3 Things I Learned About Myself from My First Slow Cooker — My First Slow Cooker

My lack of culinary experience is something of a running joke in the office. It’s not malicious and there’s never any implication that I’m a bad cook, but my coworkers are often stupified by the things I’ve never eaten (the list includes meatloaf, Twinkies, sweet potato casserole, jello molds, and more) and the things I’ve never done — most glaringly of which is use a slow cooker.

As of February of last year, I officially had no excuse. A very pretty slow cooker —white with black polka-dots — arrived at my Brooklyn apartment. It was, I’ll admit, an uncomplicated-looking device that seemed easy enough to master, and it didn’t make my kitchen look ugly. In fact, I put it rather prominently on display.

And there — on my Container Store open shelving — it sat. And sat. And sat. Until just now when I decided it was high time. Or really, if I’m being honest, our food editor Hali decided it was time.

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