<RJ> wrote:
> I've always been puzzled that so many crock recipes do not
> call for browning the meat before putting it in the pot.
>
> I've tried it a few times, and somehow, the cooked meat
> seems "unfinished".....
>
> And yet these are books supplied by the crock manufacturer.
> ( you'd think they know what they're doing )

It may be because the selling point of slow cookers is the ease of meal
preparation and the use of a minimal number of appliances.... one... the
slow cooker.