Remoska cookers (merged)

skintmumof3

whilst i am waiting delivery of my remoska my thoughts turned to my xmas cake........amazing how the mind can wander...lol
will it be suitable to cook one in, as i usually do mine on a low heat for a few hours.....
tia
skint
xx

whatatwit

louietudor wrote: »

my electric is 12p per unit?? -

Hi Louie, Essex Mum had quoted a figure for her gas.

But yes, electric units on the meter are the same as the unit you get charged for...it's just the gas that is out to baffle us.

Essex-girl_2

whatatwit wrote: »

Hi Louie, Essex Mum had quoted a figure for her gas.

But yes, electric units on the meter are the same as the unit you get charged for...it's just the gas that is out to baffle us.

Thanks Whatawit - yes Louie that figure was for gas.

Basically it looks like the Remoska has already saved me money on the gas bill and that was when I very first got it so wasnt using it as much as I do now. My cooker hob is gas and the oven is an electric fan oven so I know I will definately have saved some money by not using the oven as much.

I would love to sit down and work out properly the savings when my electric bill comes in but I think from my earlier experience that I will just take it that I have saved

Anyway to be truthful the fuel savings are a bonus, I love the way the food cooks in the remoska, how easy it is to clean and how kitchen smells have been minimised.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

just thought I'd share my bit of good news with you all. I sent one of my recipes off to the 'hooray for home cooking' website and they liked it so much they sent me a remoska apron! How lovely!

I'm doing tortellini tonight so no remoska tonight, I did do bacon and eggs for the kids in it though when they got in from school

caledoniaquine

I saw the aprons on the website the other day

I made burgers for kids in mine on rack today, when I went to turn burgers I took out rack and put a denby bowl with some tin foil over top to heat up the beans in.

righter

hi,although i have used my remosh for everything,i cannot seem to get roast potatoes crisp...any tips please

LouiseJ

righter wrote: »

hi,although i have used my remosh for everything,i cannot seem to get roast potatoes crisp...any tips please

I have to admit that I cannot get mine quite as crispy as in the oven but I do mine on a piece of tin foil and spray them with olive oil/frylite and take the lid off a couple of times to let the steam escape.

Strongbow24

Hiya
My Remoska arrived today I hadn't expected it to arrive so quickly but decided to use it and we had a bit of a makeshift meal while I practice - jacket spuds and pasta bake ....... can't fault the pasta bake but the jackets took longer than than I expected and I was a bit disappointed after reading in here they are 'even better than in the oven' ....... I don't agree as I prefer a crisp skin ...... however they were far superior to microwave jackets - maybe next time I'll start them off in the microwave.
I also observed after all the comments on baking cakes ....... my one and only cake tin the correct size for my mothers hand me down recipe (which I think I've stuck up in the loft) I doubt would fit in the remoska !!! the deep pan isn't as deep as I expected. Do you bakers use shallow cake tins even for recipes that should be in deeper ones and do you just bake for less time ? not that cakes really matter to me hence the tin in the loft
I have some small pyrex dishes if I put the veg in water in one of these (covered of course) would this work ?
My first impression of this alien in my kitchen is quite promising ...... first time in use and I produced a perfectly good meal without much forethought when I had been half expecting a disaster so far so good

Triggles

We've been cooking with our Remoska now for (I think) about 3 weeks and have only used the oven 2 or 3 times since then! I absolutely love it. DH did a fry up in it yesterday for our tea and it was great. I have been making scones on a regular basis (which disappear pretty rapidly as well!), and I am browsing recipes to see what else we can try. The only down side I can see is that I can no longer count on the warmth from the oven to heat up the kitchen a little in colder weather.

aloiseb

I hav the Mini version and I do find it good for things like heating up cold pasties, pizza slices, croissants etc. It also cooks sausages very well. The only problem is that you can't control the heat, and to me it seems a bit hot to do cake. Maybe it's because it's the mini one. I would say, cook anything in it which would need the oven at gas 6 or above.
Also, I can't get oven chips to taste right in it. I think they must need more space and hot air around them.
I bought a normal Remoska sized rack to use as a trivet when taking the hot lid off, and it fits the mini lid perfectly. Czech engineering, or coincidence??!