Dawn wrote:
The roast was donated by non-cooking friends for a potluck this week. I
said I'd cook it. It's huge. I'm not even sure how many pounds this is.
It's labelled "rump roast" and measures about 8 or 9 inches square,
being 5" thick at one end and 3" at the other. Any suggestions for
cooking times? I've never done a roast this large before and I'm
concerned about either cooking it too long and having it dry out (esp
that thinner end) or not getting it cooked enough before dinner (7pm
Thursday)


Do you have any way of weighing it? It's big enough that it would
probably register on a bathroom scale. Set it on wax paper or
something similar on the scale.

From your description, I'd say it would take quite a few hours to cook.
It should make a nice pot roast, though. If you have a crockpot big
enough to hold it, I'd cook it with a little liquid in a crockpot all
day. If not, brown it in oil, then braise it in a dutch oven or
covered roaster. You'll just have to check it periodically to see when
it gets to the stage of being fork tender.

Sorry if that's not much help.

Pat