"Yankee" before the name of this braised beef dish means that vegetables were added during the cooking process
But, on the Sundays that my mom popped a beef roast into the oven 
before we ... Roast beef, which is cooked uncovered (using the dry-heat cooking 
method ... for pot roast add root vegetables (of some sort) to the pot and cook the 
entire... [DOC] [TLE] Best Slow Cooker Pot Roast - The Daring Gourmet [PAR] Oct 25, 2013 ... You won't find a better recipe for oven-roasted or slow cooker pot ... roast is to fry 
it until it's very browned on all sides before cooking it.