old crock vs. new crocks

[Guest guest]

Well, there are lots of people on the crock pot cooking

list that agree with us on the older vs. newer debate,

so we are not alone.

i have heard the reason manufacturers have increased

the cooking heat is due to fear of bacteria contamination

of the foods that are not cooked hot enough [mainly meat

dishes]. They don't want to chance getting sued.

Not sure if this is true, but when i heard it, it made

sense to me.

Unfortunately this makes it harder to find true slowcookers

for our delicate vegetable dishes unless we find older models.

The good news is there are often so many barely used slow-

cookers to be found, plus the older ones seem to last forever

when well-cared for. The axiom that they don't make'em like

they used to holds true in regards to slowcookers.

 

~ pt ~

 

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

~ Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881)

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, " linda " <lindai81 wrote:

>

> I am soooo in total agreement with you about the new models overcooking like

> crazy. But never found anyone that agreed with me on that point but you...I

> know we had this come up once before on here. I took back to the store a new

> one that I bought and went back to my old one. Smaller, can't take the

> insides out, but a wonderful cooker and I know that the food won't be mush

> in two hours. I could never figure out why they would speed it up, heat it

> up, defeating the purpose of a " slow cooker. "

> linda