chicken stock revisited

[A Moose in Love]

i got a pile of chicken legs @ 88 cents per pound. (cdn)
what a wonderful stock they made. i don't like leg meat, so i cooked the meat and everything until d-day. put legs in a pot. cover with water at least a couple of inches. bring to a boil, and skim, skim skim...when all skimmed completely lower the heat so that the stock is tickled. a couple of bubbles up every second. maybe 4 bubbles, but not much more please. tickle for a few hours. i don't time, but it was probably tickling for around 6 - 7 or 8 hours. the stock should be a bit dark but clear. great flavour. i must mention that after the skimming, i added onion and carrot. no celery because i didn't have any. no herbs either i.e. bay leaf. strain. it's clear, a bit dark, but really flavourful. and if it's not flavourful to your liking, reduce it a bit. this broth does not need any chicken flavoured cubes or anything. add water as the stock reduces. you can always reduce later.
the stock when refrigerated was nice and gelatin like.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I have never made stock but now that I have a pressure cooker I have been
toying with the idea. When I take the plunge I think I'll opt for a few
legs and a few wings.

[graham]

I'm not sure that I would use a PC. The last time I tried it, admittedly
many, many years ago, it pulled a lot of bitterness from the bones. At
least that was my reasoning.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Hmmmmm, that's interesting. I may need to do some research before attempting
to make stock in the pressure cooker.

[U.S. Janet B.]

you won't be sorry. Let it rip for 30-40 minutes. Strain.
Refrigerate overnight. Skim fat. You're good to go.
I always use scraps of onion, celery, carrot.
Janet US

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:53:13 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:

> I have never made stock but now that I have a pressure cooker I have been
> toying with the idea. When I take the plunge I think I'll opt for a few
> legs and a few wings.

Really? Wow. I'm making turkey stock even as we speak. Just
in a pot on the stove, though. I can't count how many times
I've made chicken, turkey, or beef stock. Just once or twice for
vegetable broth, though.

Cindy Hamilton

[U.S. Janet B.]

I like vegetables, love veggies really, but I can't say that I find
vegetable stock appealing. I guess I just need that bit of meat to
round out the flavor.
When do you use vegetable stock in preference to another stock?

[Cindy Hamilton]

I don't, actually. I made vegetable broth a couple of times
when I was a young hippie following a recipe from the Vegetarian
Epicure. As you say, meat is better.

Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Thanks! I just checked out a video on YouTube using the Ninja so I may have to
give this a go.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I know, I know. I'm terrible behind the times when I could make my own. A
few years ago on America's Test Kitchen Chris Kimball said it was very easy
to do in a slow cooker or on top of the stove.

[graham]

YMMV:-) I think big commercial kitchens still use the long, slow method.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

If I had one of Sheldon's 12 quart stock pots I could start a huge brew and
let it go for days.

;-)

[penm...@aol.com]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:50:57 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"

A !2 qt is my smallest stock pot, for major chicken stock I use my 24
qt stock pot, it'll hold three large roasting chickens. My favorite
is my 18 qt French style stock pot, a deep and narrow voluptuous
PIAZZA... no cookware is better.

[U.S. Janet B.]

Do you bail the contents of those 18-24 pots? I can't imagine anyone
lifting a full pot down off the stove.

[Hank Rogers]

Of course it is the best Popeye. *EVERYTHING* yoose owns is the finest
in the universe and substitutions are just trash.

[Hank Rogers]

Popeye is the strongest man in the world. He can lift those pots with
one finger.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

He probably uses a 3 quart pot for his 'dipper.' ;-) I can't imagine
anyone making that much stock unless they're running an orphanage or Kuth's
boarding house.

[Sanne]

Or taking care of her elder sister suffering from MS...

Lots of meat and bones and only enough water just to cover in a 29-liter-pot
with its own heating element. The resulting stock was ideal for a quick fix
between meals (which took forever, but eating good food was one of the few
pleasures my late sister still had left).

[Ophelia]

"Sanne" wrote in message
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I am very sorry you lost your sister, but I am quite sure you took great
care of her when you could.

[Cindy Hamilton]

Behind the times? I've been making stock for decades.

Cindy Hamilton

[Cindy Hamilton]

I have a 12-quart pot, but the turkey carcass fit nicely in the 8-quart
pot. Now that the stock is made, I'll reduce it down and freeze it flat
in ziplocs.

I don't feel any particular need to make a barrel of stock when I can just
make it again when I need to.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> I have a 12-quart pot, but the turkey carcass fit nicely in the 8-quart
> pot. Now that the stock is made, I'll reduce it down and freeze it flat
> in ziplocs.
>
> I don't feel any particular need to make a barrel of stock when I can just
> make it again when I need to.

First - turkey stock is my favorite. The turkey bones and meat
contains much more flavor than chicken.

My largest pot is an 8-quart pot so I make 7 quarts from that
each time. From a 20lb turkey carcass, I can make 2 batches of 7
quarts each. Make one right away and freeze the other half of
turkey carcass for another batch later on.

One thing I've learned (from a customer)...for the best, simmer
it 24 hours, not 8-12 hours like some people stop at. If you've
never done that, try it. It's so much richer.

Last couple of years, I've been making chicken broth as needed in
my smaller crockpot. Less volume but easy to make a new batch
more often. SF once mentioned using the crockpot so I tried it
and liked it. Best for chicken is also 24 hours. Try it if you
haven't - you will notice the difference.

Anyway, using the crockpot, I start it in the morning and just
forget it until the next morning. No need to check like a
simmering pot on the stove. Only thing I do is about after 12
hours (that evening) I'll remove the lid to stir and break up any
large pieces. Then lid back on until the morning.

Next morning strain it then cool. And this is why I like to do
this on cold days when I can set the pot with lid outside to cool
quickly before going into the fridge. Hopefully Jill will now be
able to imagine why someone might wait for cold days to cook
large pots of anything. ;)

I freeze mine in lidded pint and quart containers.

