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Default Caramelized Onions in Crockpot

On Thu, 3 Jul 2014 23:34:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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> > On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:48:07 -1000, dsi1
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> >> On 7/3/2014 3:42 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> >> > "dsi1" > wrote in message
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> >> >> Brown gooey material probably does not make for very attractive mashed
> >> >> potatoes. :-)
> >> >
> >> > No. When I pan fry, the texture is different than what I got in the
> >> > Crock. Still brown but not exactly gooey.
> >>
> >> The brown gooey stuff is what you get when onions have been cooking for
> >> 8 hours. The stuff you make on the stove in ten minutes or so is just
> >> fine. I could go for some right now with pork chops. Yummy!

> >
> > When I make caramelized onions, it takes closer to an hour. Onions
> > that cook your way (in ten minutes) are "browned", not caramelized.
> >
> >

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> I never exactly timed mine. But not sure that it takes an hour.


I figure 45-60 minutes. Any faster and they weren't caramelized, they
were browned.

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