New Kitchen Gadget

I didn't really need another kitchen toy, but there were some really good sales everywhere to counter October's Amazon Prime Days.  I'm calling it an early Chanukah present to myself.

I bought a 7 qt Crockpot.  I love my little 1.5 qt, but a lot of the things I try to put in it are too big.  I was going to ask for a bigger one for a holiday gift, until Target ran a brand sale of 20-25% off.  I considered the 4.5 qt, which was only $20 that week and came in a couple of fun colors.  Then I realized that I would eventually get the big one and skipped right to it.  $32 on sale, plus I had a $5 coupon from getting a flu shot.

As you can see from the box, you can cook a whole chicken dinner in it.  At some point, I probably will, or maybe an 8-10 lb turkey.  I'm already planning to use it for the brisket.  Ooh, I bet a leg of lamb would fit.  Also, large batches of broth for canning and pots of soup that I don't want to leave on the burner for hours.  The insert comes out, to take along to pot lucks.  As you can tell, I've thought about this a lot.

I put it back in the box, and I'm going to try not to use it until Chrismukah.  If I need it to cook for a party, then it will come out earlier.  It's amazing that I've gone from being scared of leaving the little one alone to this.  I'm also not scared of the pressure canner anymore.  It's nice to be able to trust basic technologies that have been around for decades.