WEBVTT - Does the Meat Need to be Submerged? 

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<v Speaker 1>Does the meat need to be submerged? It's one more thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, what I have finally, after the suggestion coming to

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<v Speaker 1>me from friends, family, co workers and listeners for years

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<v Speaker 1>as a single parent trying to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>feed my kids, as a guy who can't cook, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Have finally.

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<v Speaker 1>Finally opened up the box, gotten out the crock pot

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<v Speaker 1>and put something. Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>How long was it? Just stating?

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<v Speaker 1>Just stating in it?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's been a decade, right, I've had a few.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I got one for when I got married. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>now we use that one, so I huh, they gave

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<v Speaker 1>it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>That one.

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<v Speaker 1>We used a lot, a lot. I washed that thing

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<v Speaker 1>a million times, which is fine. Stuffing a crock pot's good.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe I'm just getting around to it. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you what chat GPT is usual. Chatbots helping

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. It had all the most Like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I want, I want to have roast beef like my

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<v Speaker 1>mom made it. I'm just picturing a plate of roast

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<v Speaker 1>beef with ketchup on it that you know, just falls

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<v Speaker 1>apart under your fork. Roast beef with the potatoes. It's

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<v Speaker 1>so good. And it told me.

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<v Speaker 2>How to pip on roast beef.

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<v Speaker 1>You you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, that's so good. Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, according to chat GPT, that's a common beginner's mistake

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<v Speaker 1>thinking that the the meat needs to be submerged because

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of broth that I put in there, the

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<v Speaker 1>meat's sticking out over the top of it. And it said, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>if you haven't completely covered, it'll ruin it. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>a common beginner mistake. I said, how about the potatoes.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not submerged either. No, that's perfectly fine. It cooks

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<v Speaker 1>an a combination of the liquid and the steam and

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<v Speaker 1>the heat and everything in there for eight to ten hours.

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<v Speaker 1>So anyway, one thought that I was having and if

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<v Speaker 1>if this turns out even close to the stuff that

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<v Speaker 1>the way my mom made it, which was probably if

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<v Speaker 1>I asked her, she'd probably say, yeah, that's something I

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<v Speaker 1>threw together on busy days because it was so dang

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<v Speaker 1>easy and it takes no you know, skiller time. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's so delicious. I can't believe I'm just getting around

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<v Speaker 1>to trying it now.

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<v Speaker 2>Are we talking like a pot roast? Yeah? Pot roast, yeah, corn, carrots.

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<v Speaker 1>And potatoes that I threw in there. And you know

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<v Speaker 1>onion soup mix on top, and it's going to come

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<v Speaker 1>out delicious.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. See to me, the only sauce needed is the sauce, yea,

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<v Speaker 2>the broth. The fixen's there? What do you call it?

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<v Speaker 1>The juice? Yes, Michael, you gotta try a pork line.

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<v Speaker 2>Pork lines are great in crackpots.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna try all kinds of things if this works out.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I just throw a fish in her like it's

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<v Speaker 1>head on and its tail and everything you could. I

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<v Speaker 1>was thinking about the.

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<v Speaker 2>You can throw a dead cat there if you wanted.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, tender was right off the tail.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta slow cook it.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh ah, This mouser is tender.

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<v Speaker 2>Boy.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your like among your favorite things that your mom

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<v Speaker 1>used to make? Because I'm thinking about I'm trying to

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<v Speaker 1>do a better job of cook for my kids. And

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<v Speaker 1>roast roast beef and the crock pots one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things my mom would make that was so good.

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<v Speaker 3>I know you and I agree on this. I gotta

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<v Speaker 3>go right to the meat loaf. I have never understood

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<v Speaker 3>jokes about meat loaf. Maybe it was my mom made

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<v Speaker 3>really good meat loaf, and my wife makes really good

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<v Speaker 3>meat loaf.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, my god, that's it. One of the top items

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<v Speaker 2>in the food pyramid. To me, it's delicious.

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<v Speaker 1>How much talent involved in a meat loaf? Because I

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<v Speaker 1>was thinking about, like some of the stuff I love,

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<v Speaker 1>I just.

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<v Speaker 2>Got to make sure it's not dried out.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved my mom's fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm not gonna be able to make that.

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<v Speaker 2>I just I'm just taught m.

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<v Speaker 1>Meat loaf. Possibly, yes, Michael.

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<v Speaker 3>See the beautiful thing about meat loaf before Michael steps up,

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<v Speaker 3>is that, uh, it's fabulous for dinner and Little Worcester

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<v Speaker 3>shear sauce and yeah, I indulgent a little ketchup in

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<v Speaker 3>that hypocrite.

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<v Speaker 2>You're right guilty.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah.

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<v Speaker 2>But then the next day it's even freaking better on

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<v Speaker 2>a sandwich, a meat loaf sandwich. I'm drooling like a

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<v Speaker 2>dog over here just thinking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Michael, That's what I was gonna say.

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<v Speaker 2>It's better the next day I caught that sick.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh what did your mom make that you really liked? Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>Lasagna really good? That requires talent. Also, I have no talent.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, no, it's there's not much to it. You

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<v Speaker 2>just it's layers it's just layers. You gotta cook the noodles, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't say noodles. You're finally. Italians don't like the word noodles.

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<v Speaker 1>Noodles is a pasta.

