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Common Crockpot Mistakes Everybody Makes

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Using too much alcohol

Go easy on the alcohol: When you use wine in cooking, the alcohol itself usually cooks off, and the volume reduces through evaporation. This doesn't happen when using a slow cooker, so you should always reduce the amount of alcohol used in recipes that aren't already optimized for slow cookers.


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