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William[_4_]

On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:59:48 -0400, wrote:

>On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:07:48 -0400, William > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:13:50 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>>What am I doing wrong? I bought a crock pot a while back and have tried several
>>>recipes. Only two have ever come out decent, rather good actually, and they are
>>>pot roast and spare ribs. So I keep doing them over and over. But I've tried a
>>>couple of other recipes, following the recipe exactly as I read it, and they
>>>come out a total waste of time and money. Two that come to mind are chicken
>>>cacciatore and beef stew. Just bland and watery. No taste, The stew I was able
>>>to salvage to come degree by dumping two jars of beef gravy into it, which
>>>thickened it a little and gave it some flavor. But I'm about to give up on
>>>trying anything else because I end up throwing food out. What can I be doing
>>>wrong? Thanks.
>>
>>get a pork Boston Butt roast, through it in your slow cooker fat side
>>down, cook on low for 8 hours...use fork to swish it around...voila,
>>you have created pulled pork you will not throw out! Spoon it on to
>>hamburger buns and top it with your favorite sauce and cole slaw.
>>
>>William
>
>That's it? Just the pork butt fat side down and absolutely nothing else?

that's right, no water just put it in a dry Crock-Pot with the lid on.
Makes wonderful barbequed pork and there will be a half inch of
drippings in the bottom of the pot when you get through.

William