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<v Speaker 2>Gotta I cooked the pasta. That's right for the gabba.

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<v Speaker 1>I've said this on the air many, many times. My

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<v Speaker 1>biggest failing, absolutely as a single parent, has been the

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<v Speaker 1>providing meals for my kids. I just I've never cooked.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like it. I know a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>really love it. I hate it, and I've never done it.

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<v Speaker 1>So i'm and I'm unwilling to learn.

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<v Speaker 3>Would you got to have a living cooking maid like

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<v Speaker 3>Alice from the Brady Bunch?

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<v Speaker 2>I should have.

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<v Speaker 1>I did have an all pair for a summer and

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<v Speaker 1>a sitter who needed someplace to live, and I had

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<v Speaker 1>an empty bedroom, so I said, live here and I

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<v Speaker 1>won't charge you to sit. So that was my all pair.

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<v Speaker 1>But she is from a foreign land and her food

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<v Speaker 1>smelled horrible, so I never asked her to cook.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, Wow, what foreign land, you will want to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't I wouldn't ask her to park my car?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Okay, fair enough.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow that's leaves several choices, but close enough. Ah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I liked it the homes of folks from other cultures

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<v Speaker 3>and immediately been overwhelmed by the cooking smells and not

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<v Speaker 3>in a good way either, Right, Yeah, and I would

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<v Speaker 3>probably enjoy but it's like.

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<v Speaker 1>Open the windows. It smells horrible. We need to call

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<v Speaker 1>a plumber. Something has gone wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, somebody did put a cat in a crocknot.

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<v Speaker 2>A smell run here.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but I would like to recreate some of the

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that I really really enjoyed as a kid, and

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<v Speaker 1>definitely the crock pot meals. I can do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what you I don't know. You know

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<v Speaker 2>how cooperative your your older boy is these days.

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<v Speaker 3>But lasagna, if the three of you divide it up,

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<v Speaker 3>you know you're the head of the pasta committee. You're

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<v Speaker 3>dealing with the sauce, which frankly.

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<v Speaker 2>Can be pouring it out of a jar. And that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Jar sauce is so much better than it used to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah yeah, and then somebody browns the meat or whatever.

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<v Speaker 3>You can go sasage, you can go ground beef, you

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<v Speaker 3>can go vegetarian if you know you got limp, wrists

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<v Speaker 3>or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Many choices and that's genies. You gotta have the ricata.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of my older son, last night, he came home.

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<v Speaker 1>He's out with some of his friends, and he came

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<v Speaker 1>home and there was a car out front and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>who's that and he said, oh, it's He named his

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<v Speaker 1>two friends. He said, we're gonna go do some stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And they were laughing in there at the music playing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was thinking, oh my god, this is the

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<v Speaker 1>summer between his sophomore and junior year or high school.

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<v Speaker 1>Three guys headed out into the night. Does it get

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<v Speaker 1>any better than that?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Not in my recollection. I don't know what they.

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<v Speaker 1>Did or what they were going to do or hoping

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<v Speaker 1>to do. But yeah, those are some pretty good times

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<v Speaker 1>in your life. I was happy for him that he's

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<v Speaker 1>getting to have them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, here here, Yeah, good times. You've made me win full.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't let your meat loaf, don't let your hot dog stand,

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<v Speaker 1>don't let your wristwatch all good suggestions.

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<v Speaker 3>Right right, Jack, gets yourself a fryer so you can

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<v Speaker 3>make that fried chicken.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see myself doing that. Just pop it right

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<v Speaker 1>in like a lot of work. Well you just throw

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<v Speaker 1>it in there, Yeah, you just throw it in there.

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<v Speaker 1>And out comes fried chicken.

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<v Speaker 3>I find that her to believe you got a battered

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<v Speaker 3>the thing right, the chicken you have breading on there, Michael,

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<v Speaker 3>do you have any idea what you're talking about about?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I just I hate to see him be so

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<v Speaker 1>defeated over food.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, yeah, because it's not that hard, but uncertainty. It's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very, very slow at prep and my wife is

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<v Speaker 1>very you're missing pardon.

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<v Speaker 2>Me your missing plot.

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<v Speaker 3>It has been acting up lately. I'm taking an anti inflammatory,

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<v Speaker 3>but uh, but she is less so now, but really

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<v Speaker 3>hesitant about cooking meat because she's afraid she won't get

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<v Speaker 3>it right. And fish, really afraid to cook fish. And

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I'll be fine, I'll cook it. So you know,

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<v Speaker 3>we're like Jack Spratt and his uh and his wife.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of hesitancy to cook is uncertainty of how

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<v Speaker 3>it's gonna come out. Generally, it'll come out okay, you'll

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<v Speaker 3>learn something, it'll be better the next time, nobody will die.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably my hesitancy is I just hate it. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>understand people liking to cook.

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<v Speaker 2>There's why do you hate it? That's what I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get behind.

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<v Speaker 1>There's not one tiny aspect of the process, fear fear.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think overcome the fear. It seems like a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of work for a little payoff. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>because I don't enjoy eating enough. I think that might

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<v Speaker 1>be it.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet you eat like a grizzly bear. Man, I

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<v Speaker 2>can have a hot contradictions.

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<v Speaker 1>With mustard every night for the rest of my life

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<v Speaker 1>and be perfectly happy.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there you go, Well, cook out, I'll talk. Then, Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess that's it.