[mylife]

no one ever heard of a bean pot till they put a plug on it in 1971

[Puppage]

I love my croc pot!

[mylife]

Ron Popeiel kicked his beany ass

[NEMDF]

Pot roast in the crock pot/slow cooker. With some nice potato chunks, quartered onions, carrots. A little Worcestershire sauce, small can of beef broth and/or some packaged onion soup mix (add water). An amazing meal to have ready when arriving home after work in cool/cold weather.

YUM

[Skywise]

The crock pot is only 50 years old?!
I just always thought it was invented in the 40s or 50s

[1Old Pro]

they gave those home economists in the test kitchen a lot more attention than they ever did before

They actually used to have a class in HS "home economics". Sadly it was replaced by non useful classes in climate change and diversity studies.

[The Great RJ]

I have always loved my crock pot and have even used it as a sous -vide cooker with the help of a temperature controller. However I find I am using my Instant Pot pressure cooker and air fryer more these days. With colder weather there is still nothing like my crock pot to make comfort foods like soups and super tender beef pot roast. Interesting that my microwave, which I once thought was indispensable, and my kitchen range are now my least used kitchen appliances.

[beef]

I remember when I was a little kid my grandmother had an electric stove that had a well for a bean pot, built right into the stove top.

I also have a crock pot from the 50’s. It implements high/low functionality by having 3 pins in a row that are used with a common heating appliance plug, and a little slider in front of them. Slide it one way, and it exposes the center and one outside pin. Plug into that and it is high. Slide it the other way and the center and other pin gives you low. No switch needed. Very clever.

[NonValueAdded]

Avocado and Harvest Gold. Definitely colors of the 70’s!

[Manic_Episode]

I'm old enough to remember life without microwave ovens and clearly remember Mom and Dad getting our families 1st one, but I just cant remember life without crockpots.
I sure wish I could ask Mom about it but she's gone on ahead.

[Jane Long]

I have mom's original Crock Pot....

Looks like this....

Crock does NOT remove, for washing :- /

[Pollard]

sharply dressed up in colors like avocado and harvest gold

The colors of our kitchen when I was growing up. Wallpaper had avocado, wood trim was painted avocado.

[euram]

I never cared for Crack Pot food.

[discostu]

A few years ago a friend of mine had a kid and was learning the world of domestication. She realized it was time to “learn” the crockpot and put a call out on social media for ideas from friends. I gave her the “generic” crockpot recipe:
slab of meat around 3 pounds
whatever veg you got laying around
can of soup

She asked “is it really that easy” I said yes, there are certainly a wide range of more complicated recipes out there. But this will always work.

[null and void]

Linda Blair’s Crockpot Split Pea Soup
(from an old family recipe nully created a few years ago...)

Ingredients

2 cups dried split peas, (≈1 pound), sorted and rinsed
6½ cups liquid (water or chicken broth)
¾ cup chopped large onion, about 1 large onion
¾ cup finely chopped celery, about 2 medium stalks
1 tsp salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1¼ cups carrots, cut into 1/4-inch slices, or julienned, about 3 medium carrots
1 ham bone or 2 lbs shanks or 2 lbs smoked pork hocks

Steps

1. Clean and soak peas overnight in plain water, drain and rinse.
2. Add 6½ cups liquid (water or chicken broth).
3. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 3 hours.
4. Use an immersion blender to coarsely break up the peas.
5. Add all ingredients except ham in slow cooker. Add meat on top.
6. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 5 to 7 hours.
7. Remove meat from cooker; place on cutting board. Pull meat from bones, using 2 forks; discard bones and skin. Stir shredded meat into soup. Stir well before serving.

Expert Tips

• Preparing split peas for cooking is easy! Just pick over the dried split peas and discard any grit or discolored peas. Place the split peas in a bowl, and cover them with water. After a minute or two, remove any skins or split peas that float to the top. Finally, rinse the split peas in a colander. For peas that have been stored for years, soak overnight, drain and rinse before use.
• If desired, spice with 2 cloves minced garlic, ⅓ tsp dried thyme, ⅓ tsp crushed dried rosemary before cooking.
• Serve a grainy cornbread (don’t forget the honey butter or drizzle of maple syrup) and a spinach salad with fresh grapefruit or mandarin segments with the soup. The tart freshness of the citrus contrasts nicely with the rich, thick soup.
• We like ours with a lot of black pepper on the top and a splash or two of Tabasco!

I just finished a bowl of leftover soup. Even better than last night!

[Paleo Pete]

I have a vintage Mar Crest bean pot

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403179898594?hash=item5ddf6506e2:g:uGwAAOSwRvxhSgKd

Never used. Screwed up big time, found the base at and sale and didn’t recognize it. Seller had the bean pot too, on another table, didn’t realize whatthe base was. A lady asked the seller what it was and I suddenly realized. Instead of keeping my STUPID mouth shut I picked it up and showed her...should have shut up, let her walk away then grabbed it for 3 bucks...just the bean pot without it goes for as much as 60 bucks, see the ebay link...I’ve seen them locally for $25.

Used a crockpot for 20 years that I got at a yard sale for about a buck, lost track of it and got one at a resale shop 3 or 4 years ago for 2 bucks, this one has the removeable crock inner pot for cleaning.

Crock pot pizza/spaghetti/pasta sauce -

1 large can tomato sauce (big 5 inch diameter can)
2 cans tomato paste
2 or 3 cloves garlic, chopped about bb size
2-3 TBSP brown sugar
italian seasoning to taste

heat on high temp as you mix everything until hot, about a half hour, stir well and mix in tomato paste until no more lumps.

Add a small amount of italian seasoning at first, taste test after a half hour and add another pinch, etc until it tastes right. Check about every 15 minutes or so, add a pinch.

After abut 30 to 45 minutes, lower to low heat, simmer on low for about 2 more hours, stir now and then.

Cool. Ladle into ziplock bags, about 1/2 to 3/4 cup each, makes one large pizza. Freeze. 3 or 4 bags make spaghetti sauce for 2. Great dipping sqauce for calzone. One bag per person for pasta sauce.

Boil pasta and drain, add this sauce, some parmesan or italian cheese blend, works great. Ravioli and tortellini too. Works as a single or double batch for large spaghetti meal. Just double everything, it will fit in a standard crock pot.

I keep some in the freezer, just made a fresh batch 2 weeks ago. Hmmm...been wondering what to do for dinner tonight, think I have some tortellini in there too...

OK done deal... :-)

[bunkerhill7]

I use $29.99 crockpots in laboratory experiments for temperature control instead of $3000 lab equipment. Does the same thing.

[lee martell]

Filed under Ad Slogans since rejected.
“What A Croc!”

[gracefullyparanoid]

Love my crock pot!

Put a chuck roast in the crock pot, a jar of Giardiniera (mild or hot) and 1/2 sliced onion.

If you don’t like giardiniera, add a jar of mild pepperoncini peppers instead.

When you come home from work, you have the best Italian Beef ever. Serve on some Gonnella Bread (or other Italian Rolls) and enjoy.

[Excellence]

My son makes the most awesome lasagna in a crockpot (the trick is to use no-boil pasta), and received one last weekend as a housewarming gift.

[suekas]

When I got my crock pot in the early ‘70’s, I got Mabel Hoffman’s cookbook, “crockery cookery”. After that, I bought every cookbook she ever wrote. I still get asked for recipes that I have made, from her cookbooks.