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:53:13 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > I have never made stock but now that I have a pressure cooker I have been
> > toying with the idea. When I take the plunge I think I'll opt for a few
> > legs and a few wings.
>
> Really? Wow. I'm making turkey stock even as we speak. Just
> in a pot on the stove, though.

Nice rich stock needs to cooked low and slow. I would never dream
of using a pressure cooker unless it was a last minute thought
and needed it in a hurry. That would work in a pinch.

[Gary]

A Moose in Love wrote:
>

> i got a pile of chicken legs @ 88 cents per pound. (cdn)
> what a wonderful stock they made. i don't like leg meat, so i cooked the meat and everything until d-day. put legs in a pot.

There's a good thing. Cooking until nicely browned definitely
improves the flavor of your stock. Joseph Littleshoes said that
once. I tried it and it's very true. Only problem is that once
that cooked chicken comes out of the oven, it's hard not to eat
rather than toss it in a pot of water. ;)

> cover with water at least a couple of inches. bring to a boil, and skim, skim skim...

Skimming is only necessary if you want your final recipe to have
very clear broth. I don't care about that so I never skim.

> when all skimmed completely lower the heat so that the stock is tickled. a couple of bubbles up every second. maybe 4 bubbles, but not much more please. tickle for a few hours. i don't time, but it was probably tickling for around 6 - 7 or 8 hours. the stock should be a bit dark but clear. great flavour.

Again I say - you like it after 7-8 hours? Be patient and go 24
hours. Big difference.

> i must mention that after the skimming, i added onion and carrot. no celery because i didn't have any. no herbs either i.e. bay leaf.

Best to not add anything much. Some recipes you use the broth for
might not want the extra flavors. I tend to make mine almost
pure. I do save (in the freezer) some onion and carrot tops and
maybe a few other extra vegetable pieces and will toss in. No
herbs or spice though. I like to start with plain rich chicken
broth/stock when using in a recipe. Other flavors can be added
then.

[U.S. Janet B.]

I generally need to make it again within a couple months. I buy
chicken with bones in and butcher out what I need. I save and freeze
the bones and odd parts I don't use. I also freeze carrot, celery,
onion, bell pepper, mushrooms that are currently beyond my immediate
needs. I store the chicken in zip bags and the veggies in another zip
bag. When I have a lot I put in a pot and make stock. I have never
bought (I don't think) chicken to make stock.
At one time in first years of marriage, I tossed unneeded chicken
stuff (gizzard, neck, wings) in a pot with some water and cooked it up
and gave the broth to the dog. I finally tasted some after I noticed
that the dog went wild for it. That was the beginning of my stock
making and a loss for the dog :-(
I just don't understand allowing veggies to get sad in the fridge and
throwing them away. Or throwing away chicken trimmings. I picked out
good stuff at the store and paid good money for it. Use it.
Janet US

[U.S. Janet B.]

And I have done the long, long, low and slow forever and ever and it
was fine. One day I was in a hurry and used the pressure cooker.
There was a massive improvement in taste. Real chicken taste from
the pressure cooker. I've never done low and slow again.
Janet US

[penm...@aol.com]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 19:30:05 -0700, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>

No need to lift the full pot... use a ladle... that one quart sauce
pot that comes with a set makes a good ladle, has no other use.

[penm...@aol.com]

After removing the solids and reducing some my 18 quart pot yields
less than 12 quarts... I don't know about you but I don't fill pots to
the tippy top... a good reason to use over sized pots, can save a
mess.
My 18 qt Piazza is what I use for corned beef and cabbage:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/26cs5ttwo/

[penm...@aol.com]

These days it's just the two of us and not much company like the old
days so I rarely use the 24 quart pot but I use the 18 quart pot a few
times a year and I use the 12 quart pot often. The grands are
terrible eaters, they live on junk food so I refuse to cook for
them... their favorite food is Pop Tarts.... this visit over two days
they finished two packages of Pop Tarts and a 12 pack of Coke.

With the 12 qt pot I'll end up with 8 quarts of rich stock and I don't
think that's a lot. I think an 8 qt pot is too small for stock, not
worth the time and effort for maybe 5 quarts of stock... I eat most of
the veggies, I like boiled carrots, celery and onions, and naturally I
eat the chicken, I make chicken salad for us and then I pick the
bones. And I skim off the fat... gets put in an empty can and when
frozen cut through the bottom lid and push it out on a snow bank,
birds polish it off fast.
Last night I roasted a five pound boneless pork loin, had a lot of fat
on the exterior so this morning while the left over was cold from the
fridge I decided to slice it but first I removed most all the fat and
tossed it off the deck, birds were there before I got back inside.
It's much easier to slice meat cold than hot... cold sliced pork loin
makes very good sandwiches.

[Ophelia]

Sheldon wrote:

wrote in message news:unua7e9us73s7e9ro...@4ax.com...

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How do you use up all the stock? I mean what do you do with it all:)

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

My largest pot is an 8 quart size. Sometimes I think a larger pot might be
nice to have, but there comes the problem of where to store it when not in
use. And no, no matter how convenient Sheldon thinks it is, I'm not storing
cookware in the basement.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 7:47:36 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
>
> Nice rich stock needs to cooked low and slow. I would never dream
> of using a pressure cooker unless it was a last minute thought
> and needed it in a hurry. That would work in a pinch.
>

I have thought of using my crockpot but it is an automatic shut-off model,
so that really would be inconvenient unless I set a timer to go turn it on
again every 6 or 8 hours.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Oh ok!! I've never made stock but I did think that maybe the pressure
cooker could really extract a lot of flavor using pressure. Now, you've convinced me!

[U.S. Janet B.]

well, you need to be the judge, after all, we all have our taste
preferences as well as our own set of taste buds. Let me know how it
turns out for you. I will toss in some onion, celery butt and a
carrot and if I feel like it a clove of garlic in the pot. Just a
small amount of salt to help pull the flavor from everything. No more
seasoning until I get around to using the stock. Then I taste and see
what I want to add depending upon what soup I'm making.
Today I am thawing a quart of really concentrated stock for soup for
lunch tomorrow.
Janet US

[Bruce]

Ophelia used his keyboard to write :

He douches his Mexican hoe old lady with it.

