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Popcorn Cook is one of those food blogs that can catch you off guard if you’re only going by the name when you decide what it’s about. There’s a lot more to be had there than mere popcorn. A recent Traditional New Year: Hoppin’ John recipe is just one of a growing list of examples of some real finds to be had there.

Another one from there that I consider a long time favorite is the Turkey Day Scalloped Potatoes recipe. There’s a load of taste packed into this slow cooker variation on the traditional idea of scallped potatoes that most people are familiar with. One of the things I like about stuff done in a slow cooker is that the ingredients get a really good opportunity to blend and create a taste all their own. One that can only be achieved by cooking slowly for hours.

Speaking of slow cookers, this Layered Ham, Potato, Cheese recipe is one that my wife came up with a bunch of years ago and has been a hit with our family ever since.

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I like seafood, always have. Though I’m not into fishing, I’d rather get my seafood in the supermarket than to spend who knows how long on the shores of a river or lake with only three fish in it or worse yet using inflatable boats or something like that to go out on the water and get seasick while I’m busy not catching anything.

Much better is the idea of just popping over to a store and buying what I need and getting down to the making (and later eating) of something good. This clam chowder recipe is a good one to start going in the slow cooker in the morning and have it for a hearty meal in the evening.

Start out with either four 6 1/2 oz cans of clams or 3 pounds fresh or frozen. If it’s frozen, thaw it and cut into bite sized pieces.

Saute 1/2 pound of bacon and a large diced onion until golden brown and then drain it and add it to the slow cooker along with the clams.

Add 6 to 8 large cubed potatoes, 3 cups of water, 3 1/2 teaspoons of salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Cover and cook on high 3 to 4 hours or until the potatoes are tender.

In the last hour of cooking, combine 2 cups of milk with the 4 tablespoons of cornstarch. Add to slow cooker with another 2 cups of milk and stir well. Serve in large bowls with crusty French bread.

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This is one take on something that’s pretty much an all American snack mix, it’s appropriate to just about any type of activity from watching (or playing) in a poker or beer pong tournament to sitting down to a good movie or three. Though if you’re going to have a triple feature like All three of the Lord of The Rings Movies then I’d suggest making several batches of this before starting so that you don’t run out. (that’d be like nine hours or more of movies at once wouldn’t it?)

In large slow cooker, mix together 3 cups of thin pretzel sticks, 4 cups of Wheat Chex, 4 cups of Cheerios, and a 13 ounce can of dry roasted salted peanuts. Sprinkle with garlic salt, celery salt, seasoned salt, and some grated parmesan cheese

Pour a quarter cup of melted butter over the whole thing and toss until thoroughly mixed. Cover and cook in the slow cooker on low heat for 3 to 4 hours. Remove the cover for the last 30 to 40 minutes.

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I made a dish the other day following a recipe found online and had another one of those times where I got to learn something the hard way.

This dish combined, among other things, pasta and potatoes. My wife and I had high hopes for this because it smelled so good in the slow cooker. What I *should* have done was adjust the recipe and stop short of adding any pasta to it.

What I ended up doing was discovered that there was no macaroni around and substituted Penne instead. The pasta was added about a half hour or so before the end of the cooking time. By the time it was done, those seemingly small Penne tubes had swelled to a proportion that I honestly don’t remember seeing before. It looked large enough to be used as a sheath over a CAT5e network cable.

To make a long story short, it turned out to be a tasteless disaster. Between the pasta and the potatoes, the thing was really starchy and loaded to the gills with carbs. The noodles began to disintegrate and several other ingredients were literally lost, almost impossible to find.

The moral of the story is that if a recipe has potatoes in it, you want to be very careful about whether or not to add any kind of pasta to it.

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