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Can you cook something for too long in a crockpot?
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:21 pm
I have this beef strew of sorts going right now and I'm planning on just leaving it on low overnight. But let's say I'm really lazy tomorrow and rushing to get to work. Could I just leave it in an additional 10-12 hours? 
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Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:22 pm to Powerman
you know google exists for these types of embarrassing questions?
P.S. What's a strew?
P.S. What's a strew?
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:24 pm to Winkface
It's a stew for pirates?
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:24 pm to Powerman
yes..but it takes one hell of a long time....
leave anything heating long enough and the water will evaporate out...the main danger is just cooking everything down into a kind of slop...I did this with some red beans once...tasted good, but i could have used a straw to eat them...
leave anything heating long enough and the water will evaporate out...the main danger is just cooking everything down into a kind of slop...I did this with some red beans once...tasted good, but i could have used a straw to eat them...
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:26 pm to Powerman
We cooked a beef stew in the crock pot for like 36 hours this weekend. It was still good.
It was still good.Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:28 pm to Spankum
Maybe I'll just throw some more water in before I leave in the morning.
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:29 pm to heatom2
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We cooked a beef stew in the crock pot for like 36 hours this weekend
Damn! OK screw it I'm leaving this bad boy on then
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:30 pm to Spankum
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leave anything heating long enough and the water will evaporate out...the main danger is just cooking everything down into a kind of slop...I did this with some red beans once...tasted good, but i could have used a straw to eat them...
I had the opposite happen with red beans--all the water got sucked up & the beans were huge but kind of dry.
The beef stew might be the consistency of canned dog food if you cook it too long. They veggies will be very mushy and the meat isn't really going to be chunky anymore. (The last time I cooked beef stew with bite-size chunks of chuck roast for over eight hours, the meat pretty much just fell apart when I stirred it.)
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:32 pm to Dorothy
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I had the opposite happen with red beans--all the water got sucked up & the beans were huge but kind of dry.
Did you presoak the night before?
I find if you just let them soak at room temp in water the night before that you won't have this problem.
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:36 pm to Powerman
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Did you presoak the night before?
I usually do, but I think I forgot or decided to skip it that one time. Freaked me out when I came home to a dry crock pot though; I'm always worried about starting a fire now.
Posted on 2/21/11 at 8:44 pm to Dorothy
Turn the crock pot off when you leave in the morning and just leave covered. When you get home check for water, add if you need, stir and turn back on. It will be fine. If you don't want it to sit out overnight (which won't hurt it)just set it in the icebox then when you get home start it up again to reheat.
Trust me. I'm not asking you to leave the mayo sitting in the sun.
Trust me. I'm not asking you to leave the mayo sitting in the sun.
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