[penm...@aol.com]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:29:28 -0000, "Ophelia" <OphEl...@gmail.com>
wrote:

Eight quarts of stock is not a lot, I freeze about half and use about
half to prepare a soup. Soup doesn't last long here... our soup bowls
hold 18 ounces and we will each eat one bowl for a meal. And I
usually prepare a Chinese chicken stock by adding a lot of ginger and
white peppercorns; perfect for eggdrop soup.... sometimes stock
becomes Hot & Sour soup.

[Bruce]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:10:10 -0500, Bruce <br...@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

I didn't write that. Can I at least offend people myself?

[Cindy Hamilton]

My 8-quart is stored in the kitchen. My 12-quart is stored in
the basement, since we use it only a few times per year. He
makes a big pot of spaghetti sauce a couple times a year.

The pig roaster is stored in the shed, but that's a whole 'nother
level of cooking. We'll probably never do a pig roast again; I've
been trying to get him to get rid of it, but he's sentimental about
it, since he welded it up himself.

Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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Aww I can understand that:) Could you not give him just one more pig roast
before it has to go? I am sure he would be very happy:))))

[Ophelia]

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Nice:)

[Cindy Hamilton]

I'd love to, but he's not physically capable of doing the work
anymore. Pigs are heavy, and his shoulders are wrecked.

We'll probably do a suckling pig on the "small" grill and have
some friends over. "Small" = "made from a 55-gallon drum".

Cindy Hamilton

[Ophelia]

"Ophelia" wrote in message news:gdljve...@mid.individual.net...

Btw do you use it for anything other than soup?

[Ophelia]

"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message

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Yes, I understand:( Oh you do have a workaround:) I am sure you will (as
I am absolutely sure) do what you can to make him happy:)

55 gallon drum eh??? Small??? Blimey:) But I am sure your friends will
help:) Heck what are friends for:))))

Good luck. It is always worth it to be happy:))))

[penm...@aol.com]

Large pots require little storage space as they nest, I have my often
used larger pots stored at the bottom of a closet,,, we have a
smallish pantry, those pots are in the pantry on the floor, along with
large sacks of cat chow, and a few large cutting boards standing on
edge. All other often used pots on a shelf in that pantry. A lot of
cookware that's rarely used is in the basement. It's no big deal
having to retrieve things from the basement because we are down their
several times a day anyway, the large cat litter pan is in the
basement, as are lots of canned and paper goods. Our water softener
is in the basement so that's where we keep the sacks of salt. A lot
of things are stored in the basement that would clutter the house, but
we have several sets of steel shelving and closets there too...
everything is neat and nothing directly on the floor. We also have a
2nd fridge/freezer in the basement, and an over sized commercial
washing machine, nice to have for comforters and bulky things we'd
need to wash at a laundromat. We have clothes lines there too, who
needs frozen laundry or needing to deal with bird poop. A basement is
also good for hobby equipment that needs space, my wife's yarn winders
are there on a table. There's also a lot of kitchen stuff, extra
glassware, dinnerware, more cookware and bakeware, extra appliances.
There's extra furniture like metal folding chairs and tables all
hanging on hooks, there's a set of metal shelving used for storing
paint and painting supplies, even a painter's ladder hanging from
hooks. In winter my wifes golf clubs and cart is in the basement, in
summer her skis and ski boots. A basement is perfect for storing all
the things people have that would never fit in the house, which is why
so many people use their two car garage for storage but their vehicles
are out on the driveway. Our basement is warm in winter and cool in
summer, making it the perfect place for items that would get damaged
from high and low temps such as in an outdoor shed... which is exactly
what a building on a slab is, it's a shed.
People who don't have a basement and frown on those who do are simply
demonstraing their sour grapes mentality. I lived in a condo for a
year that was built on a slab in a gated community, and even though
there wasn't a lot of traffic when the cars and especially delivery
trucks went by the floor and the entire unit vibrated and was noisy,
like living inside a drum, I could actually see the vibration ripples
in a cup of coffee sitting on a kitchen counter, even the windows
rattled... see, those slab residenses are refered to as "units"
because they are definitely not a house. At best no matter how it's
gusssied up it's a shed.

In this county a building on a slab is not considered a permanent
dwelling, for insurance purposes a 2,000 sq ft building on a slab is
listed and taxed the same as a double wide trailor... barns here have
a higher status.

[cshenk]

graham wrote:

> On 2019-02-25 2:07 p.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:02:51 PM UTC-6, graham wrote:
> > >
> > > On 2019-02-25 1:53 p.m., itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I have never made stock but now that I have a pressure cooker I
> > > > have been toying with the idea. When I take the plunge I think
> > > > I'll opt for a few legs and a few wings.
> > > >
> > > I'm not sure that I would use a PC. The last time I tried it,
> > > admittedly many, many years ago, it pulled a lot of bitterness
> > > from the bones. At least that was my reasoning.
> > >
> > Hmmmmm, that's interesting. I may need to do some research before
> > attempting to make stock in the pressure cooker.
> >
> YMMV:-) I think big commercial kitchens still use the long, slow
> method.

Crock pots are optimal (including what Moose listed as 'tickle').

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I've seen stock made on several cooking shows through the years and they
pretty much add what you add. Some do thrown in a few peppercorns, too,
and maybe a couple of bay leaves and that's pretty much it.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 3:27:12 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:35:58 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
> >My largest pot is an 8 quart size. Sometimes I think a larger pot might be
> >nice to have, but there comes the problem of where to store it when not in
> >use. And no, no matter how convenient Sheldon thinks it is, I'm not storing
> >cookware in the basement.
>
> Large pots require little storage space as they nest, I have my often
> used larger pots stored at the bottom of a closet,,, we have a
> smallish pantry, those pots are in the pantry on the floor, along with
> large sacks of cat chow, and a few large cutting boards standing on
> edge.
>

No pantry here. What I call my 'pantry' is one of those 4 feet tall chrome
restaurant shelves. That holds can goods with one shelf given over to the
convection toaster oven. The top shelf holds my microwave and a knife block.
This is why my pots are hanging on that pot rack over the kitchen window that
I shared here a several weeks ago. Having three doorways in this tiny kitchen
does not help with efficiency at all.

