"Dee Dee" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
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>>> "Dan Goodman" > wrote in message
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>>>>I want to boil potatoes in a slow cooker. Googling for recipes turns
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>>> How would you bring anything in a slow cooker to a boil?
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>> 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.
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> The new one at the higher temperature does a boat-load of meat just as
> well and faster and just as tender.

Ah, that could be. My newest one is a few years old. I think the best it
will do is simmer.