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Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

I have fond memories of ALL the women in my family using Rival crockpots when I was growing up, and the WONDERFL dinners they made!They were proudly displayed on the kitchen counter or a shelf! They even owned crockpot cookbooks.😁❤ My dear aunt made an apple dsessert that was eye crossingly good!😁 I used one regularly for a time, but then I fell in LOVE❤ with pressure cooking. Nowadays versatile mutli use pots are all the rage and well LOVED.😊

 

Do you still own and use a crockpot/slowcooker?

 

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

Giving mine away soon, I used to make a chicken dish. But we are more into grilled rather than potted foods these daye

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

I used mine just last week. I use it for chili , chicken, beef stroganoff, pasta fajole soup etc. 

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊


@I am still oxox wrote:

Giving mine away soon, I used to make a chicken dish. But we are more into grilled rather than potted foods these daye



@I am still oxox Welcome!🥰 I LOVE❤ your post because I can certainly understand preferring grilled foods now! It is quicker, and less cleanup!😁

 

THANK you SO much for caring to share today!🤗

 

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

@SandySparkles 

 

Yes, I use mine all the time.  I have three different sizes lol.  One crockpot I'll bet has been here since the late 70s-early 80s lol.

I just made a terrific roast in my newer large one yesterday.  I use them for cooking all sorts of things.  They're handy and can cook lots of tougher cuts of beef even very tender.😃❤️

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊


@Meowingkitty wrote:

I used mine just last week. I use it for chili , chicken, beef stroganoff, pasta fajole soup etc. 



@Meowingkitty Welcome!🥰  WOW! My family used it for those dishes as well; except the pasta fajole! I can remember my dear aunt's beef stroganoff that she cooked in hers! It brought nothing but smiles and full bellies!😁 

 

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

I bought one a couple of years ago.  Never used it and recently donated it.  DH likes to use his George Foreman grill and he does most of the cooking!

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

@SandySparkles  Yes. I have 3 slow cookers I use for Thanksgiving, Christmas and when the family comes to visit. They keep sides like mashed potatoes in perfect condition for 2 hours. I can keep my corn and other veggies warm and heat my queso dip and keep it warm for hours. No, I don't use them often, but they give me stove space when I absolutely need it. 

 

DD just had a party for her daughter and served taco meat, Mexican rice and queso for 20 people from 3 slow cookers. 

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

Yes, I still use a slow cooker fairly often—and even more frequently in the summer to help avoid cranking up the oven when it's so hot. We're actually having a big family birthday dinner on Sunday featuring a couple of slow cookers filled with pork shoulder that will be shredded to become enchiladas. Yummy!

 

And I do have a multicooker, but I feel my separate slow cooker unit does a better job when I want slow cooking, so I enjoy having options.

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Re: Do You Still Use A CROCKPOT / Slow Cooker, and why?😊

A Crockpot is something that I like to use in the winter for making hearty stews and roasts.  Yes I have one but for me it's seasonal.