Didn't really need it. The flavor came out pretty well just from the fat dripping over the meat for 7 hours.



Again, I was planning to shred the pork and then mix it with sauce, so no. If I were doing something simpler like Carnitas, then yes, I'd pan-sear it first.


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faelflora (of all people) sent me a link about how crock pots are inferior to other low and slow cooking methods because they do not generate the most flavor.

Why Anything Slow Cookers Can Do, Others Can Do Better | Serious Eats

I question him providing information related to meat cooking as he is a smelly vegan, but it was an interesting read.

I do have a big ol pork butt in the freezer.


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Well, two things come immediately to mind...

One is that, with a crock-pot, I can prep the meat the night before and put the whole pot into the fridge, pull it out the next morning and stick it on the cooker before I leave, log in with my phone and turn it on around 11am or noon (thanks, Con Ed), and arrive home in the evening just as it's finished. Can't do that with the main oven.


The other is a quote from the website linked to above:
Meat remains tougher?

I can toss the toughest cut of beef into that thing, and after 8 hours it'll literally slide right off the bone. 7 hours for a pound and a half pork loin and I can shred it with my fingers (or, more preferably, two forks, as I don't like burning my fingers on hot pork.)


I totally buy the whole malliard reaction thing, and like I said, I'm only doing sauce-based meat recipes in here, not stuff like carnitas or brisket in which the browning of the meat is crucial.

Different tools for different uses.

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^Speaking of using the right tool, what is the appropriate tool for traveling short distances?

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I wonder if they were in the million women march?

Shitty tip, but worth the gag:

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Black people be angry about popeyes running out of chicken :D

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Intro is in Dutch, but satirical video is in English.

I want Tom Brady to win the Super Bowl, and yell: How you like my balls now?!

Apparently, commercial pet transport is sufficiently in demand in Chicago to warrant this:


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I thought full potato was random this morning. Nope, just a sign.

Might be funny if it were actually even semi true, but from what I saw, it was mostly 30 year-ish old fit women in stretchy black leggings, some kids, some men.

Learning random things by Googling someone's sticker:

Sanskrit is a polysemic language and as such, this mantra has multiple interpretations all of which may be considered as correct. "Hare" can be interpreted as either the vocative form of Hari, another name of Vishnu meaning "he who removes illusion". Another interpretation is as the vocative of Har�,[5] a name of R�dh�,[6] Krishna's eternal consort or His energy (Krishna's Shakti). According to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Har� refers to "the energy/shakti of Supreme Personality of Godhead" while Krishna and Rama refer to Supreme Godhead Himself, meaning "He who is All-Attractive" and "He who is the Source of All Pleasure".[7][8] In the hymn Vishnu Sahasranama spoken by Bhishma in praise of Krishna after the Kurukshetra War, Krishna is also called Rama.[9]

Actually,



Long version:

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The West Los Angeles Children’s Choir -- Barbara Klaskin Silburg, Artistic Director
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