21 Feb dinner with donna {52/365}

I love roast beef.  And I love roast beef done in my crock pot.  But the last time I did it, and innocently mentioned that it was prime rib … well let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.

Just so you know (which I didn’t) it is NOT OKAY to cook your prime rib in the crock pot.  It’s like blasphemy or something.  Blasphemy on the prime rib.

What the hell do I know?

Absolutely nothing … which is why, when faced with these dilemmas, I pick up the phone and call my friend Donna.   She is the smartness of all things culinary.

First off, did you know you’re supposed to place it in the roast pan like this?

I didn’t.  Yes I know, fat side up, but I didn’t know you were supposed to prop it up like a monolith of meat like that.  See?  I don’t know prime rib from hamburger, apparently.

Oh! and technically, she did NOT want me putting the veggies in there with it.  I am openly defiant right there.

Do NOT cover it.  Donna said so.

(I didn’t, and I have the proof!)

The aromas that started wafting through my house? oh.my.gawd.  YUMMY!  If there were a way to capture that scent in a photograph, you’d all be drooling right now.  Foodie pictures are hard enough to take.  Mine always end up looking kind of gross.

oh crap, it fell over! (ssshhhhhhh! don’t tell)

It’s okay, I propped it back up.  It was almost done anyway.

So … three hours, start to finish (gabbing with Donna included) and dinner is served :)

If you haven’t checked out Donna’s place, Little Blog of Recipes, you don’t know what you’re missing.  She knows her stuff.

Plus, she’s just plain awesome :)

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