>
> All other often used pots on a shelf in that pantry. A lot of
> cookware that's rarely used is in the basement. It's no big deal
> having to retrieve things from the basement because we are down their

> several times a day anyway.
>
My basement is a dugout space and if you're under 5'8" you can stand up in it.
But it is definitely NOT a place I'd want to put anything down there other than
the water heater, the furnace, and a sump pump. Steps are solid as a rock but
quite narrow so I'd not wanting to be retrieving any cookware, canned goods,
paper goods, or cat litter.

>
> Our water softener
> is in the basement so that's where we keep the sacks of salt. A lot
> of things are stored in the basement that would clutter the house, but
> we have several sets of steel shelving and closets there too...
> everything is neat and nothing directly on the floor.
>

The only thing on my dirt floor is a vapor barrier.

>
> A basement is
> also good for hobby equipment that needs space, my wife's yarn winders
> are there on a table.
>

Yes, if you basement is concrete, you can stand up in it, and you're not having
to navigate narrow steps.

>
> There's also a lot of kitchen stuff, extra
> glassware, dinnerware, more cookware and bakeware, extra appliances.
> There's extra furniture like metal folding chairs and tables all
> hanging on hooks, there's a set of metal shelving used for storing
> paint and painting supplies, even a painter's ladder hanging from
> hooks. In winter my wifes golf clubs and cart is in the basement, in
> summer her skis and ski boots. A basement is perfect for storing all
> the things people have that would never fit in the house, which is why
> so many people use their two car garage for storage but their vehicles
> are out on the driveway. Our basement is warm in winter and cool in
> summer, making it the perfect place for items that would get damaged
> from high and low temps such as in an outdoor shed... which is exactly
> what a building on a slab is, it's a shed.
>

Honestly, your basement sounds jammed packed to the rafters unless it's a
5000 square foot area. No matter how neatly you have it, it still sounds
a hoarders paradise.

>
> People who don't have a basement and frown on those who do are simply
> demonstraing their sour grapes mentality. I lived in a condo for a
> year that was built on a slab in a gated community, and even though
> there wasn't a lot of traffic when the cars and especially delivery
> trucks went by the floor and the entire unit vibrated and was noisy,
> like living inside a drum, I could actually see the vibration ripples
> in a cup of coffee sitting on a kitchen counter, even the windows
> rattled... see, those slab residenses are refered to as "units"
> because they are definitely not a house. At best no matter how it's
> gusssied up it's a shed.
>

It sounds like your condo was extremely poorly built.

>
> In this county a building on a slab is not considered a permanent
> dwelling, for insurance purposes a 2,000 sq ft building on a slab is
> listed and taxed the same as a double wide trailor... barns here have
> a higher status.
>

I doubt that. Some people just have no use for a basement and I doubt your
tax accessor punishes people for not digging a basement.

[cshenk]

Gary wrote:

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > I have a 12-quart pot, but the turkey carcass fit nicely in the
> > 8-quart pot. Now that the stock is made, I'll reduce it down and
> > freeze it flat in ziplocs.
> >
> > I don't feel any particular need to make a barrel of stock when I
> > can just make it again when I need to.
>

> First - turkey stock is my favorite. The turkey bones and meat
> contains much more flavor than chicken.
>
> My largest pot is an 8-quart pot so I make 7 quarts from that
> each time. From a 20lb turkey carcass, I can make 2 batches of 7
> quarts each. Make one right away and freeze the other half of
> turkey carcass for another batch later on.
>
> One thing I've learned (from a customer)...for the best, simmer
> it 24 hours, not 8-12 hours like some people stop at. If you've
> never done that, try it. It's so much richer.
>
> Last couple of years, I've been making chicken broth as needed in
> my smaller crockpot. Less volume but easy to make a new batch
> more often. SF once mentioned using the crockpot so I tried it
> and liked it. Best for chicken is also 24 hours. Try it if you
> haven't - you will notice the difference.
>
> Anyway, using the crockpot, I start it in the morning and just
> forget it until the next morning. No need to check like a
> simmering pot on the stove. Only thing I do is about after 12
> hours (that evening) I'll remove the lid to stir and break up any
> large pieces. Then lid back on until the morning.
>
> Next morning strain it then cool. And this is why I like to do
> this on cold days when I can set the pot with lid outside to cool
> quickly before going into the fridge. Hopefully Jill will now be
> able to imagine why someone might wait for cold days to cook
> large pots of anything. ;)
>
> I freeze mine in lidded pint and quart containers.

Similar to me but mostly crockpot done 24 hours. I don't like using
the stove at all for this.

[cshenk]

I hate those auto-shut-off ones so don't have one that does that.
Useless pieces if you ask me.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 6:33:12 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:

>
> itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>
> > I have thought of using my crockpot but it is an automatic shut-off
> > model, so that really would be inconvenient unless I set a timer to
> > go turn it on again every 6 or 8 hours.
>
> I hate those auto-shut-off ones so don't have one that does that.
> Useless pieces if you ask me.
>

It's great for something I want to cook in the crockpot but I think it would
really defeat the purpose of doing a long chicken stock. It would certainly
be low but I'd have to set a dinging timer for me to go turn it on again and
again.

[Cindy Hamilton]

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 5:43:52 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 3:27:12 PM UTC-6, Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:35:58 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
> > <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >
> > >My largest pot is an 8 quart size. Sometimes I think a larger pot might be
> > >nice to have, but there comes the problem of where to store it when not in
> > >use. And no, no matter how convenient Sheldon thinks it is, I'm not storing
> > >cookware in the basement.
> >
> > Large pots require little storage space as they nest, I have my often
> > used larger pots stored at the bottom of a closet,,, we have a
> > smallish pantry, those pots are in the pantry on the floor, along with
> > large sacks of cat chow, and a few large cutting boards standing on
> > edge.

