On 8/14/2018 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> news
>> On 8/14/2018 4:44 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> Hide your eyes Gary!
>>>
>>> We had cooler weather yesterday so I decided to use the oven. I
>>> actually did the meat on top of the stove. Salt, pepper, parsley and
>>> bay leaf.
>>>
>>> Purple, orange and yellow carrots cut on a slant and mixed with
>>> onions, salt, pepper and parsley. Red potatoes cut in bite sized
>>> chunks with the same seasonings. Olive oil on both.
>>>
>>> Made a little dish of veggies minus the onions for the dog. I took
>>> some meat out for him then let the meat and broth sit before
>>> defatting them. I then mixed all together and made a gravy with sweet
>>> brown rice to thicken.
>>>
>>> Super good!
>>
>> I like pot roast.* I do wonder why you didn't just cook the roast in
>> the oven (since you were using it) and put the vegetables in the same
>> pot with the seasonings in water or broth.* Or roast them alongside
>> (timing adjusted).* But hey, your call.* I'm glad you enjoyed it.
>
> Because proportionally I use a ton of veggies and I have found when I do
> the carrots and potatoes at the same time, it doesn't work so well. By
> cooking them separately, I can pull one pan out if they get done too
> soon. Plus it's far easier to thicken the gravy and defat the meat if I
> only have to pull out the meat. Trying to get all that liquid out around
> the veggies can be tricky.

Uh, okay. I'm late getting back to this. I merely meant, since you
were already using the oven, you could have cooked the meat in the oven,
too. Adjusting for cooking times of the various veggies.

I understand you didn't want to cook the meat and the veggies together
in water or broth - it was merely an alternate suggestion which could
also have been done in the oven.

I thought your point was it finally cooled off enough for you to use the
oven. I just wondered why you didn't cook the roast in the oven, too.
No biggie.

Jill <---uses her oven year round when something calls for it