Warning! Crockpot "warm" setting!

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:12:10 -0800, David Harmon
wrote:


Crock pots will most definitely boil over, scorch, and boil dry...
oatmeal will scorch long before boiling dry.
 
David Harmon wrote:




Only if I were willing to use it unattended, which I am not.



I guess one could also use a max/min themometer, such as one
might use to gauge the seriousness of power outages on frozen food.


Steve
 
Omelet wrote:




Sure.

And, without suggesting this has anything to do with your situation,
one needs to always use a clean spoon each time one tastes. (I have
seen people violate this simple concept many times...)


Steve
 
In article , [email protected] says...

There are dishes that require long slow cooking. Preparing these is the
primary intended purpose of the crock-pot. A benefit is that you can
load it in the morning, turn it on, go to work, and when you get home
you have dinner already cooked and hot.
 
Warning! Crockpot "warm" setting!

On Feb 15, 11:35?am, Omelet wrote:

When I was 18 or so I got caught up in something and missed dinner.
When I got home around 10 I saw my mother had put a plate of food on
the stove over a pilot light to stay warm. If I recall correctly she
had even wrapped it with foil. It smelled and tasted great so I ate
it.

Worst.mistake.of.my.life.

I woke up running at both ends. At one point I was sure that if I
drank water it would run out the other side clear. No idea how the
bacteria got in, but apparently 3+ hours on the pilot light was enough
to make it grow like a good thing.
 
On 2/17/2011 12:12 PM, David Harmon wrote:

i agree with your bigot comment. I also wonder why manufacturer execs
in China let harmful or sub-par products loose when they can be put to
death if what they release is harmful.
 
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:17:10 +0000 (UTC), [email protected]
(Steve Pope) wrote:


If the warm setting were turned on while the dish was still hot from
cooking then no way would that cause a food borne illness, the warm
setting temperature maintains food within the safe zone... something
else occurred... more likely the food was badly contaminated before
cooking.
 
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:46:15 -0500, Cheryl
wrote:

You'd be surprised to see what they do. Things like instead of using
a fire retardant material to insulate walls, they use newspaper...
"they" doesn't mean the workers consented. It only means the boss
(who knows how far up) took a bribe to do it less expensively and
that's how it happens. Thankfully the highrise I saw that burned
hadn't been occupied yet... but it stood by the elevated freeway in
all it's charcoaled glory - years after burning.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
J. Clarke wrote:






I guess I figure if I have the time to cook something that requires
long/slow cooking I will; and if I don't, there are plenty of things
that can be cooked quickly instead.

Speaking of which... how do you know that while you were at work
there was not a four hour power outage, allowing the crock pot to
descend to an unsafe temperature?

Steve
 
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:25:24 -0800, "Julie Bove"
wrote:

No, they don't... but it's the chance they take. We're talking about
China, not the USA. In China - you're in or you're out and if you're
out, you probably won't have a job and can't support your family.
Values are different over there.... although our "haves" would like it
to be in the same vein as over there.

Over here, they flaunt the law (and seem to get away with it)... but
their life isn't on the line and only recently has anyone gone to jail
for wrong doing. Our big businesses "work around" existing laws by
assuring that the overseeing agencies are stretched too thin or
completely gutted.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:11:35 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:


That may be true but the few times I did that the food turned out with
qa texture making it pretty much inedible. I think crock pots are
more about gambling than cooking, in fact there is no cooking involved
whatsoever.
 
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:56:18 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:

You're right.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
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