My pots won't nest. They're all the same diameter with straight sides.

> No pantry here. What I call my 'pantry' is one of those 4 feet tall chrome
> restaurant shelves. That holds can goods with one shelf given over to the
> convection toaster oven. The top shelf holds my microwave and a knife block.
> This is why my pots are hanging on that pot rack over the kitchen window that
> I shared here a several weeks ago. Having three doorways in this tiny kitchen
> does not help with efficiency at all.
> >
> > All other often used pots on a shelf in that pantry. A lot of
> > cookware that's rarely used is in the basement. It's no big deal
> > having to retrieve things from the basement because we are down their
> > several times a day anyway.
> >
> My basement is a dugout space and if you're under 5'8" you can stand up in it.
> But it is definitely NOT a place I'd want to put anything down there other than
> the water heater, the furnace, and a sump pump. Steps are solid as a rock but
> quite narrow so I'd not wanting to be retrieving any cookware, canned goods,
> paper goods, or cat litter.

I had to look up "dugout basement", as I'd never heard of it before. We'd
call that a "Michigan basement". I can't remember if I've ever seen one.
There's a family legend about my grandfather and his brothers shooting pistols
in one, for target practice.

> > There's also a lot of kitchen stuff,

<obvious snippage>

> Honestly, your basement sounds jammed packed to the rafters unless it's a
> 5000 square foot area. No matter how neatly you have it, it still sounds
> a hoarders paradise.

As is my basement. We had the assessor down there a couple days ago,
and it looked like hell. All the better when you're "entertaining"
the tax assessor.

Every time I think about getting rid of stuff, I say "If I ever need
one of those again, I'd have to buy it. It's not doing any harm in
the basement."

> > In this county a building on a slab is not considered a permanent
> > dwelling, for insurance purposes a 2,000 sq ft building on a slab is
> > listed and taxed the same as a double wide trailor... barns here have
> > a higher status.
> >
> I doubt that. Some people just have no use for a basement and I doubt your
> tax accessor punishes people for not digging a basement.

Sounds like horseshit to me, too. Taxable valuation is related to the
market value (here), so a house without a basement would naturally be
worth less and its taxes would be lower.

Cindy Hamilton

[parkstre...@gmail.com]

i worked in a large hotel. when we made chicken stock we used necks and backs exclusively. and started it out at around 9:00AM. bring to boil, skim and skim. get it down to an extremely low simmer. a couple of bubbles every minute. at around 6:00pm add water again and let it go all night. the morning cook turns it off. strain etc.

[Gary]

parkstre...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> i worked in a large hotel. when we made chicken stock we used necks and backs exclusively. and started it out at around 9:00AM. bring to boil, skim and skim. get it down to an extremely low simmer. a couple of bubbles every minute. at around 6:00pm add water again and let it go all night. the morning cook turns it off. strain etc.

Definitely. The 24 hour simmering time gives the best and richest
results. I do the same.

I don't skim (not concerned with clear broth) but I use my old
crockpot. Start in the morning...about 12 hours later, open up
and break up any large parts and stir, then lid back on for
another 12 hours.

After 24 hours, all the ingredient flavors are in the broth. You
don't make chicken salad out of the chicken meat as it's totally
flavorless by then. That tells me that Sheldon doesn't really
make chicken or turkey broth. I even seem to remember a few years
ago that he said that he didn't. Just tossed all parts out to the
critters (growing rat population too) ;)

[penm...@aol.com]

I use whole roasting chickens, MINUS the backs and necks to make
stock... the backs and necks contain spinal fluid and make for a
bitter FOUL (not fowl) tasting stock. I toss the backs and necks out
for the critters, and I've never seen a rat here, it's the possums,
and crows that snatch up the backs and necks. I've never made turkey
stock, once I've made a soup directly from a roast turkey carcass but
I really don't like turkey soup, none of the major canned soup
companys market a turkey soup. And for the kitchen moroons like Gary,
who can't cook, broth and stock are NOT the same. Roasting chickens
are inexpensive here, typically 79¢/lb, sometimes 69¢/lb... it's no
big loss to feed backs and necks to the critters... and the critters
gotta eat too.
Anyway I don't believe Gary can cook anything, to date I've not seen
anything he has claimed to have cooked, I don't believe he owns a
pot... and a Crockpot is NOT a pot, nor is Crockpotting cooking...
Crockpotting is a far lower form of food prep than preparing an
envelop of Lipton soup. Gary, Ramen is NOT cooking... and Golden
Arches, is definitely not cooking, that's not even food... it's hardly
food for a starving city rat.
I doubt many RFCers cook, very few have shown anything they've cooked.

[penm...@aol.com]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:30:40 -0800 (PST), parkstre...@gmail.com

You're full of poop... large hotels may use stock from a #10 can but
much more likely they use boullion cubes... no commissary kitchen is
going to pay peeps to tend giant pots of simmering bones and
trimmings. No restaurant (NONE) produces stock from scratch... they
use canned but most use boullion cubes/powder produced in a factory.
Perhaps 50 years ago commercial establishments prepared stock from
scratch but not anymore... my favorite Chinese restaurant just last
week admitted that they buy powdered boullion... the same as what's in
that tiny envelop encluded in a packet of ramen only they buy it in
large containers

[cshenk]

LOL, I use a dinging timer if I want to tuen off the crockpot at a
certain time. Since tat is rare here, it's more effective and efficient
to not have one that shuts off on it's own (can lead to food spoilage).

I guess that is a reverse image cooking from yours?

