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Posted : 10/31/2006 6:04:16 PM

I'm really thinking about getting a crockpot,but i'm wondering how much goodness is left in the food after cooking for 24 hours??

jjsmom06

Posted : 10/31/2006 6:08:06 PM

I'm really thinking about getting a crockpot,but i'm wondering how much goodness is left in the food after cooking for 24 hours??

Not sure nutrition wise....but I know a whole lot of meaty goodness is in that pot when it is done![

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I like to often brown the beef or especially the lamb before I cook it and it gives it extra great flavor. I brown the apples for the lamb too...yummy!

dyan

Posted : 10/31/2006 9:33:11 PM

I'm really thinking about getting a crockpot,but i'm wondering how much goodness is left in the food after cooking for 24 hours??

I know what you mean Edie,,,but I am thinking that without adding much water,, and adding so many good things...there must be something good left for our pups. Gee especially since they get to eat the bones and all. They say soup is really good for us and that gets cooked pretty long....so hopefully it works for the dogs!
As far as the "smelling good" goes...the first night my chicken was cooking,,,Bubby kept running to the crock pot to stare at it...cracked me up. My mistake for not taking a picture of her doing that. I was honestly afraid that she wouldn't sleep that night,,,, but I guess she finally got used to the good smell and went to sleep!

Pam

Posted : 11/1/2006 9:50:48 AM

So I checked my crocks settings and its choices are 4,6,8,10 hours. I wonder if I pressed STOP, that it would reset the time to start again to go another 10 hours or so...

warning: the legs of my crock burnt my new Corain counter top...well changed the color from navy blue to white in 3 small circular patches...from then on, I put it on my stove top

losinsusan

Posted : 11/1/2006 11:20:02 AM

Oh geez Holly that has been a fear of mine. I redid the kitchen last year and when I use my crock pot I have been putting these heat pads under the legs. Husband said I was paranoid and it will be fine. I am showing him your post!!! I don't have corian I have granite, but still, I can't imagine that kind of heat for hours on end can be good for any countertop surface. Whew glad I saw your post.

dyan

Posted : 11/1/2006 4:38:51 PM

Shew,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well I don't have any new kind of counter top,,,just the one that came in my house 10 years ago...but I sure don't want it discolored.. and I worry about that each time I use too.

Erica Saunders

Posted : 11/1/2006 8:07:18 PM

Thanks for the idea guys!

I put chicken leg quarters & backs in for aroun 18 hours and the bones were all completely crushable.

Here's the combination I put together that my fussy pup seems extremely pleased with:

Add to crockpot and cook on low for 18hrs +
- 3 lbs chicken leg quarters
- 1 lb pork liver
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- Enough water to almost fill crockpot

Remove chicken & bones into a bowl

Add
- Approx 2/3 the quantity of rice as water remaining in crock pot (or preferred carbohydrate source)
- 2/3 cup dry mix of peas, lentils, corn (if desired, or other preferred veg mix. Not onions)
- Add 1 1/2 cups additional water (if using rice or other dried grain source)

Crush chicken & bones thoroughly and re-add to crock pot
Let cook until mushy and water is mostly absorbed

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sandra_slayton

Posted : 11/1/2006 8:27:41 PM

You can do such a wide variety cooking this way. I used calf liver Sunday night with my chicken. Mine had that last two nights, but tonight was fish night. They just got canned salmon, canned unsalted carrot slices and green beans. Tomorrow night it is back to the stew. All told they get about 2/3 kibble and 1/3 of the cooked or salmon mixture each day. Tomorrow is is stew again.

jk

Posted : 11/1/2006 9:00:39 PM

ok, tonight we went "easy" and got a chicken, pre cooked, at our local grocery store. When we finished, (actually only ate one breast) i thought instead of stripping it down, that i would throuw it into the crock and cook for the night, mabie day also, and throw in the rest of the stuff.. I did get rid of the skin cause of seasonings, but you think it will 'cook down' like if you got it fresh?? Thanks for info...jk

Xebby

Posted : 11/2/2006 4:08:20 AM

Wow, this is new to me also, I never knew bones would crumble if cooked that long. I usally put everything in the pot at night and in the morning I have a meal ready for Giz. I freez what I don't use in three days and then microwave it when I'm ready to use it.

What I really like are the plastic crock pot liners. They are just a large bag looking thing that goes in the

ot then you put your food in there and when your done with everything you just take out the liner and the pot is as clean as it was before you used it. Makes it so much easyer for me to crock pot, I can't stand scraping off meat thats stuck to the sides.

I have always put the crock pot on the stove top. I kinda see that as the safest place for it. Guess I just worry to much.

jessies_mom

Posted : 11/2/2006 8:41:00 AM

I have never cooked the bones long enough to include in the meal. So it is safe then if you cook it to death

Merrick makes a canned food with chicken wings which includes the bones; there website says it's safe because the bones are mushy.

mudpuppy

Posted : 11/2/2006 8:50:24 AM

do you actually think any of the nutrients survive that prolonged cooking, though? when I crock-pot I cook the sweet potatoes and veg until very well done, turn off the heat, and then add the meats (plus calcium supplements), so the meat is barely cooked.

Pam

Posted : 11/2/2006 8:53:10 AM

JK2 - I would think so.

I found a whole chicken thigh bone (I think) in the Merrick can. I freaked until I crushed it my fingers.

Does garlic powder have the same nutrients as a raw garlic clove? I would think not.

Erica Saunders

Posted : 11/2/2006 11:44:41 AM

do you actually think any of the nutrients survive that prolonged cooking, though? when I crock-pot I cook the sweet potatoes and veg until very well done, turn off the heat, and then add the meats (plus calcium supplements), so the meat is barely cooked.

Actually I think the majority of the nutrients probably survive pretty well. They may leach out into the broth but since the broth is used to cook the rice they stay contained in the end result.

The nice thing is all the natural fats are retained plus the calcium & nutrients from the bones & marrow, and the temperature never goes higher than boiling point. (unlike roasting/baking)

Good point about the garlic clove though. I put the powder in there for flavor/aroma more than anything. I'd definitely include the raw garlic into the combo next time.

The important thing for me is that Amos sucks food this down with gusto, unlike his normal lackadaisical response.

jjsmom06

Posted : 11/2/2006 11:46:31 AM

What I really like are the plastic crock pot liners. They are just a large bag looking thing that goes in the pot then you put your food in there and when your done with everything you just take out the liner and the pot is as clean as it was before you used it. Makes it so much easyer for me to crock pot, I can't stand scraping off meat thats stuck to the sides.

I forgot they had those Zebby...I will have to look fo rthem!

ALSO- to all who crockpot or cook anything that might have fat or grease on it...YOU HAVE TO TRY DAWN DISSOLVER if you haven't already done so. the stuff is AMAZING!!! I squirt it on my crockpot especailly around the "ring of meat" that stuck to it and let it sit for a few minutes. It seriously reduces cleanup time and effort.
I tried it for the first time at my in- laws last Thanksgiving and it worked miracles cleaning the roasting pans and such!

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