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Ever have that feeling that the meal you're cooking is some how getting away from you... running out of control... going to overflow the pot it is in, and the next two pots up including your biggest one?
I had that feeling this evening. I'm lucky, it didn't happen -- but it has before. For me, it usually happens with something like dried beans -- I'll put them on to soak... and it won't look like NEARLY enough beans... so I'll do more, or add another type. Then the next day when I'm going to add them to the chili, there is WAY TOO MUCH bean. They grow. They grow a surprising amount.
I narrowly avoided the disaster this time... but the slow cooker is full to the brim. Only one more thing to add... once it has soaked a bit longer. The additional bit is an ancho chile. Never cooked with one before... we'll see how it turns out.
I had that feeling this evening. I'm lucky, it didn't happen -- but it has before. For me, it usually happens with something like dried beans -- I'll put them on to soak... and it won't look like NEARLY enough beans... so I'll do more, or add another type. Then the next day when I'm going to add them to the chili, there is WAY TOO MUCH bean. They grow. They grow a surprising amount.
I narrowly avoided the disaster this time... but the slow cooker is full to the brim. Only one more thing to add... once it has soaked a bit longer. The additional bit is an ancho chile. Never cooked with one before... we'll see how it turns out.
