How slow is slow cooking?
"Pennyaline" > wrote in message
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> On 3/3/2012 7:39 AM, biig wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/1/2012 7:01 AM, biig wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No-one has mentioned the difference between a slow cooker and a
>>>>>>>> crock
>>>>>>>> pot.
>>>>>>>> The first heats from the bottom and the second from the sides.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That's incorrect. They are all slow cookers. And while several
>>>>>>> companies
>>>>>>> make slow cookers with crockery lining or inserts, Crock-Pot is a
>>>>>>> brand
>>>>>>> name specific to Rival crockery-lined slow cookers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm aware of that, but the generic wording crock pot is often
>>>>>> used
>>>>>> interchangibly with slow cooker. I know they both cook slowly, but
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> is a difference between the side heating and bottom heating. I've
>>>>>> often
>>>>>> wondered if a dish meant for a "crock pot" would be a problem done in
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> bottom heating unit....Sharon : )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You might be correct as far as vernacular goes, like people calling
>>>>> all
>>>>> facial tissues "Kleenex", but the manufacturers do not use the term
>>>>> "Crock
>>>>> Pot" unless they have paid the owner to use the registered trade mark.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Janet Wilder
>>>>> Way-the-heck-south Texas
>>>>> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>>>>
>>>> That's it Janet. I wasn't inferring that any other manufacturers
>>>> were
>>>> calling their units "crock-pots"....Sharon
>>>
>>> That's right, you didn't say that other manufacturers called their
>>> products Crock-Pot. You said that all side-heating units were crock pots
>>> and all bottom-heating units were slow cookers. There is no question
>>> about
>>> what you said. You're original statement still exists.
>>
>> I didn't say " *all* side-heating units" That was your wording. So
>> what's next. Should I stand against the wall and ask for a last
>> cigarette? A
>> lot of fuss over such a small thing. ....Sharon
>
> And I didn't put it in quotation marks, either. You didn't have to say
> "all." You separated them into two categories defined by name and mode of
> function. And you got it wrong.
Whatever...
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