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jay-jay
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Everyone on this board seems to rate slow cookers, can someone please tell me why there so good. Never used or known anyone in the family with one but might be tempted if the reasons were good :beer:
I hope that my child, looking back on today
Will remember a mother who had time to play;
Because children grow up while you're not looking,
There are years ahead for cleaning and cooking.
So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep.
I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep.
Will remember a mother who had time to play;
Because children grow up while you're not looking,
There are years ahead for cleaning and cooking.
So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep.
I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep.
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Loading it in the morning....
coming home after a busy day to a ready made meal.
Good flavours,
Cheap to run,
Easy to run,
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Can anyone recommend anyI hope that my child, looking back on today
Will remember a mother who had time to play;
Because children grow up while you're not looking,
There are years ahead for cleaning and cooking.
So, quiet now cobwebs, dust go to sleep.
I'm nursing my baby, and babies don't keep.0 -
i have a morphy richards 6.5 litre http://www.duck.co.uk/web/main/ProductDisplay.asp?An=0&N=0&Au=P_MasterItem&Nu=P_MasterItem&A=90S124_&ordermedia=Z012&entry=2&colour=&catno=90S124&suffix=L4&size=&quantity=1, i can do huge batches of spag bol etc and freeze what we dont eat that day into portions for later on in the month saving me time/money and washing up :j if you are going to buy one i can recommend getting the morphy richards its fab! definately get a large one so that you can batch cook rather than fiddling around with individual meals with a smaller one.proper prior planning prevents !!!!!! poor performance!
Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat moneyquote from an american indian.0 -
i have a morphy richards 6.5 litre http://www.duck.co.uk/web/main/ProductDisplay.asp?An=0&N=0&Au=P_MasterItem&Nu=P_MasterItem&A=90S124_&ordermedia=Z012&entry=2&colour=&catno=90S124&suffix=L4&size=&quantity=1, i can do huge batches of spag bol etc and freeze what we dont eat that day into portions for later on in the month saving me time/money and washing up :j if you are going to buy one i can recommend getting the morphy richards its fab! definately get a large one so that you can batch cook rather than fiddling around with individual meals with a smaller one.
A lot of people on Old Style recommend that one.....it's on sale in Argos at the moment reduced from £33.97 to £22.64.
Saying that it's really big.....how many are you cooking for Jay Jay? Do you like to batch cook for the freezer?
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I have that one and it is good. I find the high setting too high, and use it only only on low, or medium if I want it to cook a bit faster.
once you have done a roast in a slow cooker you will never use the oven again.x x x0 -
once you have done a roast in a slow cooker you will never use the oven again.
Can
I just clarify, that you can't actually 'roast' things in a slow cooker. You can certainly cook a whole joint in it until the meat falls off the bone. But, this is pot-roasting with liquid rather than roasting in dry heat. If you're after a traditional crispy skinned roast chicken a slow cooker won't do it.
They are excellent for busy people who want to come home to a hot meal, or parents with small children who want to do the prep for an evening meal at a more convenient time.
In my opinion they don't produce such good results as cooking a casserole/stew in an oven does. This is mainly because there is very little evaporation of the liquid and consequently not much concentration of flavours. I made a beef stifado in the oven last week. The liquid reduced to jam and the meat had gone all crusty and caramelised, but not dry and burnt. It was gorgeous, a slow cooker would not have produced the same result.
Good points though are convenience and economical use of electricity
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I dont like mine.
I find the meat tastes a bit stringy and dry enen though it is cooked in juices. I am not realy a stew person though. I dont mind it for cooking rice in but thats not realy a throw it in the cooker and leave it type of recipe.
Sorry
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I cooked chicken and later a ham joint in my slow cooker we didn't like the taste of either!!!!Will stick to my normal roasting or boiling in future
Soup/stew was good.
Not as impressed as I thought it was going to be.0 -
I have 2! One smaller one and one larger one. Both are old - small came from Mum and large one came from a charity shop for £3 - it was barely used! Neither are fancy - just single crock pots.
Use the small one for meals for me and OH (chicken/lamb/beef stews or lamb kleftiko - falls off the bone and melts in the mouth, or beef brisket - delicious!). Put ingredients in the SC in the morning, and return to a cooked meal in the evening. I also use it a lot of Sundays when we have lots of stuff to do and I normally would struggle to get my to do list done and cook Sunday lunch. I travel a lot with work, so if I am due home that night, I get my OH to get something out of the freezer (such as chili or spag bol) and put it in the slow cooker on low before he leaves for work so I just need to boil some spaghetti when I get home.
Other meals I have been known to cook are curries, lentil soup (just blitz down once cooked) and also mexican chicken (marinated in chili, beer, spices) to go into fajitas.
The larger one I use to cook down bolognaise, etc when I bulk cook. I generally brown off mince and add this with veg, tomato, herbs, red wine, etc and put in slow cooker and leave for a couple of hours on low to cook down.
It only costs the equivalent of a lightbulbs worth of electricity to cook this through, whereas my hob would be pricier.
I use mine usually at least once a week - more often in winter.
I found using them took some time to get the hang of and there are some things I don't use it for.
I personally don't like cooking a whole chicken (some people roast in theirs) - I find I can never rescue it before it completely falls off the bones!
Overall I am a fan.
Thanks to MSE, I am mortgage free!0 -
They are also good for creamy rice puddings, although they don't need all day.0
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