On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 18:29:59 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 15:23:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> But the end result of the beans leaves me with more sauce than usual.
> >> That
> >> could be my fault though. I don't measure when I make them and just
> >> throw
> >> things in to taste. So it could be that I started with a bit too much
> >> liquid. They do taste really good and that's all that really matters.
> >
> > I'd say leave the top off or at least cracked when that happens
> > because the lid on a crock pot fits so well, there's virtually no
> > evaporation,
>
> Yours might but mine doesn't. When I had it on high, the lid was literally
> leaping up about 1/4 inch each time the liquid boiled. Most of the liquid
> had boiled off after I put it on high. Pretty sure it all would have had I
> left them in there for another couple of hours but I was too sleepy and just
> gave up on them at that point.

It sounds like you didn't have the ingredients at least 1 inch below
the top, which is what the manufacturer tells you to do. I've never
cooked anything on high more than one hour, so I have no idea how my
Crock Pot would make the contents react after 3 or 4 hours.

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