Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2      large         onions -- cut in half,
                         -- sliced along grain
   1      can           (16 oz.) peeled tomatoes -- including liquid
   4                    carrots -- peeled and cut
                         -- into 1" diagonal
                         -- chunks
   4                    ribs celery -- cut into diagonal
                         -- slices
   4      pounds        chuck roast -- trimmed of excess
                         -- fat
     1/2  cup           soy sauce
   1      cup           sherry
   1      teaspoon      sugar
   4      cloves        garlic -- peeled and
                         -- flattened
   3      whole         star anise
     1/2  teaspoon      white pepper

Preparation:

Place vegetables in bottom of slow-cooker. Add meat. Mix soy sauce, sherry, sugar, garlic, star anise and pepper. Pour over meat and vegetables. Cover and cook at low for 10 to 12 hours or at high for 5 to 6 hours, until fork tender. I don't use my crockpot very often, but this recipe from today's Lakeland Ledger looks so good I'm gonna have to dig the durned thing out and try it. If I don't tell my dad it has sherry in it, I'll bet he won't know the