Is it ok if the lid to a slow cooker "rocks" back and forth?!

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Is it ok if the lid to a slow cooker "rocks" back and forth?

I've never used one of these things before (aka crock pots), but I just bought a little 3 qt one to mess around with. The lip of the ceramic pot must not be even because the glass lid wobbles quite a bit (a few millimeters), so I assume moisture will escape when I'm cooking with it. Is that normal, or does that matter? (on a side note, you can also tell me if you have any favorite things to cook in these, too :).

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1 month ago
thanks for all the answers & recipes so far :)!! Just to clarify, I haven't actually cooked with it yet, I just assembled it and can see the lid doesn't make a great seal. Maybe I'll try to sand down the ceramic or something if it seems like a problem.

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1 month ago
thanks for all the answers & recipes so far :)!! Just to clarify, I haven't actually cooked with it yet, I just assembled it and can see the lid doesn't make a great seal. Maybe I'll try to sand down the ceramic or something if it seems like a problem.

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My slow cooker is ceramic too and it wobbles a little, but I don't worry about it and I doubt it makes a difference to the food. That is my opinion and I never really realized that maybe moisture is escaping. lol

By the way, my favorite slow cooked meal is Japanese curry :D

Cut pieces of chicken or steak and vegetables and cover it with enough water, then you put in the curry blocks (golden curry) and cook it till the vegetables are done and the chicken is done. It's sooooooooo good. I'm drooling XD

My next fav and reason I bought my slow cooker is pot roast! lol. My boyfriend loves it.

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Its just steam escaping. If it gets to rocking to much you might want to put it on a lower setting.

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Upallniteowl maybe right...
Here's one of our favorite recipes.

Simple Pot Roast
ingredients
pot roast, potatoes-peeled and cut into chunks
baby carrots
canned whole green beans-optional
can of cream of mushroom
lipton onion soup envelope
soup can of water
place roast in crockpot, place veggies around roast, mix soups and water and pour over roast and veggies.
Cook for 4-6 hours on low

I just purchased a crockpot cookbook and i found this recipe. I have not tried it yet. It sounds delicious. =0)

Crockpot Chicken and Rice
3 cans condensed cream of chicken soup
2 cups uncooked instant rice (i use sucess rice)
1 cup water
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
or chicken breasts tenders
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/2 c. diced celery
Combine soup, rice and water in crockpot. Add chicken;
sprinkle salt, pepper and paprika.
Sprinkle celery over chicken. Cover; cook on low 6 to 8 hours
or on high 3 to 4 hours.
* or use 2 cans cr.of chicken and 1 can cr. of celery
or 2 cans cr. of chicken and 1 can cr. of broccoli
and add pkg of broccoli to last hour of cooking.

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