Pot roast dinner solves preparation problems ENTERTAINING AT home can be simply dreadful, in terms of the work involved for the cook. My idea of ‘hard labor’’ involves preparing and serving a compiete turkey dinner to a mob of people. It’s all that last minute stuff that is so trying. There stands the cook, in her best silk dress, leaning over a hot stove stirring gravy with one hand and mashing potatoes with the other. But that doesn't mean that the cook should limit the menu to lasagne in order to enjoy the party. Try a pot roast. The first, best-kept secret about pot roasts is how well they reheat. If you’re reasonably careful about packaging your guests won't have the faintest idea that you cooked the roast — and made the gravy — yesterday. Ancther bonus — a cinilled pot roast carves beautifully. Unlike one that is hot from the pot, the meat has had time to settle. Everyone knows that stews are always better the next day. This is also true about reheated pot Toast gravy. Roasi beef lovers line themselves up behind ‘rare’, ‘“‘medium"’ and “well-done.”’ This is no problem with pot roast — everyone knows they only come one way but this Never seems to trouble even dedicated rare meat lovers. I've had the greatest success with slicing the cold roast, arranging it attractively on my oven-proof platter and reheating it under foil in my conventional oven. Of course you can microwave it but consid2ring the size of the roast involved you don’t save any time and it requires more watching and rotating. Here are two of my favorite pot roast recipes. Please note that none of these is cooked in a pot on the top of the stove. By using your oven you get the same effect, you don’t steam up your kitchen and you don’t have to watch it. The Easiest Pot Roast Ever | pot roast: 4-5 lb. bone in (c.g. chuck) or a smaller, boneless colled cul (e.g. brisket) fairly large Dutch ove.., roaster or pot with tight lid water to cover I pkg. dry onion soup mix \% cup ketchup dash Worcestershire sauce 44 cup flour, wisked with enough cold water to make a= mixture about the consistency of pancake batter Cross and Blackwell's Darkening You do not have to brown the meat, Place roast in pot, cover with water and stir in soup mix. Bring to a boil on the top of the stove. Cover tightly and place in the ovens at 250° for about six hours. At this temperature it is almost impossible to overcook the roast but be sure it’s tender right through =the middle before you take it out of the oven. 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You will probably not need to add anything else as the soup mix is fairly salty. To serve, reheat the gravy. Slice the meat and reheat right on the serving platter. If you Hike, drizzle a bit of the gravy over the hot meat and serve the rest on the side. 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