You Learn Something New Every Day

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I find that statement to be pretty much true. Okay maybe I don't learn something new every single day but generally speaking within a week I've had some pretty "I didn't know that" moments. My latest is about my crockpot. I think I wrote that my old one broke and I had to get a new one. The old one had a hinged lid and the new one doesn't. When I first opened it and saw it didn't have a hinged lid I was going to send it back. How can you use a crockpot without being able to lock it shut? So, my daughter did some online research and found out that not all crockpots have those hinged lids. In fact, the purpose of the hinged lid is to be able to lock it tight for traveling. Otherwise there's no need to lock the lid. All the years I've been crockpot cooking (which has to be upwards of 20 years) I always had a crockpot that had a hinged locking lid and every time I used it I locked it shut. After hearing that it isn't necessary if you're just cooking in your kitchen I tried the new crockpot and it worked fine. So, it's correct you don't need to lock the lid for a delicious slow cooked meal. That's the good news. The bad news is I threw out my old crockpot because the one locking side broke. If I had known you didn't need to lock the lid shut for cooking I could have saved myself the money I spent on the new one. So my friends, that's what I learned and thought I would pass on that little tidbit of information. Am I the only one who didn't know this?