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#47 - GACK! No offense to those who like it, but tofu tastes like wallpaper paste.

#48/49 Plenty of chairs, if you don't care if they match, Dinner is at 6:30 any time you're in the neighborhood, and the back patio smoking lounge is open all night!

Tammy

^I'm going to Walmart too! Or Ross or wherever. I need to learn this stuff.

Does it look like i eat tofu? I think NOT!

Re 51

I don't know where you live but if you see a thin mid aged, slightly balding, midwestern guy with an otter box lightly tapping on your patio door, put the gun down. It's only me.

Too everyone else, my kitchen is open. C'mon in.

What's in your (wallet) crock pot?

beef (a whole roast)

cut into pieces:
2 -3 large potatoes (or 5 - 6 red potatoes)
3 carrots
1 whole brown onion

1/2 cup of red wine

package of onion soup mix (the dried kind)

Meat in the cooker; veggies on top, then the wine; sprinkle the powdered mix on top of it all. Get out of the way.

6 hours on low (or, if your work hours are like mine, 10 hours on low...)

Almost impossible to screw it up. You'll be able to cut the beef with a fork.

Crock pot cooking makes my day go better (I know all day long that dinner is cooking and will be waiting for me when I walk in the door).

ScottHar

^^^Gets all the fixins at Trader Joes i bet.....

62 for 54

I'll allow them in my house, but under protest. That's where I draw the line - tofu is on the OTHER side of the line.

Ok.

I like the way DaBeez thinks

Freeze firm tofu, then thaw it. Then slice it into slabs, smother in sauce (teriyaki, BBQ, whatever), and put under the broiler.

(Freezing it, then thawing it gives it a more meat-like texture; my Japanese host-mother used to make this every other week or so and it was awesome.)

ScottHar

TG's crockpot runs on ethanol

Well, let's not forget about using the crock pot for breakfast as well. Oatmeal, for instance, is great in the CP, but not your cheap instant stuff. Start with some steel cut oats, cut up some apples, add some raisins, some cinnamon, and other things like dried cranberries (use your imagination). Put all this in the CP at night (don't forget to add the water) and flip it on low before you hit the rack. When you wake up in the morning you'll smell all that goodness coming from the CP. Dish it up, add some walnuts and a little maple syrup (or honey), some cream (if you wish) and serve.

Tasty. . .

Making a good old fashioned pot roast for football Sunday this weekend.

For the tailgater tomorrow I am throwing a bunch of pork in the crock tonight with a little bbq sauce. Shred it up in the morning for pulled pork sandwiches. I would prefer to smoke the pork, but I don't have the time....plus not sure I want to waste the "good" smoked pork on a bunch of drunk football fans.....they will eat anything! hahaha

You know I will.....I hate night games though. WAY too much time for the students to be drinking before the game (no... the fans not the players) always gets ugly! Haha

82: I've done that several times. Comes out great. Plus it makes the house smell awesome!

I use the crock pot several times a month, more in the winter.

German red cabbage is great in there. German roladen (sp) also.

I cook whole chickens in it too and shred it for stews, chicken tacos stuff like that as well.

re 83: FuzzNJ, how do you do your red cabbage? (Please notice my restraint in not giving you a hard time about your communist vegetable dish!)

ScottHar

K, I've been drinking since like 2 (sister in law had a baby shower today and my brother in laws and I skipped out to a bar) but I'll try to give the recipe. I have no real measurements cause this is off the top of my head.

Red Cabbage, I prefer cut thicker slaw style
Piece of salt pork, not so big, rinsed off well (Optional, but pork, c'mon!)
Red wine vinegar, couple tablespoons
1 or 2 Granny Smith Apples sliced thin. (Number of apples depends on how big your crock pot is and how much cabbage you can fit in it)
Brown Sugar
Freshly ground black pepper
Kosher Salt (Amount depends on whether or not you use the salt pork)
Optional: Freshly ground nutmeg

And I think that's about it.

Cook it on low for 6-8 hours and damn if it isn't good and it makes the house and neighborhood smell great if your windows are open.

I've done this for company several times.

Ill be all over that!!!!!

Cold tofu with finely chopped green onions, wasabi and shoyu is another way to eat it. Or sometimes grated ginger instead of the wasabi.

Could also cut soft tofu into small blocks and add it to miso soup.