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

Not sure I understand? I said it was bouncing near the end. Did hers do
something different?

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