The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread 36

[aimeeandbeatles]

How does turning the water faucets on a tiny bit prevent the pipes from freezing and bursting?

 

[Birdjaguar]

How does turning the water faucets on a tiny bit prevent the pipes from freezing and bursting?

Running water generally won't freeze, so if a faucet has water running, the pipes in the walls won't freeze.

 

[Takhisis]

I do not generally get upset about american english, I can even live with their tendency to change most s's in the middle of words to z's for no good reason. But this I cannot let go, laser in an acronym, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. There is NO way that the s can be a z, what does that stand for?

@Sommerswerd this bloke is, as you Unitedstatesians would put it, preaching it.

 

[Cutlass]

How does turning the water faucets on a tiny bit prevent the pipes from freezing and bursting?

When water freezes it expands. What happens when water freezes in a pipe is that it freezes in the coldest part of the pipe, not in the whole pipe. So you get get a frozen spot, and it keeps freezing to a larger and larger space. This space is between where the water froze, and the faucet. Because water does not compress when in it's liquid state, that means that the pressure of the water continues to increase, and continues to increase until the pipe breaks. Leaving the faucet open a bit to drip means that the water will escape out of the faucet instead of increasing the pressure until the pipe breaks.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I do not generally get upset about american english, I can even live with their tendency to change most s's in the middle of words to z's for no good reason. But this I cannot let go, laser in an acronym, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. There is NO way that the s can be a z, what does that stand for?

It stands for ztimulated.

 

[Takhisis]

It stands for ztimulated.

Nize one.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I thought zo.

 

[Synobun]

Does anyone know of some decent one-pot crockpot recipes that involve very little prep?

Most of the recipes I come across involve pre-cooking a bunch of things or making a whole affair out of it. My motivation to put that much effort into cooking is... minimal, let's just say. I've been getting by with stewing beef, potatoes, broccoli stew as well as chicken and broccoli but I'd like to add a little more variety.

The best candidates are recipes that involve simply dumping everything into the crockpot and walking away or dumping mostly everything into the crockpot and then adding more stuff in later. That's what I do with the stew and the chicken and broccoli; I cook the meat (and potatoes) for 9 hours and then I add in the broccoli and put it on for another hour.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Oreo Stew?

 

[Takhisis]

Hmmm… milk and Oreos…

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Does anyone know of some decent one-pot crockpot recipes that involve very little prep?

Most of the recipes I come across involve pre-cooking a bunch of things or making a whole affair out of it. My motivation to put that much effort into cooking is... minimal, let's just say. I've been getting by with stewing beef, potatoes, broccoli stew as well as chicken and broccoli but I'd like to add a little more variety.

The best candidates are recipes that involve simply dumping everything into the crockpot and walking away or dumping mostly everything into the crockpot and then adding more stuff in later. That's what I do with the stew and the chicken and broccoli; I cook the meat (and potatoes) for 9 hours and then I add in the broccoli and put it on for another hour.

I have a whole book of slow cooker recipes. PM me what you want to make and I'll find you something specific.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Does anyone know of some decent one-pot crockpot recipes that involve very little prep?

That's pretty funny because I actually just dug out the disc for MasterCook 9 (old recipe software, think I got it from a clearance bin) and there's some crockpot recipes included. Let me dig through and see if there's anything good.

EDIT: Here's a few. I don't have any way to test them right now, so sorry if they're terrible.

Philippine Chicken

1 chicken, cut up
1 cup water
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 garlic cloves, sliced

Put all in crockpot; cook for 6 to 8 hours on low. Serve over rice.

Cranberry Pork Roast

3 pounds pork roast
salt and pepper
1 cup ground or finely chopped cranberries
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Sprinkle roast with salt and pepper. Place in crockpot. Combine remaining ingredients; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours. Boneless or pork loin roast may be used.

And here's one that I'm sharing because it just sounds kind of disgusting:

Cola Roast

1 cup cola, regular
1 cup catsup
1 onion, sliced
1 1/2 pounds whole chicken

Wash and pat dry chicken. Salt and pepper to taste. Put chicken in crockpot and onions on top. Add cola and catsup and cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours. When cooked place in refrigerator to cool and then skim off the fat. Reheat and eat.

 

[Synobun]

I have a whole book of slow cooker recipes. PM me what you want to make and I'll find you something specific.

Food.

