Crockpot-Pot Roast

[dez1978]

But it's also like you don't understand "city folks" and their accessibility to local farms.

Right? While we have a few places around here where you can buy 1/2 a cow and have it butchered however you want, I'd bet lots of people either don't know that is an option, or don't have anyplace that does that within a reasonable driving distance. Or they can't afford the price of buying that much at once. It's not like everyone has a neighbor that raises cattle.

 

[prestoncaldwell]

It's difficult to understand, but judging by the "street question" videos and such, I guess it's easy to understand that a lot of city folk now think food comes from the grocery store and we should ban farms that "harms animals". It's like city people never heard of going to the market and getting food from local farms. Why contribute to the abuse of animals though and just get it from the grocery store or Walmart...

Meat doesn't just "come from the grocery stores"! You can also find it at Costco and Sam's Club, and some independent butchers are still standing! Farms should be outlawed, because they force imprisonment of animals to produce what can easily be bought at your local retailer!

My friend, a sense of humor is essential when partaking in the Disney Universe. I assure you that the overwhelming majority of Americans understand that we don't strip mine for meat and vegetables.

 

[prestoncaldwell]

Right? While we have a few places around here where you can buy 1/2 a cow and have it butchered however you want, I'd bet lots of people either don't know that is an option, or don't have anyplace that does that within a reasonable driving distance. Or they can't afford the price of buying that much at once. It's not like everyone has a neighbor that raises cattle.

Also, depending on where you live, in many areas, such as SoCal, "community farming" has become a gimmick with exorbitant pricing. $20-$30/lbs for select grade beef direct from the ranch, for example. $5/lbs for tomatoes, etc, etc. The most expensive strawberries I've ever bought were at a u-pick-em.

 

[mrodgers]

But it's also like you don't understand "city folks" and their accessibility to local farms.

Weird. My only city experience is Pittsburgh where they have the Strip District where you can buy stuff from shops rather than Walmart or chain grocery store. They have butchers where people can get non-Walmart or grocery store meats. And there's farms in the area that sell in the cities where you can buy non-Walmart meats and stuff. I guess if your city doesn't have anything other than Walmart, then I feel bad for you.

 

[mrodgers]

Meat doesn't just "come from the grocery stores"! You can also find it at Costco and Sam's Club, and some independent butchers are still standing! Farms should be outlawed, because they force imprisonment of animals to produce what can easily be bought at your local retailer!

My friend, a sense of humor is essential when partaking in the Disney Universe. I assure you that the overwhelming majority of Americans understand that we don't strip mine for meat and vegetables.

You're telling me? I'm the one who is being attacked because I suggested not buying your meat at Walmart, sheesh.

 

[prestoncaldwell]

You're telling me? I'm the one who is being attacked because I suggested not buying your meat at Walmart, sheesh.

No one has attacked you for suggesting not buying meat at Walmart. As a matter of fact, I agreed with that down the line and others agreed that meat quality is important. I saw humor in the solution for tasteless roast to grow the beef yourself, and I guess some others did as well.

 

[mikehn]

Open a bottle of red wine, drink half, pour the other half in the crockpot

 

[prestoncaldwell]

Open a bottle of red wine, drink half, pour the other half in the crockpot

Drink the whole bottle and it won't matter how the roast tastes!

 

[piglet1979]

We mix a packet of Italian season, homemade ranch seasoning (you can use a packet but I can't have it because it has MSG) and a packet of brown gravy in about 10 oz of water and pour that over it. I do feel like there is more flavor with making my own ranch seasoning rather then using a packet.

 

[Pink Partridge]

Weird. My only city experience is Pittsburgh where they have the Strip District where you can buy stuff from shops rather than Walmart or chain grocery store.

I think your limited city experience is what is stopping you from understanding that not everyone has a choice. Some people have to buy their food at a grocery store due to lack of accessibility to freshly butchered meats and freshly picked vegetables. It's not weird at all.

 

[Mousemom234]

Recipe advice: my best friend pours a can of vegetable soup over her crockpot roasts, along with a bay leaf, and a bed of sliced onions and carrots. Always been good whenever I ate with them.
I most often use the mushroom soup & onion soup/dip mix if I'm using the slow cooker, but I usually cook a pot roast stovetop in my big cast iron pan.

It's difficult to understand, but judging by the "street question" videos and such, I guess it's easy to understand that a lot of city folk now think food comes from the grocery store and we should ban farms that "harms animals". It's like city people never heard of going to the market and getting food from local farms. Why contribute to the abuse of animals though and just get it from the grocery store or Walmart...

And if you ask some of them where the grocery store gets it, they don't have a clue.
"From the meat factory" is all too common an answer.

PETA is a PITA, frankly - ban farms ? <SNORT!>
I'd say better education is part of the solution, but I've no idea how to implement it.

However, the current trend, IMO, seems to be that non-supermarket meat is usually priced out of reach of Joe & Jane Consumer, if it's available at all without going to considerable trouble to get it.
Not everybody is able to drive out to the countryside, or even to the local Farmer's Market (if there's one near them), and the transit bus sure as heck isn't going to go off-route to get them there. Fixed income makes ride-share a luxury.

So as much as I'd like to see everybody be able to 'shop local, eat local' for some it's not a question of availability - it's accessibility and affordability.

 

[lovesmurfs]

That recipe looks pretty good but I'm betting the reason it was too hot was the amount of black pepper not the cayenne.
I know she specifically states that she is controlling sodium, but she uses twice the amount of black pepper to salt ratio, which is the inverse of typical cooking (2 salt to 1 black pepper).

Really good point!

 

[mrodgers]

Open a bottle of red wine, drink half, pour the other half in the crockpot

Should be step 1 of every cooking recipe, LOL.

I don't drink wine. But I do go through an awful lot of it cooking.