Crock pots - frozen meat

[Guest guest]

I am behind in reading the messages and apologize if this has already been

covered. I

would NOT put the chicken (or any meat) into the crock pot frozen. The meat has

to rise

to a certain temperature within one hour (I believe that it has to be at 150

degrees (but

don't quote me on that) within an hour) in order to prevent harmful bacterial

from

growing. That is why roasts are browned on a skillet before being put into the

crock pot -

a roast is a really big solid piece of meat and if not browned it would not be

up to the

correct temperature fast enough. The browning helps raise the meat temperature

quickly,

and kills surface bacteria.

Some people would say that what does it matter if harmful bacteria grow because

then it

would be killed off when the crock pot cooks for 6 or 8 or more hours. Yes, it

does, but

then the toxins from the killed bacteria would still be in your food.

Just wanting our food to be as healthful as possible,

Carolyn

> I would say that the crock pot is the easier way.you could probably even

> just throw the chicken in frozen. > _____

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