Article: Cooking a whole roast is ambitious, but the slow cooking process will leave your kitchen smelling wonderful and provide you with a delicious masterpiece. Don't waste time or meat - pick a recipe. For the most part, most roast recipes are very similar, only the spices and seasonings vary. Before the meat begins the long process of slow cooking, it is best if you brown it first. The chemical process of meat browning is known as the "Maillard Reaction". If your slow cooker has a high heat function that can sear and brown brown meat, use that. Otherwise use a large pan or pot. Put a few tablespoons of oil in the cooker or pot. When the oil is hot it will look like it is shimmering. Try to avoid splashing water in the oil to see if it is hot. This causes splatter. If your recipe calls for the meat to be seasoned before it is browned, you will want to do that. Even if seasoning isn't called for, you will also want to make sure that the meat is dry. Patting it with a paper towel will accomplish this. The surface of the meat being dry will help facilitate the Maillard Reaction and will lead to better browning. If you recipe doesn't call for seasoning, you can still use a light dusting of salt and sugar. A dusting of salt and sugar will also help a brown crust to form. Sear the meat in the hot slow cooker. You'll want to make sure that each side is browned. Browning each side of a large roast should take 15-20 minutes.If you seared the meat in a separate pot or pan, it is time to put the browned meat in the slow cooker. Review your recipe for the cooking time and temperature required. Set your slow cooker to these specifications. If your slow cooker doesn't allow you to set an end time, simply create a phone alarm for yourself so that you know when to turn it off. Most roast recipes will call for other ingredients, such as vegetables, soup mixes, and seasonings. Now is the time that you will add most of these ingredients. If the recipe calls for adding some ingredients later, set these to the side and make a notation of the time you will need to add them. Your hard work is pretty much over. Now you just need to wait for the duration of the cook time while the delicious smell of beef flows out of your slow cooker and through your house. If the recipe called for adding additional ingredients midway through the cook time, be sure to do that. Some recipes call for occasional stirring. If so, be sure to do so. When the cook time is elapsed, you are almost ready to enjoy. If you were cooking a pot roast, all you need to do now is cut it and serve. If you were cooking a dish such as slow cooker tacos, you will now need to shred the beef with forks or other utensils. It should be soft and tender at this point. If you are formally carving a roast, you will want to let it sit at least 10 minutes before you cut into it. This keeps the meat juicy. You can cover it while you wait.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Get your recipe. Turn up the heat. Season your meat. Sear the meat. Set the cooking time and temperature. Add other ingredients. Let it cook. Finish up.
Article: Make sure your Barbie's hair is free of tangles before you curl it. Use a Barbie brush or a human hair brush to gently work through the doll hair. Just like with human hair, detangling works best if you pull the brush downward with short strokes, starting from the bottom (ends) of the hair and working up toward the tops (roots). If you are having trouble detangling Barbie hair that has become very matted or damaged by products, try first soaking the hair in a mug of warm water and about a tablespoon of fabric softener for 10-15 minutes. Split your Barbie's hair into several small sections to create braids all over her head. Split each section into three strands and do a standard braid all the way to the ends of the hair. The number of sections you make in your Barbie's hair is up to you. The fewer the sections, the more hair will be in each braid, resulting in larger, looser waves. The more sections, the less hair will be in each braid, resulting in smaller, tighter waves. Choose this method for your Barbie's hair if you want her to have a wavy, crimped-looking hairdo rather than round ringlet curls. Use pieces of drinking straws, pipe cleaner, or aluminum foil to create miniature hair rollers for your Barbie that will create round barrel or ringlet curls. Take a small section of hair and wrap or roll it around a curler, then do the same for each strand on the entire head of hair. To use straws, cut them into pieces about an inch long. Place the straw at the bottom of a strand of hair and roll the hair up and around it. Keep rolling till you reach the top of the hair strand. To use aluminum foil, cut strips of foil about 4 inches wide. Fold each in half repeatedly until you have a small, thick strip. Twist the strip to make a strong rope shape. Then place a "rope" against your Barbie's hair, in the same direction the hair falls. Twist a small strand of hair around the foil all the way to the bottom. To use pipe cleaners, cut them to a length a little longer than your Barbie's hair and wrap small strands around the pipe cleaner in the same way as with a piece of foil. Or, you can fold a pipe cleaner in half, place the crook of the fold against the Barbie's head, and weave the hair through the two ends of the pipe cleaner for tight "rotini" curls. Make sure your braids or little curlers don't fall out during the next steps. Secure the hair with elastics or bobby pins to maintain the curls while they get wet, freeze, and dry out. If you used aluminum foil or pipe cleaners, all you have to do is fold over the ends of each piece and wrap them around your spiral of hair to hold them in place. For braids, use small size elastics to secure the hair at the end of each of your braids. For straws, use two bobby pins per straw piece. Push one onto each end of the straw piece to hold it, and the hair wrapped around it, in place.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Brush out your Barbie's hair first. Braid Barbie's hair for wavy curls. Create little rollers for ringlets. Secure with hair bands or bobby pins.
Article: As a sort of "super-food," oatmeal is not just edible but has number of healing uses: it can moisturize skin, reduce itching, serve as an emollient, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It can also protect against sun damage and the inflammation of certain skin conditions. You should be able to find oatmeal at any food store or supermarket. Whole oats -- not instant -- work better for bathing. Avoid flavored varieties, as well. Pour rolled oats into a nylon stocking or some muslin cloth. The amount you will need for a child is about 1/3 cup. Then, tie a knot in the fabric so that the oats cannot spill out. The key is to use a fabric that will hold the oats while allowing the water to pass through. Make sure the water is at an appropriate level and temperature for your child. Not too hot, but warm enough to be soothing to the touch and to activate the oats' healing properties. Lukewarm to warm water is best. Leave the oat sachet in the water and let it soak for a few minutes. The oatmeal will soon let off a milky liquid that soothes itching. Once the oats are good and soaked, place your child in the water with them. Take care, as the oatmeal will make the tub more slippery than usual. Let your child soak in the oat bath for between 15 to 20 minutes. Lift the sachet and allow the milky water to gently dribble from the oats onto your child's skin surface. Rather than rubbing, pat your child dry with the towel to avoid aggravating their itchy skin.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Purchase oats. Make an oat sachet. Fill the bathtub. Place the sachet in the tub. Put your child in the tub. Gently bathe your child. Pat dry.