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Default boiled potatoes in slow cooker?

Dee Dee wrote:
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>>>> I want to boil potatoes in a slow cooker. Googling for recipes turns
>>> How would you bring anything in a slow cooker to a boil?

>> I don't think you can.

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> I've read in the reviews of the new slow cookers that they are all very hot.
> I bought a new one a year or so ago. It always boils on high. When I turn
> it to slow/low, it simmers. This is the oval shaped cooker. The old one
> was really in the shape of a cylinder. I used it a lot and still have it,
> but it is small in comparison.
>
> The new one at the higher temperature does a boat-load of meat just as well
> and faster and just as tender.
> Dee Dee
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Thats the problem with the new ones. They break the the put stuff in
before you leave for work and have it done when you come home method.