On Sat, 5 Jul 2014 12:57:29 +0100, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

>
>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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?

OK, maybe you were the one who said it then.

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