Laurie, 3 to 4 hours on low will be plenty of time. You just want it to be nice and hot before adding the sour cream. I would add the sour cream about a half hour before serving. The heat from the contents will heat it pretty quickly and you don't want to "boil" the sour cream. Sounds good and I have been craving strog for a couple of weeks, so I think it will be soon. I did order some extra mushrooms with this weeks groceries. Smiles. Good luck.

foodonastump- The Sun Cloud is not just a "space heater", it's an infrared, thermostatically controlled heater that performs more like a furnace than a warm-your-toes-under-your-desk space heater. We've owned nearly every style of "space heater" there is to compare it to. It's designed to warm much larger spaces (1,000 sq. ft.) more efficiently than other space heaters. It's a more comfortable heat and it's the same temperature all around the rooms. No hot or cold spots. Doesn't rob the humidity out of the air. We only heat the main area of our home (living room, dining room, kitchen, guest bathroom - close the 3 bedrooms and master bath off - we don't heat the full basement - 1,372 sq. foot house) and maintain a cool 62-67 degrees F. We've used a Sun Cloud as our main source of heat in two different homes and have gotten the same results over an 8-year period. The only time we run our whole house furnace is during extreme cold (last winter we got down to -15 - but that's not normal), and even then we turn the furnace to a very cold temperature so it only comes on infrequently (usually at night). Passive solar heat helps during the day, and NO windows on the north side of the house. I do a lot of dehydrating in the winter, so the residual heat from it also helps. We keep the furnace FAN going constantly, and that distributes residual heat to all the rooms, so the unheated bedrooms don't usually get below 57-degrees F. The basement also stays in the mid-50's. Our wintertime utility bills are less than half what our neighbor's are, in homes of similar size with two adults in the house hold. Our home is 5-years old and very energy efficient. We also add a layer of bubble wrap to our windows for additional insulation (see link below), and the doors (2) are covered floor-to-ceiling with insulated drapes. We gave Sun Cloud Heaters to our two adult children and they get the same energy-savings we do. We purchased ours locally and they also service the heaters, although we've never needed any. We have replaced one bulb. I know 8 families who use the Sun Cloud as their primary source for heat. -Grainlady Here is a link that might be useful: Build-it-Solar - Bubble Wrap Window Insulation

Hi Sandy, Yes I am interested in what parts you have of the Dazey Chef Pot. I've had mine for 20 + years and it's great. I only use it for crock pot cooker. My crock portion just cracked. I have a suspicion that a family member plunked something down hard on it the last time it was soaking in the sink. Funny, I've been researching getting a new one and for every slow cooker you find, somebody has a problem. I came here to get some advice and found one of my old posts right here! It would be great to be able to just replace what I need or the whole thing. I have it set that you should be able to contact me, I think through the member page or something. Let me know. Thanks, Nicole

How about a (mild, if they need that) chili verde? Pork loin, cubed and braised; sauteed chopped onions and sweet peppers; a few spices; and salsa verde (or blendered tomatillos); some garlic & salt (use the salt that is half potassium-salt -- since the sodium problem is in part imbalance of those anyway). It's a bother to prep (due to the braise/sautee) but once prepped, all the ingredients freeze well, throwing it in the crockpot is how I cook it anyway, it's basically "meat with a watery sauce" in nature so it's very filling but can be dropped onto anything else (e.g. rice, beans, pasta). It's low-sugar naturally, and only has the sodium or msg you add. PJ