Speaking of Dulce Le Leche reminds me of M&M’s Now presented in many forms and flavors.
Recently purchased a bag of pecan pie M&Ms They have no resemblance to pecan pie; they have no resemblance to M&Ms Save your money - make your choice of peanut or plain MMs. The Pecan Pies are a joke.
The Rival, even after being replaced by the Presto = couldn’t bear to release it. LOL So it’s still being used and probably will be till the on/off/low/hi switch gives out. It’s using crutches at this time. :) Best way to clean these guys is water, dish soap and plug it in for several hours. Allow to cool and use elbow grease. This makes it somewhat less difficult to clean.
I think I didn't use mine enough to get much stuck to the sides until I made the Maid Rites in which case stuff burnt on. Not real dark but good and stuck. I looked on the web for help when a scrubby didn't work. Can't remember what I did. It was mainly just on the sides where the heating element(s) are.
I don't have any candy - I've had Werther's caramels in one covered pot and the measured other stuff except oats in another waiting for the energy to get on with it. So I stole a couple caramels, shouldn't matter but will get some more anyway.
I just bought for a treat Tavener's licorice from England, found it at Walgreen's for awhile but they run out and it's over. Same with pecan logs which I love. Then there's aplets and cotlets, Turkish delight it really is, and you can make it but too much trouble. Get big boxes of Junior Mints, love those and the mint patty one, can't think of the brand. Love the raspberry gummis when I can find them. And one of my newest discoveries, a few years now, Taffy Town peppermint stripe salt water taffy my favorite of all their flavors. I posted about English blonde fudge weeks ago and haven't tried to make it yet. If I get really desperate and have some, I eat marshmallow creme out of the jar usually not all at once, and sweetened condensed milk. I mean I get a real desperation for sweets about in the late evening.
My Rival might be cooking a little too hot. The faster to cook my dear. The last I made in it was that youtube lady's chicken and noodles. I had to switch to a dutch oven and real oven to finish once I added the noodles. Cleaning the crock pot after that was easy, nothing stuck.
Once the chicken was cooked it was almost to die for at that point. Somebody posted a similar recipe and I thought I could just modify the chicken and noodles slightly and have the same or better.
And I finally made some cheater gravy for those instant mashed potatoes that are quite good now. I watched a youtube video where I think it was Nikko's Kitchen made KFC gravy using one beef boullion cube and one chicken, 2-1/2 cups water, then made a roux with too much oil imo. So I started with 2-1.2 cups of hot water, dug some BtB beef and dumped that in then scooped out some chicken. Stirred it in. Then I shook some cold water and flour in a jar I saved (lost my gravy shaker long ago) and stirred it into the hot broth mixture, brought to a boil, let boil a minute, then done. I used flour because this makes a lot and keeps in the fridge a few days to reuse whereas cornstarch breaks down if you try to reheat it.
So those are my stories for tonight. And thanks for the tip on how to clean a stubborn crock pot. I'm still getting a bigger one but am not real keen on many kinds of meat; chicken is really nice in them unless you want it crusty roasted or crispy barbeque or something.
Here's one thing I loved in my crock pot. Sauerkraut and kielbasa. Rinsed 2 sm cans sauerkraut, cut up a ring of kielbasa, sometimes add another ring of something, enough water so won't boil dry, plug in on low when it was working and wait til done.
They ruined those Brach's logs, white fondant or something with the pieces of chewy candy for the look of fruit. They still make them but the shape is all screwed up. I'll quit there; one thing leads to another with this candy stuff.