Crock Pot

When the Crock Pot Was New & the World Was Groovy, Plus a Tangy Beef & Vegetable Slow-Cooker Stew

February 21, 2013 By Nancy Baggett 5 Comments

A number of notable things happened in America in the 1970s: The Watergate scandal, a funny, iconoclastic television show called "All in the Family," ...

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