Thank you for those notes! I would never have thought there was a correct layering for stuff in a crock pot.

I have one soup I can do well in the crock pot. :) (I do find I have to soak AND boil the beans ahead of time, but I have Bad Gut Reactions to beans that haven't had all the life cooked out of them.)

I am laughing so hard at number 6 right now. :) :)