Kitchen

[qualitygal]

Well, my yearly roast is on.  Love the way it smells all day in the crockpot.  Sometimes the meat bothers my husband with the false teeth he has.  He should have gotten the bottom row done too.  So he eats the veggies with great pleasure.  

It's supposed to get warm on Friday so we'll cookout on the grill. I've also got a turkey breast I want to do.

Glad I'm doing it today.  A transformer went out yesterday and we were without power yesterday for just a few hours.  I hope it's ok today.  I'm doing the whole ball of wax.

[PINKdogWOOD]

I just started my crocker too, I'm making pork shoulder carnitas for dinner tonight. Cannot wait to start enjoying the aroma permeating through the kitchen!

@qualitygal  I use my crockpot all the time Ms Gal, it is just so stinking easy, takes 5 minutes to, okay 10 minutes to put in (almost) everything you plan for the meal, lid it, GO.

I hope you and your DH enjoy your crocker meal tonight too!

[SharkE]

Looks like it would take all day for tough meats like 8 hrs

[WORKING GAL]

@PINKdogWOOD - I'm looking for a good recipe for carnitas using pork shoulder.  Could you please post your recipe?  I have a Ninja 4 in 1 that I often use as a slow cooker.  Thanks.

[PINKdogWOOD]

@WORKING GAL  Our carnitas tostados last night were excellent if I do say so myself!!!  LOL  This is a meal we have oft, it's easy, and creative in that each person can fix their own.

So I found a seasoned dryrub petite pork shoulder in the pork section in one of the local stores we frequent. It was already seasoned so I didn't need to add anything. It called for an inch of water in the crockpot with roast. I always start my crockpot on high for an hour or two to really warm it up and get it going then turn down to warm. The warm is warmer than the low on mine..

So after the roast was done I take it out and shred the meat. We serve it on or with corn tostados and add whatever you wish. There's always sliced avocado, cherry tomatoes, greens, pepitas, sour cream, shredded cheese (mex, taco or sharp), salsa. I usually will have beans on the side too ie refried, black, pinto, cantellini. Total enjoyment for sure! We love Mexican food and have some variation often.

[PINKdogWOOD]

@WORKING GAL  Let me also add that if/when worse comes to worst you can always get a pork roast, bone ribs, pork shoulder, something of the like, check google for your carnitas spices.  See what you may have on hand and just season your own.  All in all it's an easy very enjoyable meal.

[Fiero Woman]

@qualitygal  Crockpots are wonderful; but, to really break down a tough roast, I use my pressure cooker.  Can't go wrong.  As a military wife for over 22 years, we couldn't afford the better cuts of meat.  I used the fire out of my old Presto Pressure Cooker and it never let me down  Always tender and delicious.

[PINKdogWOOD]

@SharkE  Easy peasy - toss in the meat, don't forget some juice so it doesn't dry out. And forget it! Yes, a cheaper, tougher perhaps cut of meat, TOTALLY tenderizes in the crockpot.