

I remember my parents having one like that until they upgraded to a super big one. Crockpots are great for making stew and other things. My favorite is to throw in a whole chicken with lemon, garlic, onion, celery and a little Mrs. Dash and cook it on low until done.