Have you ever received a present, say a new pot or pan, and you opened it on Christmas Day but you kept it off to the side because it was so shiny, so clean and so new, that you didn’t want to use it; it was just too beautiful. That is how I treated my Christmas slow cooker present. Today is January 20th, almost a full month since Christmas and I have finally broken down and baptized my slow cooker with a dry rubbed pork shoulder. As I am writing this, it is still running on low with another hour or so until the pork is finished. It smells nice in the kitchen but I am dying to see how the pork turns out. I have made pulled pork often in the oven using an ordinary roasting pan so it will be interesting to see how it turns out this time. The only modification that I made with the slow cooker is that I put the pork shoulder on a bed of sliced onions and garlic with a cup of chicken broth. I venture to think that the sauce will be quite flavorful after it is all said and done. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. 🙂
laurieanichols 
Yes I save things too!
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Sounds yummy!
I just love pulled pork. It’s simple and delicious. 🙂
I’ll be interested to see how you get on with a slow cooker. Everyone I know that uses one loves it – but I wouldn’t know where to start. Hope it proves to be borth tarnishing through use!
So far so good. The pulled pork came out as well with the slow cooker as it did when I cooked it in the oven. So I am very happy. This slow cooker has the insert that goes on the stovetop which makes it more efficient than if you had to use a separate pot to brown your ingredients. I am not minding the tarnishing for the moment.:)
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I love my slow cooker. Such easy cooking 🙂
We bought a set of pans last Christmas and I have only just started using them. They are so nice, I don’t want to damage them.
That is exactly my problem with new pots and pans. I will use the old ones until the handle breaks off before I break out the beautiful sparkly pan. 🙂