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Technology has a way of going to extremes. First there was all that fuss about the microwave oven, which will cook a dish in the blink of an eye. Now comes a trend toward electric pots that cook a dish so slowly you have time for at least 40 winks.

For most dishes, the slow cookers—pots that can be set to, cook food at about 200 degrees—have recommended cooking times of from six to 12 hours, which allows you to sleep, shop or work all afternoon or all day, then lift the cover off the pot and serve.

The process is especially good for preparing tough cuts of meat. The manufacturers claim it also uses little electricity (costing perhaps 5 or 6 cents for 10 hours), and that long cooking does not detract from the taste of food (a debatable assertion, but more on that later).

Slow cookery, of course, is not new. In the early nineteen‐forties, many electric stoves came with a built‐in well cooker that could be left on all day for a stew or pot roast. Down‐Easterners have always buried bean pots, and the old cast‐iron cauldron hung over a wood fire was no speed demon either.

Versatility and Variety

Today's sophisticated slow cookers show versatility and variety. They come in a variety of sizes and materials, including stoneware, aluminum and porcelain enamel. Prices range from $20 to $50; sales totaled 2 million units in 1973, with double that projected for this year.

Since 1911, more than 20 thermostatically‐controlled cookers offering a range of cooking temperatures have, come on the market. Two widely distributed models that are heated by wrap‐around‐the‐sides heating elements —Rival Manufacturing Company's CrockPot, which sells for $21 to $30, and Nesco's Pot Luck (about $40) — were chosen to test just how well this mode of cooking works with a wide variety of foods.

There are a number of differences in the two pots, but a major one is that the temperature range for the Crock‐Pot is 200 to 300 degrees, and for the Pot Luck it is 200 to 500 degrees, which means that the Pot Luck can be used for normal cooking and baking and for browning meats that are to be slow‐cooked.

A beef stew was cooked without prebrowning in the two pots at low setting (200 degrees) for 12 hours. The result from both was an extremely tender meat—so tender it was falling apart—and the meat had a hint of stringiness and a certain lack of flavor. The vegetables retained their identity and were flavored with the broth, which had a hearty, meaty taste. (The meat did improve when it was stored overnight in the refrigerator, bringing total preparation time to two days. Now that's slow.)

New England‐style baked beans, after presoaking and preboiling, cooked for 10 hours in the Crock‐Pot and were perfect. Free turbo grafx 16 emulator download. A 3‐pound piece of corned beef cooking in that pot for an hour at 300 degrees, then five hours at 200 degrees, was very tender and less salty than a similar piece cooked on top of the stove for half that time.

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The experience with baked potatoes, a 3‐pound fryer and a chicken‐andvegetable casserole led to the conclusion that shorter times than those recommended in the pots' instructions may give better results.

And sometimes, although long cooking is perfectly satisfactory, so is a shorter time. For instance, a split pea and ham hock soup was prepared in both pots at the low setting. After seven hours, the results were good, but both batches could have been eaten at the end of four hours.

The two pots differed in the baking of an apple cake. The Crock‐Pot turned out a pleasant steamed cake with a texture similar to steamed Boston brown bread. The Pot Luck, also cooking at the slow rate, produced a cake with a more conventional texture and a crusty exterior.

Harmful Organisms Destroyed

An independent laboratory's data indicates that slow cooking is safe because over such long periods of time the food reaches a temperature that's high enough and of long enough duration to destroy harmful organisms. One manufacturer claims that while the heat is destroying those organisms it is keeping intact more vitamins and other nutrients than does the conventional method.

Hamilton Beach‐Scovill plans to introduce its Crock Watcher and SimmerOn slow cookers this summer. The Crock Watcher with wrap‐around‐thesides heating elements will allow low and high settings and can be set on an automatic shift that will start the pot on high and shift to low when the temperature of the food reaches 190 degrees, or after 1¾ hours.

Incidentally, there is a braille edition of the Crock‐Pot cook hook. That's only one reason this method of cooking should appeal to the visually handicapped: there also are no open flames or exposed heating elements, the outside of the pot is safe to touch, little or no stirring is needed, and timing not critical.

Seller: jay-sells-what(334)100%, Location:Bryan, Ohio, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item:273263139815Hamilton Beach 4-Quart Crock WatcherConditionGreat Vintage Condition A few small scratches & scuffs (see photos)Tested & Working Features4 Quart CapacityModel #415Original User & Recipe GuideRemovable CrockGlass LidLow, High, & Auto Shift Heat Settings Photos are of the actual item that will be shipped to the buyer. It will be packaged with care to help insure a quality delivery. Thank you for viewing this listing!Condition:Used, Condition:Great Vintage Condition. Tested & Working Great, Bundle Listing:No, Model:415, Country/Region of Manufacture:United States, Type:Slow Cooker, Color:Beige, Power:130-260 WATTS, Brand:Hamilton Beach