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Little Malice said...

> One time on Usenet, Andy <q> said:
>
>> Would you combine a pork butt roast and a jumbo pack of chicken
>> thighs in the same crock pot?

>
> You must have a giant crock pot, Andy!
>
>> I've put off everything while on my buffalo kick but the two other
>> meats have been getting old in the fridge.
>>
>> Can I cook them together at the same time? I was thinking about
>> putting the pork butt in an oven bag and surrounding that with the
>> thighs.
>>
>> A killing two birds with one stone scenario, kinda/sorta.
>>
>> Timing them both to doneness might be a challenge.

>
> Just about any meat will be done after 8-10 hours on low, 4-5 hours
> on high, especially if you cut the pork roast into a couple of pieces.
> My concern would be the flavors of the meat melding together -- you
> could end up with chicken-flavored pork and vice versa. Then again,
> maybe that's not such a bad thing. FWIW, this is one reason why I
> have two crock pots... :-)



Jani,

There you go again, being all reasonable and making sense and stuff.

Andy
Who's only used one a handful of times.