I don't cook much but I am currently unemployed and my wife is a teacher, so I am home all day and she has tasked me with making dinner. I decided this was the perfect time to learn to cook. I would say I'm a beginner cook but an intermediate baker. Every Year for Christmas my dad cooks Italian sausage and hotdogs in a slow cooker for about 6 hours. He cooks them in red wine, onions and red and green bell peppers. I'm not positive what all he puts in the pot but It's been a tradition since I was small that He makes this and we eat it at Midnight and open presents. The smell in the house it amazing and that is what Christmas smells like to me.