>FERRANTE
>
>Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think
>of anything that sounds good. Potatoes? Veggies?

Veggies but not another starch. I'd prefer an interesting tossed salad, in
fact I'd make extra, then the next day I'd add the cold roast beef and noodles
to the remaining salad. I'd much rather add the rare roast beef cold to the
salad than risk turning it to shoe leather by reheating... dress with ranch,
with some prepared horseradish.


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I'm not a crockpot expert but you might try:

- brown the meat in a conventional pan first; it will improve the taste a
great deal
- I don't think the quantity of water is critical. Try red wine instead of
water for some additional flavor. Or water with a bouillion cube or two.
- When the roast is cooked, you could probably just take the residual liquid
from the pot and reduce it and thicken it in a pan; season with s & p,
thicken with flour or cornstarch dissolved in water. No need for a jar of
gravy.
- You could cook the roast with lots of root vegetables, like onions,
carrots, parsnips, turnips, celery root, etc. Cook the noodles in a regular
pot and you'll have a complete meal with meat, veggies, and pasta. Also
good the next day.
- For a Chinese flavor, toss some sliced ginger root, several star anise,
and some soy sauce into the crock pot with the meat for a "red cooked" style
dish. Serve with rice.
- Try this with lamb shanks or stew meat, or, better, goat.

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"FERRANTE" > wrote in message
...
> I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in
> it. The question is: how much water should I add to it? A lady told
> two cups. Should I add any other stuff?
>
> What I want to do is have beef and noodles. My plan is to cook the
> roast, but a couple jars of Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other
> brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done. Is that the
> way it should be done? If not, how then?
>
> Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think
> of anything that sounds good. Potatoes? Veggies? Please help!
>
> And thanks for doing so!
> Mark Anthony Ferrante
> Bachelor Cook

In article >, FERRANTE
> wrote:

> I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in
> it. The question is: how much water should I add to it? A lady told
> two cups. Should I add any other stuff?
>

I never add fluid - unless the roast is very, very lean, in which case I
add a little olive oil. My roasts always come out very moist, and very
tender - when I was younger, and added water, it took a very long time
to cook, and was tough.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

FERRANTE > writes:

>My plan is to cook the
>roast, but a couple jars of Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other
>brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done. Is that the
>way it should be done? If not, how then?

Instead of adding any water to the roast, pour the beef gravy over the roas- NO
water. As the roast cooks, the juices will create a much better tasting gravy
than "out of the jar".
I like mushrooms of any kind with beef roast.
Proceed as planned. (G)



Connie
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One package French's Onion Soup and one glass of red wine, a bay leaf,
a clove of garlic, a dash of worcestershire sauce...perfection!

Biff


Nancy Howells > wrote in message
>...
> In article >, FERRANTE
> > wrote:
>
> > I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in
> > it. The question is: how much water should I add to it? A lady told
> > two cups. Should I add any other stuff?
> >
>
> I never add fluid - unless the roast is very, very lean, in which case I
> add a little olive oil. My roasts always come out very moist, and very
> tender - when I was younger, and added water, it took a very long time
> to cook, and was tough.

"FERRANTE" > wrote in message
...
> I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in
> it. The question is: how much water should I add to it? A lady told
> two cups. Should I add any other stuff?

No water is necessary or desirable. If you add 2 cups of water you will end
up with more than 3 cups of weak liquid and tough meat. I don't add anything
except garlic salt and pepper (generously). Liquids don't reduce in
crockpots as they do in other cooking methods.

Charlie

"FERRANTE" > wrote in message
...
> I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in
> it. The question is: how much water should I add to it? A lady told
> two cups. Should I add any other stuff?
>
> What I want to do is have beef and noodles. My plan is to cook the
> roast, but a couple jars of Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other
> brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done. Is that the
> way it should be done? If not, how then?
>
> Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think
> of anything that sounds good. Potatoes? Veggies? Please help!
>
> And thanks for doing so!
> Mark Anthony Ferrante
> Bachelor Cook


Two cups water AND 2 jars of gravy will make you soup. Little water is
needed in a crock pot.
One word of advise: Don't open the crock pot until its finished. When you
open it, steam escapes and the pot will need additional time to finish its
cooking.

FERRANTE > wrote:

>I have a small crockpot and on Sunday I hope to cook a small roast in
>it. The question is: how much water should I add to it? A lady told
>two cups. Should I add any other stuff?
>
>What I want to do is have beef and noodles. My plan is to cook the
>roast, but a couple jars of Pepperidge Farms beef gravy (any other
>brands better??) and then mix it with the roast when done. Is that the
>way it should be done? If not, how then?
>
>Lastly, what would go along good with beef and noodles? I can't think
>of anything that sounds good. Potatoes? Veggies? Please help!
>
>And thanks for doing so!
>Mark Anthony Ferrante
>Bachelor Cook

Pot roast:
Put roast in pot.
Drizzle a bit of oil over it.
Pour over it 1 pkg of dry onion soup.
Then pour 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
4-5 hours in pot with tight lid.
Add some flour/water to make a sauce after removing the roast
Nummy, nummy

We precook potatoes in the microwave for 8 min and add them to the pot for the
last half hour to simulate roast potatos.

Julienne carrots cooked in microwave on high till the edges look shrivelled.

Dennis