Re: Unhappy Rump Roast!

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@depglass wrote:
A few years ago I tried a McCormick's pot roast seasoning packet. The beef stew one also works, the pork one even works on beef. So any cut of beef, any seasoning packet, a few vegetables and I'm in business. There are many brands of these packets on the market, Crockery Gourmet is another good one.

And sooner, those roasts your mother made sound like pot roasts to me.

@depglass No, they were oven roasted with just enough water (a little splash) to keep the roast from sticking to the foil around it. They were in a granite speckled roaster! She cooked them low and slow--all morning.

The rib roasts and other really good roasting ones got cooked just in a roasting pan and well browned on the outside.

Since we were having our own steers butchered, we got to really customize what we got. The best steaks and roasts, oxtail (LOVE oxtail stew!) and lots of "burger" that was put to use frequently in casseroles, soups, stews, chili and burgers. Mother worked and the quick meals with burger were really a help to us! And simple enough for ME to start cooking with.

My aunt did pot roasts and I always wondered why it had all that liquid and how come it wasn't in the oven! LOL! And it tasted "boiled" to me. But she was the Queen of fried apricot pies, so it was OK! Come to mother's for roast!

Partly because all the roasts considered "pot" roasts were trimmed and ground into "burger" and we used a lot of that. It was so lean you had to put a little oil in a non-stick pan to cook it.

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@ECBG The lipton onion soup is what I use!

caroln242 · ‎02-25-2020

I like to cook a pork roast in the crockpot with barbeque sauce and brown sugar and onions for about 8 or more hours. Then I take it out, shred it with a fork, and add more BBQ sauce for pulled pork sandwiches. Yum!

Man plans. God laughs.

Knit-Chick · ‎04-12-2010

@ahoymate wrote:
Rump roast in the summer? Sounds too hot to have.

Using a slow cooker makes perfect sense to me! Better than turning the oven on if it's warm.

@ECBG my mom taught me to always have packets of onion soup mix, brown gravy mix and italian dressing mix in the pantry!

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@Knit-Chick wrote:
@ahoymate wrote:
Rump roast in the summer? Sounds too hot to have.
Using a slow cooker makes perfect sense to me! Better than turning the oven on if it's warm.

@ECBG my mom taught me to always have packets of onion soup mix, brown gravy mix and italian dressing mix in the pantry!

@Knit-Chick Thanks! The second time was the charm. The gravity was scrumptious!