Consuming
Thoughts
by
Fay Strickler
°enn State Extension Home
Economist For Berks Co.
You and dry bean cookery ha'
a friend the crockery style
cooker. These electric low
temperature-long time cookers are
ideally suited for the preparation
of tasty bean dishes.
Crockery cookers have a long
heritage including low tempera
ture cooking of foods in earthen
ware pottery buried under open
fire coals for many hours, fol
lowed by cast iron skillets in
ovens, and now as countertop
units with removable ceramic
crocks.
Home use of crockery style
cookers has increased dramatical
ly in recent years because of their
convenience, versatility and adap
tability to fine recipes. These
cookers provide for slow, unat
tended cooking of products at sub
boiling temperatures, which'
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MANOR MOTORS
On Rte. SS3
Penn Run, Pa. 15765
412-254-4753
HERNLEY'S FARM
EQUIP., INC.
Elizabethtown, Pa.
717-M74M7
increased nutrient retention, and
improved marination of
ingredients.
Beams are especially well
suited for preparation in crockery
cookers, and are a tremendous
help to the cook and a joy to the
palate.
Beans prepared by low temper
ature long time cooking will cook
to consistent and more uniform
texture. Variations in heating time
during low temperature cooking
will not significantly change the
textural properties. Furthermore,
beans of different sizes or color
classes can be readily blended and.
cooked at low temperature. This
provides for easy and successful
preparation of mixed bean dishes.
The pre-soaking and cooking pro
cedures are combined into one
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Sandy Lake, Pa. INC.
412-376-2469 Annville, Pa.
717-667-2211
NICHOLS FARM EQUIP.
Bloomaburg, Pa.
717-764-7731
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Waynaabofia, Pa.
717-762-3163
when using the crockery cookers
to further facilitate ease of Beans by the CrockfuU
preparation. 1- Sort, clean and wash beans.
The temperatures used in crock- 2. Place beans in ceramic crock
cry cooking ate above the temper- (provide ample space for swelling,
ature zone suitable for the ptolif- <l° not exceed 1/3 the capacity of
eration of food poisoning organ- 1116 crock with dry beans.)
isms, and products properly 3. Cover with sufficient boiling
prepared in this manner arc safe. water to cover the beans (6 cups
A'crockery cooker should not be P® 1- pound of beans),
used however, for reheating or 4. Set temperature range and
refrigerating leftovers because the cook “low” range —l2 hours;
slow heating or cooling could “high" range 6-7 hours,
potentially result in microbial „ Crockery Cooker Baked Beans
growth. 1 pound dry navy beans
Dry beans will increase in 6 cups water
weight and swell in volume during IVS teaspoons salt
the soaking and cooking procc- 1 teaspoon dry mustard
dures. Sufficient water must be 'A teaspoon pepper
provided to enable this to occur if 'A cup chopped onion
the beans are to be properly 'A cup molasses
cooked. Six cups of water per 'A cup brown sugar
pound of beans is sufficient to 'A pound salt pork, cubed
cover and hydrate dry beans. Place beans in boiling water
During menu planning, remem- (enough to cover) and simmer for
ber that beans are always an excel- 10 minutes. Then combine beans,
lent source of protein, selected vit- water and salt in crock. Cover and
amins and minerals, and are cook on low about 12 hours. Drain
increasingly recognized as an out- beans, reserving liquid. Combine
standing source of dietary fiber. beans with remaining ingredients
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Roxbury, Pa.
' 717-532-7261
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Quakartown, Pa.
21 £534-7523
Ntw Tripoli, Pa.
215-717-7111
Olay, Pa.
21S-U74237
GRUMELU
FARM SERVICE
Quanyvlla, Pa.
717-716-7316
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And Your
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and add enough bean liquid to
cover beans. Cover and cook on
low another 6 hours.
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Bucks County 4-H is offering a
Junior Leadership program in col
laboration with the Doylestown
Toastmaster’s Club. This active
“hands-on” program, from Feb. 5
through March 25, is designed to
develop leadership, public speak
ing, and meeting management
skills. The course prepares 4-H
participants, ages 13-17 years, to
meet demands and challenges of
today’s world.
The Junior Leadership program
is being held at Neshaminy Manor
Center, Doylestown, from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. The course fee is $9. Any
youth interested in participating
may call Penn State cooperative
extension office, (215) 345-3283,
for details.
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