re: Made my first crock pot meal.

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frick, what we're you eating before this new "health kick"?

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There is an abundance of crock pot recipe information on the Internet. As you experiment, you will learn what to keep and what to throw away. And remember, as long as you are using fresh ingredients as opposed to prepackaged ones, you are traveling in a healthier (and tastier) direction.

And take some of the comments here with a grain of salt. Most of the advice offered is genuinely helpful even when it sounds like some are making fun.

Bon Appetit I

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gumbos (don't kill ME

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You are dead to me.

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To be fair to the book, they do require you to make roux before adding to the pot.

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in the oven or on the stove?
with or without tomatoes?

Best case scenarios IMO:

That last one looks like some Ole Carolina bacon... All fat no meat!

You have none left? Takes pics of something man, I was looking forward to this

talk about blue balls on the food board

Sadly, you're right but it would have been fun. I think you made a good choice not posting pictures.

Cooking bacon low and slow(which has already been cooked, most likely smoked) seems pretty counterintuitive to me. The reason people wrap things in bacon is to either keep structural integrity on things like jalapeno poppers, or other similar appetizers , OR to try and keep delicate things from burning on the outside before the interior is cooked.

Neither of those really apply here, the bacon was probably undercooked and rubbery, or severely lacked flavor because it was never browned properly. It just seems like a very odd recipe to put into a slow cooker to me.

Keep trying things. You learned something from this dish. Makes it worth it.