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Hi Leonard @jakeduck1, I would use a frying pan with a little bit of oil in it and just quickly sear all sides of the roast. I usually hold it with a pair of good tongs so you can brown the sides of it as well. I would also add some thyme, salt, pepper, minced garlic and a bay leaf (if you have it). Good luck! Hope it's yummy!

@jakedduck1 zJo Leonard I always put cream in first then coffee Had s treat with bag of Guatamala coffee do good

@jakedduck1 I just did a pot roast In skillet dear the roast I first floured it before putting in skillet. Then when it's brown I put it on my crock-pot with vegetables Potato,carrots,onion celery ,cut up, and I like Parsnip added beef broth or you can just added water Spices S@P,garlic,thyme just eyeball amount

@jakedduck1 When I drank cream with my coffee I always put it in the cup first and then poured in the coffee. By the time the coffee was poured the cream was mixed in and the cup was ready to drink.

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Don't put the inside on top of the stove...if it is ceramic or stoneware, it will crack. and you mat damage a metal one. Do as others say and brown it on the stove with a little oil. However, please bring the roast up to room temperature before you do and it will brown faster and more evenly. Don't attempt to turn the roast too soon. When you are browning in oil and you put something in the oil, the temperature decreases and then you have to wait before turning or the meat will stick...Turn the oil to high to start and then down to medium. You can always cut a large roast in half.

This step is worth the extra dirty pan and time. And you can put anything you like in the water/broth....I like the traditional carrots and onion and turnips.....but like mashed potatoes I don't have a crock pot....I do mine the old fashioned way
ind a Le Creuset pot.

I have used Worschstershire sauce, onion and garlic powder, smoked paprika, rosemary, basil as seasonings. The fastest seasoning packet for pot roast is a pack of onion soup mix using half of the water indicated and then I make a roux out of flour and butter. A roux is simply melting butter, adding flour and stirring until it is thick. without burning, and then adding to the liquid in the pot for gravy.
Yup, another dirty pan. It might be different in a crock pot.

FL Mary

@fiesty76
Come anytime any day. The candy, cookies, are always ready and usually a pie and cake in freezer. Have to go to bakery for good pastry. If you want a regular meal you’ll have to cook it and don’t expect much help from me, okay no help from me.
If you drag Fl Mary with you, NO WEIRD FOOD although if she wants to to bring and alligator with her I’ll help her eat it but she has to slaughter it.
If you kids prefer can’t for every course like me we will still get our protein. They say if you eat candy you also consume 6,000 bug pieces a year.
Jake

@imallears
You’ll be amazed as I was but my roast turned out ok. I couldn’t believe it. When I poured some olive oil in the pan to brown the roast it turned out to be vinegar. But I really like it so I just left it in there and add a tamale boil along with it. Just a little bit of extra flavor. It was already cooking when I got your message. Boy oh boy were you ever right about it sticking. It took me hours to get that pan clean. I was just going to throw it out and that’s probably what I should’ve done. Next time I’ll follow your instructions and if it burns again like that then I’ll just throw the bloody thing in the garbage and be done with it. I like your suggestion of Worcestershire sauce or as my dad used to call it bug juice. I would’ve put some in but someone told me not to take the lid off once it started cooking.
Now I just have to figure out how long to cook a big it won’t come out medium instead of well done. A well done steak is like chewing on shoe leather.
Jake

@jakedduck1 when something is really burned on and you think it’s beyond redemption, fill it with hot water and detergent and let it soak overnight. I’ve even left pots for a couple of days with soapy, hot water in them, refreshing the hot water a couple of times. You can even put the pan or pot on the stove with soapy water in it to get the water really hot.

As you can tell, I’ve burned my share of pots, one just last week. It survived!
JK

Yes, to what @imallears wrote. I am best friends with my crock pot and like to use "Better than Bouillion" for the broth. It comes in all flavors...beef, chicken, veggie, pork, condensed in a small jar and kept in frig, add tablespoons to taste to dissolve in water, then add whatever veggies and seasonings you prefer.

Mrs. Dash, a mix of herbs, is a good base seasoning to start with for me because it doesn't have salt and the B & B contains enough for my taste.

@jakedduck1, I sometimes put in the potato chunks and carrots first because they are denser; then the meat; topped with onions, celery and faster cooking veggies.

Oh, hecky darn, Leonard, now I'm wanting to make a crock pot roast but simply can't waste a minute of nice weather in the yard to drive to the grocery. If you would run the errand for me, I'd be happy to serve you a TX style pot roast dinner with a slice of warmed dutch apple pie topped with a bit of shredded cheese and vanilla ice cream. If available come soon because we know it takes hours for the crock pot savoryto be ready for dinner.

Hi, @funcountess, I just saw your earlier post and yes, I do read food labels.