Is it okay to add frozen hamburger meat in my crock pot for making chili?I'd like to not have to cook the meat first.I have about 2.5 lbs of meat and it's all frozen.How long would I have to cook it in the crock pot?
You the alarm button or emergency phone in the elevator ,Send sms to your parents using any free sms sending sites .Send mails all people whom you think can help you .
It took me a sec 2 think of this but you could e-mail a friend 2 go get helpThere are ways to contact people on ur laptop!
do you have a cell phone? call your mom, dad, friend, 911.? facebook a friend or IM someonedoes the phone in the elevator work? keep ringing the alarm is should contact helpand the most important thing to do is to stay calm.
It may be hot but you won't chokeThe elevator is not air tight, keep on the alarm (lean on it), someone must want the elevator soon enough and get help, even if it's the fire departmentPS: I've been stuck twice, both times for 1-1/2 hoursDon't panic, it will make it worse;-)
It's not recommended to put big hunks of frozen meat into a slow cooker for several reasons The first is just safety since the interior of the meat may stay in a non-safe temp range for long enough that too much bacteria will multiply and make you sick (and ground meats are much more likely to have bad bacteria in them too than solid meats) This is less likely with the newer slow cookers though since so many people were using frozen meat in the cookers (against the warnings) that the manufacturers just upped the temps they used for Low (and High too) for all the ones they make so that anything in them would get hotter and cook quickerUnfortunately, that higher heat also means most meats that aren't high in fat and connective tissue will dry out much more quickly and be less tenderThe other reason would be what someone else said, and that is that you'd be cooking a big hunk of meat with only the outsides of it being bathed in the flavors of the rest of the chiliAnd you'd have to break it up laterYou don't need to cook or brown the meat before adding it to the pot thoughYou could just let it thaw and break it up a bit (or do that in the microwave) If you do put in frozen meat though, I'd definitely recommend breaking it into the smallest hunks you can both for safety and flavor reasons(And next time you freeze meat for later, separate it into smaller, or at least thinner, amounts at that timeTo keep those from sticking together when you want to take only some out later, just lay the pieces out so they aren't touching until they're frozen (either right in the bag you'll freeze them in, or flash-freeze them on a cookie sheet then put into the bag), or separate them with aluminum foil, patty papers, or even waxed paper, etc., in the one bagHTH, Diane B.
