Rough weekend

The NUT told me that I could have meat cooked in a crock pot.  Well I attempted to but it did not work out for me.  I tried it and even put gravy on the crocked meat and it still got stuck.  I threw up 3 times this past weekend.  Which of course turned my nose up to meat.  I guess I will just stick to soup which seems to be te only thing that does not get stuck. I chew chew chew and still the results I have had were not promising.  Sorry for the griping lol.

Meat is a tough one.  And sometimes I think crockpot meat is harder!  Try cooking chicken thighs in the oven with the skin on and then set it out to "rest" on a plate covered with tin foil for about fifteen minutes.  Take the skin off and cut the pieces real small and add a little FF gravy to it.  It worked for me.  Meat cooked in liquid tends to be dry. Right now you can eat so little that the extra fat from the skin won't hurt you, just discard it befor you cut it up. 

Good luck!

great i just went out and got a crock pot with hopes of it making meat moist.

I find that the meat is too stringy in a crock pot.  I find that dryer meat is better because if it is chewed enough if breaks down better.  I used to only eat rare steak now I need to do well done in order for it to break down enough to not get stuck.  I eat a lot of fish and shell fish.

I have better luck with pork in the crock pot than I do beef.  I have discovered with beef (sometimes chicken) that it doesn't matter what I do to it in the crockpot - the farmer must have fed them the toughness feed cause it comes out like shoe leather.  Then sometimes it could literally melt in my mouth. No predicting it and it sucks.  I stick with chicken, fish or tenderloin. 

One recipe I have found for pork in the oven is cochinita pibil.  It turns out tender EVERY TIME!!  It's mayan/yucatan cuisine and it amazing.  I've cooked a half a loin and frozen small portions.  Would work with a quarter loin too.  And would probably be amazing on the right cut of beef.  Very tender and flavorful.  Not overly spicy either - despite the list of ingredients
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cochinita-pibil-recipe/in dex.html

Note  - I use tinfoil instead of banana leaves - as if we could find banana leaves in Maine.

Amazing how we all do differently with solid foods.  Just take it slowly........it'll get better.  I stuck with tuna, canned chicken, and soft meats like that at first.  ff gravy helps too!   Good luck!