[Sca-cooks] about crock pots

[Christine Seelye-King]

If you've ever cooked in a crock pot on low you know you can still get a
simmering boil out of it.  It keeps food above the 140 degree range, which
is still well below 212 required for a rolling boil. Over time even the low
setting will get things bubbling!
Christianna

I am borrowing a friend's crock pot and now I have a question for you all.

Cooking at the very low temperature that the crock pot does, why doesn't it
botulize  (sp) or samonize  (sp) the contents and kill us all when we eat
it?

Just curious
Phillipa