I don't know. I mean, I imagine most one-pot recipes will end up being stews or soups. There's a lot of stuff that unsettles my digestive tract, like cooked tomatoes or lettuce. I'm most receptive to simple yet complex meals (in terms of ingredient count, not preparation) with at least three hearty ingredients but not a lot of spice (I have the least amount of issues with your basic salt, oregano, basil, paprika, etc. Pepper can be used sparingly). I keep going to beef, broccoli, and potatoes because I have the most success (read: least amount of suffering) with them. But I know I can't keep doing that because my brain can't handle eating 100% the same thing every day for weeks on end.

I'd like to see if there are any chicken or seafood one-pot recipes. I have one for chicken and broccoli, but that's it. I've seen a few others but they all involve pre-cooking the chicken or some of the ingredients. I haven't looked at any seafood recipes yet, though. It's just a thought that came to mind because sometimes fish can be a bit cheaper than even chicken when it's on sale.

Soup-wise, I've always been very picky. I love baked potato soup but I have no idea if that can be made in a crockpot. I also like my mother's "family recipe" onion and vegetable soups, but I'm pretty sure they can't be made in a crockpot as well. Tomato soup, chicken noodle soup, stuff like that, are usually always a miss. Chili is usually a miss, but I have extremely limited experience on that front.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Does anyone know of some decent one-pot crockpot recipes that involve very little prep?

Most of the recipes I come across involve pre-cooking a bunch of things or making a whole affair out of it. My motivation to put that much effort into cooking is... minimal, let's just say. I've been getting by with stewing beef, potatoes, broccoli stew as well as chicken and broccoli but I'd like to add a little more variety.

The best candidates are recipes that involve simply dumping everything into the crockpot and walking away or dumping mostly everything into the crockpot and then adding more stuff in later. That's what I do with the stew and the chicken and broccoli; I cook the meat (and potatoes) for 9 hours and then I add in the broccoli and put it on for another hour.

My dad used to make what he called "lumberjack stew" - basic ingredients are meat and potatoes, then add whatever else you want. He liked to use celery and green onions, kidney beans, occasionally he'd put in some corn or peas... pretty much a bit of whatever we had on hand. It always turned out well.

 

[Takhisis]

How do crockpots compare in terms of energy efficiency to other methods of cooking?

 

[Dachs]

I do not generally get upset about american english, I can even live with their tendency to change most s's in the middle of words to z's for no good reason. But this I cannot let go, laser in an acronym, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. There is NO way that the s can be a z, what does that stand for?

In that discussion, the first person to talk about lasers with a Z was a Canadian.

When I google "emergency definition" the 2nd definition is "2.HISTORICAL•IRISH the Second World War". Does this mean that in Ireland people sometimes refer to the 2nd world war as "the emergency"?

Not quite. Ireland didn't join the war, but the government declared a state of emergency to bolster its declared neutrality policy. The Army was partially mobilized, press censorship rules were put in place, the government had to establish economic controls to deal with the fallout of Britain's war economy (which dried up trade with the State), and the Nazis even bombed the country a few times by accident.

When Irish people refer to the experience of the war in Ireland, they sometimes use "the Emergency" as a metonymy. The war as a whole remains "the Second World War".

 

[Valka D'Ur]

My dad used to make what he called "lumberjack stew" - basic ingredients are meat and potatoes, then add whatever else you want. He liked to use celery and green onions, kidney beans, occasionally he'd put in some corn or peas... pretty much a bit of whatever we had on hand. It always turned out well.

I forgot to mention carrots. Any decent stew requires carrots.

He always used beef for the meat, but there's no reason chicken wouldn't work as well. I have no idea about seafood, as my dad wasn't really into that unless it was freshly-caught fish (usually from a lake, as we have no ocean around here).

 

[cardgame]

You should be able to make chicken and rice in one pot, at least it works for my pressure cooker which I assume operates on a very similar principle to slow-cookers.

 

[Snerk]

What's a crockpot and can the term be used as a slur?

 

[Silurian]

How does turning the water faucets on a tiny bit prevent the pipes from freezing and bursting?

Running water will freeze but as @Cutlass noted having a running tap will reduce the risk of a burst pipe if it does freeze.

When you run the water you are drawing in water that is warmer. The ground temperature will be closer to the average yearly temperature rather than the current air temperature. So the water may come into the property at 5C and come out of the tap at 1C.