{"id":2592,"date":"2016-05-19T17:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T00:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2016-05-19T17:59:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T00:59:04","slug":"packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/19\/packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like so many of us, I use a slow cooker for certain things we eat — it’s convenient and so easy. My trusty slow cooker died — after a long and faithful life — a couple of years ago, so I rushed right out and bought the same brand at a local Target store. Somehow, though, this one just didn’t live up to its predecessor; literally everything<\/em> I cooked in it cooked too quickly and ended up overcooking if I wasn’t around to prevent it. The last straw was a pot roast the other day that ended up so dry that it was all but inedible.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1280\"<\/a>Amazon to the rescue. I’d read some reviews from Cook’s Illustrate<\/a>d and America’s Test Kitchen<\/a>, so I ordered the one they recommended — amazingly, it didn’t break the bank! Anyway, it arrived today. I dragged the rather large box inside and opened it, pulling out the next — almost as large — box inside. I opened that next, only to find yet another<\/em> box crammed into\u00a0that one! LOL! It tickled me so much that I took a photo of the three boxes piled on the kitchen floor. I guess nothing was going to damage that slow cooker on its trip to my home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like so many of us, I use a slow cooker for certain things we eat — it’s convenient and so easy. My trusty slow cooker died — after a long and faithful life — a couple of years ago, so I rushed right out and bought the same brand at a local Target store. 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