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:57:51 -0500, penm...@aol.com wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:30:40 -0800 (PST), parkstre...@gmail.com

snip

>
... large hotels may use stock from a #10 can but
>much more likely they use boullion cubes... no commissary kitchen is
>going to pay peeps to tend giant pots of simmering bones and
>trimmings. No restaurant (NONE) produces stock from scratch... they
>use canned but most use boullion cubes/powder produced in a factory.
>Perhaps 50 years ago commercial establishments prepared stock from
>scratch but not anymore... my favorite Chinese restaurant just last
>week admitted that they buy powdered boullion... the same as what's in
>that tiny envelop encluded in a packet of ramen only they buy it in
>large containers

well, heck. I see those pots of stock simmering all the time in
kitchens on that TV network you don't watch. They utilize every
dollar they spend. Everything has a use, including ending up in a pot
for hours and hours.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

I can choose low for 8 or 10 hours and high has the option for 4 or 6 hours.
It then goes into a warm mode for 2 hours but I don't think it would be the
correct appliance to make chicken stock.

[parkstre...@gmail.com]

here(don't know if it's a county law or a city law)people are no longer allowed to feed the critters. some person left piles of nuts and stuff out for the wild critters and there ended up being a bit of a rat/racoon etc. problem. technically you can't throw a few nuts at a squirrel, but that would probably be overlooked.

[parkstre...@gmail.com]

my mum puts chicken feet into her stock. she doesn't cook her stock as long as i do. it is lighter in colour, lighter tasting but it has a very good flavour.
roast duck bones/carcass make a good stock. so do roasted turkey bones/carcass.
speaking of chickFeet, my buddy and i went into a bar in mazatlan, a bar where the locals go. we ordered a beer each and we got the beer and along with it a bowl of very tasty plain chicken soup and a plate of tortillas. the soup had a chicken foot in it. i don't eat chickFeet though.

[parkstre...@gmail.com]

i'm not full of poop. why would i even post something that is full of poop? that was the only place that i worked in that used house made stock. every other place i worked at used chicken soup base. once the stock is going it needs very little looking after. oh, correction. we also made chickStock at a restaurant in vancouver.

[Dave Smith]

My friend has major problems with the crazy old lady next door. She puts
food out for critters. She puts out seed and suet for birds and puts dog
and cat food. That stuff can attract all sorts of undesirable animals.
Last year he went out and got some live traps and caught dozens of
squirrels and chipmunks and relocated them. When she learned that he
was trapping the animals she went postal and said she was going to
report him to the authorities.

[dsi1]

I'd feel sorry for you but everybody has some crazy old lady next door. If they don't, it probably means they're the crazy old lady next door.

[Dave Smith]

Our old lady was not too bad, but she had a nosy one. When we first
moved here the patio was at the behind the house and close to the road
allowance. There were no trees or bushes there so it was pretty well
exposed to the neighbour and to the road. One weekend I went out and
bought enough lumber and posts to put up a couple sections of fence for
privacy. I go an early start and was finished about noon. I went inside
for lunch just in time to answer the phone. It was the neighbour " Hi
Dave. I see you have put up a fence." Son of a gun that she not only
saw the fence but just happened to call as I went inside. She had
probably been spying on me. I figured that the fence had just paid for
itself.

A few years later she started whining about my septic system. She aid
that it was leaking and flooding into her back yard. Curiously, her
house is much higher than mine and has a fair slope down to the stream
that runs across the property in between and then through my back yard.
In her world, my sewage was running 150 yards up stream and then uphill
into her back yard.

I was telling one of the other neighbours about this and he told me that
she didn't have a septic bed. Apparently they had a septic tank that
drained into a big pit of gravel. A few years after that she put her
house up for sale. The purchaser planned to tear it down and build a
big house way at the back of the property. Their plans were turned down
by the town, even though they had started to gut it..... like. well you
have to let us do this because the house has already been gutted. That
left them having to refinish the interior and they had to put in a
septic bed.

[jmcquown]

On 2/26/2019 8:47 AM, Gary wrote:
> Anyway, using the crockpot, I start it in the morning and just
> forget it until the next morning. No need to check like a
> simmering pot on the stove. Only thing I do is about after 12
> hours (that evening) I'll remove the lid to stir and break up any
> large pieces. Then lid back on until the morning.
>

I've been meaning to try the crockpot method. Do you set the crockpot
to Low? I have an old one, all it has is a Low, High and [keep] Warm
setting. I'm going to guess Low for the 24 hours?

> Next morning strain it then cool. And this is why I like to do
> this on cold days when I can set the pot with lid outside to cool
> quickly before going into the fridge. Hopefully Jill will now be
> able to imagine why someone might wait for cold days to cook
> large pots of anything.;)
>

I saw the winky, Gary, but to clarify I never said I couldn't imagine
waiting for cold weather to make *large pots* of anything. I said I
don't understand why some people only make/eat soup when it's cold
outside (aka Winter). I make and eat soup year round. :) Hey, I also
don't hesitate to use the oven in the summer. Heheh.

At any rate, it simply doesn't get that cold down here. The idea of
setting something outside to cool down before putting it in the fridge
doesn't really fit this climate.

> I freeze mine in lidded pint and quart containers.

I have lots of Rubbermaid containers in various sizes for freezing
things. I love how sturdy they are and how tightly the lids fit. :)

Jill

[Dave Smith]

On 2019-03-02 9:57 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 2/26/2019 8:47 AM, Gary wrote:

>> Next morning strain it then cool. And this is why I like to do
>> this on cold days when I can set the pot with lid outside to cool
>> quickly before going into the fridge. Hopefully Jill will now be
>> able to imagine why someone might wait for cold days to cook
>> large pots of anything.;)
>>
> I saw the winky, Gary, but to clarify I never said I couldn't imagine
> waiting for cold weather to make *large pots* of anything.  I said I
> don't understand why some people only make/eat soup when it's cold
> outside (aka Winter).  I make and eat soup year round. :)  Hey, I also
> don't hesitate to use the oven in the summer. Heheh.
>
> At any rate, it simply doesn't get that cold down here.  The idea of
> setting something outside to cool down before putting it in the fridge
> doesn't really fit this climate.

You have lived in a lot more places than I have and you are currently in
a hot climate. You are used to it. Up here we start to melt when the
thermometer goes over 80 degrees. We don't don't eat soup when it is
hot. Restaurants that offer soup or salad as a first course sell a lot
of salads in the summer and soup in the winter.

