[Morrigoon]

Nice!

I'm a little concerned about my "crock pot". It's one of those dinky ones basically useful for keeping items warm at a party. I'm doubting its ability to actually cook anything as it doesn't even get the ceramic pot hot to the touch (warm yes, but I can literally pick it up with my bare hands). Are they supposed to be that cool or is mine not getting hot enough?

I'm actually making a bastardized version of that bean soup right now using what I had around: I used a can of (drained) white beans, a can of diced tomatoes (with garlic and onion, poured in water and all), some chopped carrots, half a red onion chopped, about 15 tater tots thawed and chopped up, and about 4 slices of bacon, diced.

Since I don't trust my crock pot, I put it in a saucepan and brought to a good boil for a couple minutes before pouring into the crock pot. Just to make sure the bacon is good.