dlowan wrote:Crock pot - and I won't touch 'em - they're too, too, seventies....
In Oz I believe they are called Crocpots.
You'd better be a bit careful though, as it is not really the bacteria ITSELF that causes the montezumas of the anal regions, it is the TOXINS that they produce as their waste product, as they chomp your stew. If the bacteria have been left for a long enough period to eat, multiply and poo enough toxins to cause a problem, no amount of boiling will remove it.
The old fashioned stews used to have a thick layer of hard fat over the surface when cooled, and it is thought that the fat very much slowed the progress of the bacteria swimming around underneath. Lack of oxygen and all that.
Modern dishes rarely have this amount of fat in the recipes, so trouble could be lurking.
