Article: Much-maligned crock pot need not be mysterious Bring the slow cooker out of the closet and try these convenient recipes

While surveys show that even '90s newlyweds receive slow cookers more than any other appliance, those same surveys don't reveal what, if anything, they are doing with them.

If they are like the brides of the '70s, they're probably shoving their crock pots onto a dark shelf and forgetting about them.

Many brides of the '70s, and many family cooks since, have tried a slow cooker once or twice and were disappointed with the resulting insipid, watery dishes. They blame themselves for these minor cooking disasters and put the slow cooker away, only to be haunted by its potential.

These cooks intermittently quiz their friends: Have they ever used the cooker successfully?

Rick Rodgers has, and he ...

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