"" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:30:17 -0700, "D.Currie" >
> wrote:
>
> >I was just thinking about some of the things that I use regularly that I
> >thought at first were stupid, useless, or gimmicky, but now I'd have a hard
> >time living without.
> >Donna
>
> A friend gifted me with a 1q (?) mini crock-pot.
> At first I thought "garage sale".
>
> But after a few experiments, I get;
> perfect barley, perfect brown rice, perfect beans...
> No boil-overs, no pot-watching.
>
> How did I ever live without it ?
>
> <rj>

Is this the type with the ceramic insert? I use a slow cooker that
separates the metal pan from a base. How do you modify recipes to make
rice in your crockpot? Thanks....Sharon