[jmcquown]

On 2/26/2019 6:35 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:52:56 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>> On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:23:28 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>>>
>>> On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:53:13 PM UTC-5, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have never made stock but now that I have a pressure cooker I have been
>>>> toying with the idea. When I take the plunge I think I'll opt for a few
>>>> legs and a few wings.
>>>

>>> Really? Wow. I'm making turkey stock even as we speak. Just
>>> in a pot on the stove, though. I can't count how many times
>>> I've made chicken, turkey, or beef stock. Just once or twice for
>>> vegetable broth, though.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> I know, I know. I'm terrible behind the times when I could make my own. A
>> few years ago on America's Test Kitchen Chris Kimball said it was very easy
>> to do in a slow cooker or on top of the stove.
>
> Behind the times? I've been making stock for decades.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Joan said *she* was behind the times, not you. So what if she doesn't
make stock? Maybe she doesn't have a lot of need or use for stock.

Jill

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I've been meaning to try the crockpot method. Do you set the crockpot
> to Low? I have an old one, all it has is a Low, High and [keep] Warm
> setting. I'm going to guess Low for the 24 hours?

Hi Jill, evidently my old crockpot is even older than yours.
It's a Rival from 1980, give or take a year or so.
It has only 3 setting: Off, Low, and High.
No warm setting on mine.

I put all ingredients in, then fill up with cold water right
up to about 1/2 inch below where the lid sits. I turn it on high
for about an hour (just to heat it up quicker) then I turn
it down to low for 24 hours or so.

> > I freeze mine in lidded pint and quart containers.
>
> I have lots of Rubbermaid containers in various sizes for freezing
> things. I love how sturdy they are and how tightly the lids fit. :)

I often reuse old containers with lids from store items.
I do still have many Tupperware things though.
I've learned too to label them before freezing.

[Gary]

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> You have lived in a lot more places than I have and you are currently in
> a hot climate. You are used to it. Up here we start to melt when the
> thermometer goes over 80 degrees.

I used to talk to a guy lived all his life in Barrow, AK.
He told me that once, they had a rare heat wave...
the temps got over 60F and the whole town was suffering
from the heat. lol.

I remember one year, I had a January heat wave in Virginia.
My morning temp was 65F at 9am eastern. He wrote right back just
a few minutes later and said his current temp was -36F.
That was so interesting to me. As we exchanged a few emails,
his temperature was over 100F colder. oh man.

> We don't don't eat soup when it is hot.

Just like Jill. I eat anything that sounds good no matter the
weather. My house is always a good temp.

[jmcquown]

On 3/2/2019 12:12 PM, Gary wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>
>> We don't don't eat soup when it is hot.
>
> Just like Jill. I eat anything that sounds good no matter the
> weather. My house is always a good temp.
>

No, not just like Jill. I make and eat hot soup year round. I don't
know how many times I have to say it.

Jill

[jmcquown]

That sounds extremely inconvenient! I can't imagine an appliance
deciding for me when something is cooked to my liking and turning itself
off. Sounds like a big design flaw for a crockpot.

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 2/26/2019 5:25 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 1:03:32 PM UTC-6, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:46:49 -0800 (PST), "itsjoan...@webtv.net"
>> <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh ok!! I've never made stock but I did think that maybe the pressure
>>> cooker could really extract a lot of flavor using pressure. Now, you've convinced me!
>>
>> well, you need to be the judge, after all, we all have our taste
>> preferences as well as our own set of taste buds. Let me know how it
>> turns out for you. I will toss in some onion, celery butt and a
>> carrot and if I feel like it a clove of garlic in the pot. Just a
>> small amount of salt to help pull the flavor from everything. No more
>> seasoning until I get around to using the stock. Then I taste and see
>> what I want to add depending upon what soup I'm making.
>> Today I am thawing a quart of really concentrated stock for soup for
>> lunch tomorrow.
>> Janet US
>>
> I've seen stock made on several cooking shows through the years and they
> pretty much add what you add. Some do thrown in a few peppercorns, too,
> and maybe a couple of bay leaves and that's pretty much it.
>
Yep, I add a few peppercorns and a bay leaf or two. Good luck with
using the pressure cooker.

Jill

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 13:00:07 -0500, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

I don't know why I do it, but I reserve the bay leaf and thyme for the
final soup. But yes, I do toss some peppercorns in when making the
stock.
Janet US

[Gary]

So do I, "you ignorant slut." sheez. I was talking about soup,
not other things.

[Cindy Hamilton]

I eat soup in the summer, but my house is 71 F year round.

I give my electric bill a break by not using the oven in the summer.
That's what the gas grill is for.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I can't imagine an appliance
> deciding for me when something is cooked to my liking and turning itself
> off. Sounds like a big design flaw for a crockpot.

It's just cooking it "lightly."
Also you said another "I can't imagine" :)

[Cindy Hamilton]

Making stock is not a new innovation. If she's behind the times, then
she's several hundred years behind the times.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> I don't know why I do it, but I reserve the bay leaf and thyme for the
> final soup. But yes, I do toss some peppercorns in when making the
> stock.

I know why you do it. Best to make chicken stock as plain as can
be. That gives it a wide variety of uses in many dishes. I always
make mine plain.

[Ophelia]

"Gary" wrote in message news:5C7AD0AE...@att.net...

==

What do you use yours for?

[cshenk]

I've got 3 crockpots here. All are the non-digital types as those are
all crappy auto-shut off stuff. The difference is in sizes with the
middle one most used. Butterbeans and hamhocks with fresh minced
garlic and whisky smoked black pepper going now.

