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(More customer reviews)My husband's aunt "loaned" us this book since we're busy quite a few nights each week and she never used it. We weren't crock-pot cooks ourselves but we're learning - and we love the freedom the crock-pot gives when there's not a lot of time to cook.
In a nutshell, let me say this volume is well worth the price of admission for the gems tucked in the pages!
The praise:
- There are some excellent contributors. We've been particularly fond of the submissions by Naomi Fast. Her "Pot Roast Complete," "Fruited Beef Tagine" and "Bavarian Beef," among others, have received rave reviews from friends and family.
- Some of the odd recipes are actually quite good and have encouraged us to put our prejudices aside and give entries we might otherwise have ignored a try.
- This is a good source of inspiration... it's got us thinking about what can be done in the cooker and not just what's printed on the page.
Now that you know we like it, here are the criticisms:
- You'll flip through a number of so-so, and some downright awful looking, entries.
- There are a number of similar recipes, which could have been shown as variations on a basic dish. But, in fairness to the fact that they came from different contributors, we suppose they should be listed separately.
- We've noticed a lamentable tendency toward too much liquid, and/or not enough thickening agent, in some of the recipes. It's almost as though they were originally stove top or oven recipes that someone converted to crock pot cookery (Without testing?? Either that or much of America likes much thinner gravies than we do!). After a while, common sense kicked in and we are getting pretty good at anticipating which recipes will need to be adjusted. We've coped with cornstarch slurries during the last half hour and the occasional packet of gravy mix as a quick rescue.
Some trial and error and, finally, common sense will let you adjust for your tastes before you cook. For example, how appetizing will it be to serve skin-on chicken from a crock pot?? It's not! So, just ditch the skin!
Many happy meals later, we've still got the book and we're sharing the gems with our aunt as we find them!
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This book is bursting with absolutely delicious recipes, as well as Tips for Hosting, Menus for Meals with Friends, and Ideas for Go-Alongs that compliment clow cooker dishes. You'll love cooking, hosting and eating from this treasure of good food.
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