Crock-pot! Crock-pot! Crock-pot!

[missroserose]

"Crock-pot" is a funny word.

Also! We bought a crock-pot this weekend, specifically because I found a recipe so very strange that I had to try it: Pepsi pork roast. I mean, it reads like something out of a 1956 issue of Better Homes & Gardens - Pepsi, cream-of-mushroom soup and onion soup mix? And yet, of all the pork roast recipes on Recipezaar, it has the highest rating: four-and-a-half stars with 150 reviews. So, with some trepidation (aren't soda and cream-of-mushroom soup the hallmarks of trailer-trash cuisine?), I got the ingredients (and the crock-pot), tossed it all in, and turned the thing on for four hours.

Best. Roast. Ever.

Seriously. Holy cow. Tender to the point of falling apart and absolutely delicious. I made mashed potatoes to go with, and boiled the juices with corn starch for gravy, and it was probably one of the most delicious things I've ever made.

So, because I'm an adventurous sort, and the idea of toss-everything-in-and-ignore-it-for-hours cooking appeals to me greatly, I chopped up pablano peppers and a bell pepper and an onion and cilantro and a jalapeno and some other stuff last night, and this morning I tossed it in there with the cut-up remains of the roast, covered it all with chicken broth, and turned the pot on "low". I have no idea how it'll turn out - the recipe I was using wasn't designed for crock-pot use, so I was sort of guessing - but the ingredients all smelled good together, which always augurs well for cooking.

Now I just have to figure out the trick of cutting up meat without *also* slicing open my thumb. Ah well; at least I have superglue to put the nail back together.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I understand that the blood of a sacrifice makes the meat more savory, and the meal more nutritious.
(Also, still jealous.)

[one-bat.livejournal.com]

damn.. care to share the recipie?

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

If you're referring to the pork roast, it's actually linked in the entry. If you're talking about the chili verde, I'm not going to share it just yet because it didn't come out quite how I was hoping, but it was still good, and with a bit of tweaking I think it'll be just fine. :)