On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 01:36:26 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>> Gary wrote:
>>> > Oh wow mom, bet you the family couldn't wait for a pot roast
>>> > dinner. ;-o
>>> > Individually chosen frozen dinners would be better and timed to
>>> > eat while watching Judge Judy.
>>>
>>> My mom was a very smart woman. As I got older I took over the dinner
>>> preparation. The mechanism and implementation for this was not known to
>>> me and happened so slowly as to be imperceptible to my developing brain.
>>> I would come home from school and make a pot roast. The pressure cooker
>>> made it very fast. I have a lot of fondness for them. The ignorant will
>>> dis this vessel because well, that's what the ignorant do best.
>>
>> My teasing here of pot roasts truly comes from my ignorance. I've
>> never had a good one so I've never been tempted to waste my time
>> and food to make one.
>>
>> That said..... over time I've seen many pot roast pics here and
>> they all look so good. BTW, your's looked very good too.
>>
>> Anyway, I've spotted the main problem with all the ones I've
>> had.....neither Mom or 'The wife' ever thickened the liquid after
>> cooking. I know there's a good bit of beef flavor there. All I
>> got was a spoonful of the water on the plate. The meat was
>> shreddable and bland, those large cuts of potatoes and carrots
>> were...blah. No butter offered for the vegetables. Never a meal
>> to look forward to.
>>
>> I suspect that flavorful water, thickened a bit and turned into a
>> gravy would make all the difference.
>>
>> I do absolutely love my homemade beef stew and isn't that about
>> the same thing just smaller pieces of everything? And I do
>> thicken a bit with flour before or cornstarch at the end.
>>
>> oh well
>
>Trader Joes has a really good, precooked roast beef. You have to come up
>with the sides.

HUH? Every deli sells cooked roast beef