[cshenk]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 10:51:01 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> > On 2/26/2019 6:35 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 4:52:56 PM UTC-5,
> > > itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > >> On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:23:28 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > >>> On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 3:53:13 PM UTC-5,
> > itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > > > >
> > >>>> I have never made stock but now that I have a pressure cooker
> > I have been >>>> toying with the idea. When I take the plunge I
> > think I'll opt for a few >>>> legs and a few wings.
> > > > >
> > >>> Really? Wow. I'm making turkey stock even as we speak. Just
> > >>> in a pot on the stove, though. I can't count how many times
> > >>> I've made chicken, turkey, or beef stock. Just once or twice
> > for >>> vegetable broth, though.
> > > > >
> > >>> Cindy Hamilton
> > > > >
> > >> I know, I know. I'm terrible behind the times when I could make
> > my own. A >> few years ago on America's Test Kitchen Chris Kimball
> > said it was very easy >> to do in a slow cooker or on top of the
> > stove.
> > >
> > > Behind the times? I've been making stock for decades.
> > >
> > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >

> > Joan said she was behind the times, not you. So what if she

> > doesn't make stock? Maybe she doesn't have a lot of need or use
> > for stock.
> >
> > Jill
>
> Making stock is not a new innovation. If she's behind the times, then
> she's several hundred years behind the times.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

LOL, I think Joan just meant she isnt a big stock maker. For years
here, it seemed I was the only one and stopped talking about it. I
make a gallon or so every 3-4 weeks from left over poultry bones and
bits of whatever veggie ends I have handy. This is strained, cooled,
and frozen in roughly 1 cup baggies for use through the month. Much of
it for the dogs and cat. (natural GSM) Plenty for us as well.

[cshenk]

Sounds like a bad idea for me too. It's like a deliberate flaw from an
idiot who doesn't understand crockpot cooking.

[cshenk]

Yes and same here since most of it literally is for the doggies!
veggie ends of types that don't bother dogs and that's about it. Later
I fancy up any portion for us.

I also make this for my neighbor across the street. BTW, I mis-spoke
as i just checked the bags. I make about 1.5 gallons every 3-4 weeks.
I get 23-26 1cup bags from each run. It's 16 cups per gallon right?

That probably sounds a little odd but my neighbor makes a lot of whole
roasted chicken and saves the carcass (picked over pretty well) for us
in a 1 gallon plastic baggie until full. She normally has one pretty
full (broken down) in 4 weeks just as I hit the same. She brings them
over and I pass her however many bags of bone broth/stock she wants.
It's normally 1 cup a week.

My bigger crockpot is making a batch as the middle one is polishing up
a batch of butter beans.

[cshenk]

For me, I use it partly for the dogs who are older and the natural GSM
for their joints works well. Our cat is also older and she likes a
little noshe of it also. We call it the 'nooner meal' as around noon
we give them a treat. We move a frozen bag to defrost in the fridge
every other day (or more if we need some for 2foot cooking) and split
1/2 cup or so per day to the pets.

[U.S. Janet B.]

On Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:09:59 -0600, "cshenk" <csh...@cox.net> wrote:
snip

>
>LOL, I think Joan just meant she isnt a big stock maker. For years
>here, it seemed I was the only one and stopped talking about it.

snip

Really???? Totally doubtful, totally, totally, totally on all counts.
Janet US

[Ed Pawlowski]

Designed by lawyers. Many products end up like crap because idiots can
screw up.

[Ophelia]

"cshenk" wrote in message
news:h6KdnSV7DuZJi-bB...@giganews.com...

==

Nice:))

[Ophelia]

"cshenk" wrote in message
news:JPudnSkWobTakObB...@giganews.com...

==

What do you use it all for?

[cshenk]

Lots of things. 1/2 is for the dogs who are older and it helps their
arthritis.

[cshenk]

Probably. Incredibly useless to have a crockpot that shuts off in the
middle of the night and leads to food spoilage possible issues.

[jmcquown]

Excuse me for not coming up with enough creative descriptions for things
I have never encountered/don't own.

Jill

[jmcquown]

On 3/2/2019 6:14 PM, cshenk wrote:

I don't know if it's deliberate simply a design flaw. I do know I'm
glad mine doesn't shut itself off.

Jill

[jmcquown]

WHAT?

Jill

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 7:14:49 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
>
> Incredibly useless to have a crockpot that shuts off in the
> middle of the night and leads to food spoilage possible issues.
>

I would not start my crockpot and select a time that it would shut off in
the middle of the night. When I've used it in the past I would start it
early in the morning so what I would plan to eat that day would be ready
by either early afternoon or suppertime.

[Jinx the Minx]

Mine is programmable up to 20 hours, and automatically switches to “warm”
after the set time is up.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 9:03:22 PM UTC-6, Jinx the Minx wrote:

>
> itsjoan...@webtv.net <itsjoan...@webtv.net> wrote:
> >
> > I would not start my crockpot and select a time that it would shut off in
> > the middle of the night. When I've used it in the past I would start it
> > early in the morning so what I would plan to eat that day would be ready
> > by either early afternoon or suppertime.
> >
>
> Mine is programmable up to 20 hours, and automatically switches to “warm”
> after the set time is up.
>

Mine is programmable for 10 hours then will switch to warm, too.

[Cindy Hamilton]

My God! It's obviously a safety feature. Perhaps not a necessary
one, but a millisecond's thought will provide the answer.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
>Jill McQuown wrote:
> > I don't know if it's deliberate simply a design flaw. I do know I'm

> > glad mine doesn't shut itself off. (a crockpot)

> My God! It's obviously a safety feature. Perhaps not a necessary
> one, but a millisecond's thought will provide the answer.

Well Cindy, we agree on this one.
I've got an old Rival with 3 dial settings.
Off, Low, and High.

No doubt the new ones with time-limits are safety features.

Anytime I use mine, even up to 24 hours cooking, I'm always
at home. If I run to the store, I'll unplug it until I get back
within 30 minutes, then plug it back in. It stays hot for that
short time.

I have never and would never start something cooking then go
off to work for the day and leave it on. What if something
happens to you like an accident and you don't get home for
many days?

Since new slow cookers have timeouts now, there probably have
been problems with leaving one on.

When I leave for work, the only electric thing left running is my
refridgerator.

[Ophelia]

"cshenk" wrote in message
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Yes, I know that, I just wondered what else you do with it, given you make
a lot:)

[cshenk]

Well, it takes 3 cups to make soup with us 3 and there are only 8 cups
left per 3 week run for us....