Recently I tried a new recipe for dinner:  Italian Roast Beef Sandwiches, recommended by a friend.  I browned the meat in a heavy pan on the stovetop and then transferred it and the broth and onions to my crockpot and cooked on high for 3 hours. I skipped the green peppers because my family is just not so fond of those.

I was doing just fine until I grabbed the cutting board and the meat fork so I could take the roast out to settle before slicing it. The fork's handle bent, dropping the roast back into the crockpot full of spicy au jus, which flew all over the wall behind the crockpot and ran down to the floor.

I sorted that out and cleaned up the mess, then sliced the roast and prepared to return it to the crockpot. As soon as all the meat was in there and the lid was on it, I went to pick up the cutting board so I could put it in the dishwasher, and it tipped over, pouring all the accumulated juice and little scraps down my shins, onto my shoes and socks, and onto the floor.

I think Mr. Third Grader added a few choice words to his vocabulary that afternoon.

After all that mess, dinner turned out to be delicious.  I highly recommend this recipe (and if you're like me, you'll triple the onions).  But I won't be making it again until I replace that meat fork with something a lot more heavy-duty.  If I can't pick up a four-pound roast with it, I'm not buying.

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