On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:13:05 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.
>
> Mine was nearly full when I started, I didn't use any liquid other than
> butter, and the lid was bouncing near the end You could see how far they
> had cooked down!

That part, I understand. Did your lid do what hers did?

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