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Honest Reasons Why the Slow Cooker was Invented

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Do you know why the slow cooker was invented?

Legend has it that…

No, whatever I was going to write is baloney.

Nor was it invented to make millions of fans of This Is Us cry with its plot line on that show (sorry, I don’t even watch This Is Us).

Here are the honest reasons why the slow cooker was invented:

  1. So you could hear your kids exclaim, “Ewww. What’s that smell?” when they come home from school.
  2. So you harbor the delusion that you might eat dinner together as a family in the 5 minutes all of you are at home on a weeknight in between all of the practices, games, and rehearsals you have.Here are 8 funny but true real reasons why the slow cooker was invented. Like, so your kids could yell, "Ewww! What's that smell?" when they come from school.
  3. So you believe you’re saving time by not making dinner one night, conveniently forgetting you spent 30 minutes making it the night before, chopping, browning and assembling ingredients LAST night so you could save time tonight.
  4. So you could hear your spouse say, “Oh. THAT recipe again?”
  5. So your spouse could complain about having to clean the slow cooker when he really just leave its in the sink indefinitely, hoping the baked-on goo eventually comes off in 2-3 weeks.
  6. So you could hear well-intentioned people tell you,”I NEVER deal with baked-on goo. You really need to use slow cooker liners. They are the best! You’re an idiot.” Okay, they don’t really say “You’re an idiot” out loud, but they are thinking it.
  7. So you could spend hours searching Pinterest for just one recipe that doesn’t take 30 minutes to make BEFORE going in the slow cooker and that at least 2 of the 4 people in your family will eat without complaint.
  8. And finally? The real reason that slow cookers were invented? SO THAT NO ONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS HAPPY.

What do you think? Do you know of other reasons the slow cooker was invented? Do you watch This Is Us?

And, just so you don’t think I’m consumed with bitterness about the slow cooker, check out our family’s favorite recipe. It’s got tater tots, cheese, bacon and chicken. Four out of four of us recommend it!

Comments

  2. Wait. Liners? There are slow cooker liners? Crikey. Who knew?

    I do watch This is Us but managed to not see the first couple of this season so am waiting for it to hit Netflix. Thank you for not sharing HOW he died. Even though you don’t watch it. Bless you.

    I simply must tell you about a gal I met at the Erma conference. She gave me a copy of her cookbook and then shared that she has 8 Crock Pots. 8. They are all often working at the same time. Yes, 8. At the same time.
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    • Now that’s a good crockpot! I upgraded to one with a timer and it made a huge difference. Before, everything was overcooked and a pile of goo by dinnertime. Now, it’s edible. Plus we hit our groove and found 3-4 recipes that everyone actually likes well enough when we’ve got hockey all night and mom can’t cook.
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  8. So you can leave for work, forgetting to turn the cooker on OR someone can unplug it by mistake half way though the process. So no dinner and Dominos

  9. haha I can relate to a lot of this! My kids don’t enjoy my slow cooker meals, but my hubby and I love a good curry made in one. Actually my hubby brought it when I was coming home with our first child, he surprised me by having a meal cooking when he brought us home from the hospital, it was great in those early days as he would get one started in the morning so we I didn’t have to worry about what we would eat when he got home from work, so they have there benefits. Funny post! #tweensteenbeyond

    • Thank you! Secretly, I have made peace with it and we have about 4 good recipes that we cycle through during the winter. Otherwise, no one would eat on tuesdays when both kids have practice and both parents have work, LOL.

  10. Also – so you can experiment to find out which recipes it is possible to completely ruin by doing it in a slow cooker instead of the oven as normal, i.e. pretty much anything with a milk-based sauce as it will smell like baby sick. Having said that, I am the queen of can’t-stick-to-a-schedule, so the fact that the finish time is fluid, suits me perfectly. #TeensTweensBeyond

    • Ha ha ha! I used my first slow cooker for a year before I realized none of us liked “brown mushy goo” for dinner. Getting a crockpot with a timer has helped–sort of. 🙂

  13. Hahaha! The bitter truth about slow cookers! I love it and I don’t even have one. Although I have had similar responses to my attempts to cook a casserole on our wood burning stove. The kids hated the smell as they walked in through the door. Loved this post. Thanks so much for sharing with us at #TweensTeensBeyond

    • Now I’m curious if anyone in the UK uses a slow cooker? Or is it just bangers and mash all day long and meat pies? 🙂

  15. I saw the title Katy and I thought – good reminder, I’ve been meaning to get one forever. What to do??? I’m imaging all of my efforts and then the usual moans and I think I may just save myself the trouble. Thanks for sharing with #tweensteensbeyond and saving me.

  16. I love a slow cooker. Cooking is not a love of mine and as far as I am concerned they remove the angst so that has to be a good thing. They are definitely more suited to winter cooking though which living in the UK is most of the year so that makes it a worthy investment. Thanks for joining us Katy. #TweensTeensBeyond
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