"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 15:49:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"John Kuthe" > wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 21:29:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>I keep meaning to try this but haven't yet done it. Going to do it now
>>>>though for my 4th of July baked beans. Should probably get them started
>>>>tomorrow since the beans themselves take a good 12 or more hours in the
>>>>Crockpot.
>>>>
>>>>Have you tried this method before? Are they as good as on the stove?
>>>
>>> Never tried it, but I'd imagine the diffeence would be the
>>> differerence in the evaporation of water from the onions as they
>>> carmelize. In a crock pot, less water would be able to escape, as
>>> opposed to sauteeing them in/on a hot flat open surface. With less
>>> water escaping as they cook/carmelize, the onions would become much
>>> wetter in a crock pot. A lot more onion flavor would be retained with
>>> the water, but thew onions would notb dehydrate as well.
>>>
>>> Carmelizing onions in a crock pot would certainly work, you'll just
>>> get a slightly different result than carmelizing them on an open
>>> surface.
>>>
>>Well, they're in there now so will report back. Also have a lot of extra
>>onions just in case I don't like the end results.
>
> I'm sure they won't be gross!

They smell divine! Already the ones at the bottom have turned a bit golden.