Thread Number: 75624
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Lemon Pepper Asparagus Chicken |
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Post# 994379   5/16/2018 at 14:16 (2,163 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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After being stored away for years, I finally unearthed my collection of slow-cookers/Crock Pots/cooker-fryers/bean pots and decided that I should actually use them once in a while.
My mom got on the slow-cooker bandwagon in the mid-70's when the fad really came on strong. Who remembers Mable Hoffman and her "Crockery Cookery" books? Mom had a few of them to go along with her two-piece West Bend Lazy-Day slow cooker, which didn't have a piece of crockery on it but instead was an enameled steel pot that sat on top of a warming unit. She loved it and fed our hungry family many, many good meals from that slow simmering pot. I picked out a Rival Crock-Pot from the 70's that was bright orange with a separate plug-in heat control. I had just bought a cut up whole chicken from our local market the day before, and some fresh asparagus. So this was dinner on Saturday night!
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Post# 994385 , Reply# 1   5/16/2018 at 16:45 (2,163 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 994387 , Reply# 2   5/16/2018 at 18:00 (2,163 days old) by Kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Thanks, Lawrence!
I would not really change much if I was using boneless chicken breasts, but if you wold be reducing the weight of chicken that you are putting into the pot, then I would cut back on the chicken stock, garlic and lemon accordingly. Yes, all my recipes are hand-typed on paper. Of the many things I collect! My biggest and most beloved collection are my typewriters. I have a couple hundred machines and I repair and refurbish them. This was typed on a 1940 Underwood Master - one of my favorites! |
Post# 994390 , Reply# 3   5/16/2018 at 18:36 (2,163 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 994399 , Reply# 4   5/16/2018 at 20:02 (2,163 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Hi Eugene - Yes, I have at least one Burrough's typewriter that I can think of. Also have a number of Burrough's adding machines. Burrough's was a company based here in Detroit, and it's office and factory were about six blocks north of where I work. They didn't make a lot of typewriters or for a really long time...very hard to compete with the likes of Underwood and Royal. They really had the market in adding machines and comptometers.
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Post# 994403 , Reply# 5   5/16/2018 at 20:59 (2,163 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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her two-piece West Bend Lazy-Day slow cooker, which didn't have a piece of crockery on it but instead was an enameled steel pot that sat on top of a warming unit.
My mother had one of those. She seldom used it, and, in fact, as far as I can remember the only thing it was used for was making vegetable soup. But it was good soup, and I have fond memories of it.
I picked up a West Bend Lazy Day at Goodwill out of sentiment. I'm not sure I've used it, though... I guess it's "like mother, like son"--I've seldom used slow cookers. I was thinking at least this last winter of making vegetable soup in this West Bend...but I never got around to it. One reason slow cookers don't work for me is that they need planning ahead of time--I'm too much of "we'll throw something together fast when I feel like eating!" cook these days. |
Post# 994416 , Reply# 6   5/17/2018 at 01:48 (2,163 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Never got much use, I use a slow cooker a lot.Asparagus , chicken and rice are a winning combo, I love asparagus any way you can fix it, any green vegetable as far as that goes eXCEPT cooked spinach...NOOOO |
Post# 994549 , Reply# 8   5/18/2018 at 15:54 (2,161 days old) by kelly0721 (Lakewood, Colorado)   |   | |
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I use a Crockpot often and can't wait to try the lemon chicken. I wanted to ask though is the asparagus mushy after being in the Crockpot for an hour? I like vegetables to be soft, but still slightly crunchy after cooking. I only ask because everything my mom made in the 70s had mushy vegetables. She still makes mushy vegetables. lol |