One time on Usenet, Andy <q> said:
> 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.

I'm sorry, I can't help myself. ;-)

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

I love crock pots, even for non-crock pot recipes. For example,
I'm making chicken cacciatore tonight -- I originally started using
this recipe in college on the stove, but I like it much better after
simmering in the crock pot all day. Speaking of which, I need to get
it going...


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"Little Malice" is Jani in WA
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