Recipes like this one :rolleyes: where it asks for seasoning and searing the beast before the crock pot and water added to the crock pot, I take half the water it asks for in the form of your favorite fermented but not distilled beverage many of which are barley based and scrub those little goodies that get stuck in the skillet when searing and put that fluid in the crock pot with the remainder of the required water. :D