Quote Originally Posted by early morning View Post
I have a 90s era crockpot. I don't like much crockpot food (tasty food in, bland mushy gunk out) and have mainly used it to keep food hot at pot-lucks. One of the handles broke years ago, and we replaced it with a large wine cork. Last week I pulled it out becuase I found a Moroccan chicken stew recipe that sounded good (it was delish!!) and the other handle broke into a gazzillion plastic bits. So, after the stew was gone and the liner pulled for washing, DH replaced the second handle with a small nut and another wine cork. Looks funky but works just fine, and no money spent on a new appliance that won't get a lot of use.
I will have to keep that in mind since wine corks are a bountiful resource around here!