"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> wrote:
>
>> I had pot roast on the menu for today. I usually use a Dutch oven
>> and
>> cook for about 3-4 hours with potatoes, carrots and celery.
>>
>> I forgot we had to be someplace at 2pm, and probably won't get home
>> until about 4, so I went with the crock pot instead.
>>
>> My question is, if I want to add potatoes and carrots, what's the
>> minimum time they need in the crock pot?
>>
>> I'm assuming I can't put them in now and cook them all day, right?
>
> Place them properly and you won't have to worry about it.
>
> When I layer a crockpot, I do it in this order:
>
> Grain (usually barley)
> Root veggies (carrots, spuds)
> Onions
> Meat on the top.
>
> Top with your choice of dried or fresh herbages.
>
> IME, root veggies such as carrots and spuds (and radishes and
> turnips)
> take longer to cook than even tough cuts of meat. Onion, leeks,
> garlic,
> shallots and scallions are softer so go on top of those.
>
> The bottom of the crock pot is hotter.
>
> Meat goes on top with spices.
> --
> Peace! Om


That's the same way I do it in the crock pot, I like the vegetables
and meats cooked together as the flavors are all through the
vegetables. I also don't like tender crisp vegetables in stews and
pot roasts,
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