{"id":1864,"date":"2013-09-02T08:39:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2013-09-02T08:39:35","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T12:39:35","slug":"fat-guys-follycrockpot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/2013\/09\/02\/fat-guys-follycrockpot\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fat Guy’s Folly – Love Thy Crock Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019m not a \u2018trendy\u2019 guy. I gravitate toward things with a story, tradition and history. Flash-in-the-pan fads and \u2018gotta have it\u2019 items don\u2019t generally excite me.<\/p>\n

Consider these:<\/p>\n

Every single \u2018boy band\u2019 ever. Beanie Babies. Pauly Shore. Comic sans. Popped collars. Farmville. Zubaz. Soul patches. \u2018Talk to the hand.\u2019 Tribal tattoos. Practicing Feng Shui. Live Strong bracelets. Furby. Chia pets. The \u2018Flock of Seagulls\u2019 hairdo. Monday Night Raw. Wearing duct tape as a fashion accessory.<\/p>\n

Each one has come and gone. So, I come to you today with a request to appreciate the small, reliable things in your every day life. Like, your crock pot.<\/p>\n

There is no other piece of kitchen equipment creates masterpieces with such ease. Your blender? Nope. Still gotta hit a button, check for consistency, and then scrape out all the blended goop to be used in some other creation. Your oven? No. They\u2019ve been known to be accidentally left on and then burn folks\u2019 houses down. That\u2019s no fun. Your spatula? No go. With some items (I\u2019m looking at you omelet) you\u2019ve got to be almost ninja-like to make the perfect breakfast entree. Otherwise those lava hot ham chunks come flying out causing potential bodily harm to your loved ones.<\/p>\n

The humble crock pot crushes each of these in the culinary championships.<\/p>\n

One, Ronco might have trademarked this phrase, but \u2018the crock\u2019 is truly the only kitchen tool where you can \u2018set it and forget it!\u2019 You can put that thing on low and set it to cook for 39 hours. No problem. \u2018The crock\u2019 is in control.<\/p>\n

Two, a hunk of a weird sounding meat like a \u2018butt,\u2019 a \u2018shoulder\u2019 or a \u2018chuck\u2019 becomes a flavor bomb of deliciousness that you can gnaw on for several days. Then, you instantly forget that this thing you\u2019re devouring used to be an animal\u2019s rear end.<\/p>\n

Three, any vegetable you throw into the mix will automatically be infused with delectable meat juice. Dear mushroom, I love you. But, I\u2019m leaving you for your sister – mushroom injected with irresistible pork goodness. Signed, The World.<\/p>\n

Four, when you get home from wherever you\u2019ve been – work, pool, inflatable balloon animal making practice – your house\/apartment\/condo\/shanty smells AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHmazing. It makes you feel like Julia Child has broken into your home and commandeered your kitchen. And, you\u2019re more than OK with that.<\/p>\n

As I get ready to dive headlong into this Lurong Challenge I take solace in the fact that unlike my body\u2019s constant desire to quickly destroy a back pack full of french fries, my \u2018simple\u2019 crock pot won\u2019t let me down. Now, go hug your new old favorite kitchen appliance.<\/p>\n

Signed,<\/p>\n

Fat Guy In A Little Coat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m not a \u2018trendy\u2019 guy. I gravitate toward things with a story, tradition and history. Flash-in-the-pan fads and \u2018gotta have it\u2019 items don\u2019t generally excite me. Consider these: Every single \u2018boy band\u2019 ever. Beanie Babies. Pauly Shore. Comic sans. Popped collars. Farmville. Zubaz. Soul patches. \u2018Talk to the hand.\u2019 Tribal tattoos. Practicing Feng Shui. Live… Read More »A Fat Guy’s Folly – Love Thy Crock Pot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,6],"tags":[140,56,8,44,48,46,29,36],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crossfit","category-nutrition","tag-crossfit","tag-crossfit-thomasville","tag-gym","tag-lurong-living","tag-paleo-challenge","tag-paleo-diet","tag-thomasville-crossfit","tag-thomasville-georgia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1867,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.thomasvillecrossfit.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}