Hattie came out Sunday to visit. She’s so cool. We hung out and admired my felted lamb, talked and talked and talked, and drank half a bottle of wine. I also fed her dinner, since she was still there at dinner time and her curiosity about the Pepsi pot roast got the better of her.
Once when I was enjoying an after-work cocktail at the Dew Drop, Dixie, who can cook, told me that the secret to crock pot pot roasts was Pepsi. I made noises of disbelief, and then she and a few other folk like Harry Balls declared their love for the Pepsi pot roast. Naturally I had to find a recipe on the Internet.
I finally took the plunge and made one Sunday for Mr. Brett. The ingredients are terrifying: a 3-4 lb. pot roast, a 12-oz. Pepsi, a can of cream of mushroom soup, and a packet of onion soup mix. Could it be any more white trash? I mixed the soups and Pepsi together, then put the meat in it and turned the crock pot on low and left it to its own devices for a few hours because frankly, the whole idea was grossing me out. Later I threw in chopped onion, celery, and carrots per the recipe, and was surprized that it no longer smelled disgusting but seemed to have taken on some of the qualities of edible food.
Around six thirty I baked biscuits and tossed a quick green salad and we sat to eat. Halfway through the meal, Hattie annouced, “There’s something to this Pepsi thing,” and grinned at me. Mr. Brett was too busy eating to even say anything. I guess Pepsi pot roast really is edible after all.
Lord knows I’ll never eat one, but Mr. Brett and Hattie seemed pleased with their Sunday dinner. And there’s certainly nothing wrong with having an arsenal of extraordinarily quick and easy crock pot recipes around! It really makes you feel like a real farm wife to serve up things like pot roasts and biscuits, but in reality a meal like that only takes about fifteen minutes. Shhh, don’t tell Mr. Brett.
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It’s the weather that’s causing this rash of crock pot breakouts isn’t it? And now I see what you mean by throwing a lot of shit that sounds bad in a pot and having it turn out good… but I’m still not sure I believe it.
Gad, it does sound horrible. I bet Adam would love it. Where’s the recipe?
Pepsi Pot Roast
1 3-or-4 lb. pot roast
1 12 oz. can of Pepsi
1 package of Onion Soup mix
1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup
In a crock pot, mix Pepsi and soups. Add roast and cover. Cook on low in a crock pot for 6 hours or until the roast is done. You may add chopped onion, celery, and carrot halfway through the cooking time, if desired.
Rather: “You may add 1 chopped onion, 2 chopped celery stalks, and 1 chopped carrot halfway through the cooking time, if desired.”
mmm – i think i’ll try that this weekend.
soon as i’m over my sushi/c.c.cookie/lemonade combo cravings…
Ugh. Before you make that again I think you better come pick up the 2 recliners my neighbors have outide & put them on your porch–such a meal ought to be eaten in style!
Aah, that would be outSide, and said recliners are of the upholstered la-z-boy variety–what could be better?
We have friends from the south who swear by ribs cooked in Coke. There’s something in cola that helps break down the tissues in meat. I have a friend who does brisket in beer and onions and pepperoncini. I think I have that receipe somewhere at home. I can send it to you, if you like.
Oooooh, pork roast. Sear it on all sides and then put it in the crock pot with thyme and black pepper and 4 oz of apple juice. That’s it!
How much thyme and black pepper?
My crockpot came with a recipe book that features a rather popular (with my meat-eating husband) roast that features something like two tablespoons of cracked black peppercorns.
Now that you’re in the groove, get a copy of “Square Meals” by Michael and Jane Stern. You will not believe the recipes. They go way beyond Coke and Pepsi into Dr. Pepper, Sprite, and Vernor’s. And I’ll be damned if the stuff don’t taste great.
DR. PEPPER?!?!