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Title: For my bud Khalee, how to eat like a king on a limited budget.
Post by: Jack Morris on July 18, 2006, 01:13:12 pm

Go buy yourself one of those cookers. Then scoot booty over to the grocery store and grab a nice big 4 lb roast (Chuck, Rump, any roast, it's all good), some potatoes, and carrots, and oh yeah, go buy the spice dept and grab some roast beef spices, though just salt and pepper will do.

Set that bad boy on high and throw the roast in and add water to about the 1/4 mark high on the roast in the pot. Let it cook (With top cover on it) for 6-8 hours, just be sure to turn it over now and then. Then go dump out the juices (It's mostly fat), the meat will be succulent but you need to trim away all the fat.

Go skin a potato or two and cut it up to portions that you like, add to the roast. Do the same with carrots. You can add other things too, but I love a good old fashioned roast.  ;) Add some water to the half mark and add those spices. Cook for a few more hours on low setting, and then end result is this.

You will have meals fit for a king for days to come. Mine only last one day as I got family visiting and that means 5 mouths to feed.  ;D

Total cost besides a one time expense for a cooker?

Roast: 8 bucks

Potatoes? I do not even look, very inexpensive

Carrots? Same as potatoes.  ;)

Spices? Cheap!

Servings? 8 more or less in a very good size soup bowl.  ;D

Title: Re: For my bud Khalee, how to eat like a king on a limited budget.
Post by: Jack Morris on July 18, 2006, 03:42:20 pm

P.S., if you really want to clog your arteries, skim some juice from the cooker container and add a lil bit of flour to make gravy for your mashed potatoes.  ;D

Title: Re: For my bud Khalee, how to eat like a king on a limited budget.
Post by: The Postman on July 18, 2006, 04:17:53 pm

Quote from: Jack Morris on July 18, 2006, 03:42:20 pm

P.S., if you really want to clog your arteries, skim some juice from the cooker container and add a lil bit of flour to make gravy for your mashed potatoes.  ;D

If you roll the meat in flour and brown it  before adding it to the crock pot, it makes it's own gravy as it cooks.

Title: Re: For my bud Khalee, how to eat like a king on a limited budget.
Post by: Jack Morris on July 18, 2006, 06:31:09 pm

I'll have to try that, once. I'm sure it's great, but I'd hate to see the fat content.  ;)

Title: Re: For my bud Khalee, how to eat like a king on a limited budget.
Post by: Khalee1 on July 19, 2006, 02:19:24 am

I got a deep frier Ive been meaning to get a slow cooker again, as I miss slow cooked ham n beans.

And chilli, and pot roast too.

And I guess I got to look thru the ten foward section more than I do as well as I missed this post entirely.

Title: Re: For my bud Khalee, how to eat like a king on a limited budget.
Post by: Sirgod on July 19, 2006, 06:28:11 am

I have an extra Crock pot if you want It Tim. Just let me know.

Stephen