Remoska cookers (merged)

mobilecat

I have found some great uses for the REmoska in the last few weeks. I have heated oven. food, made pancakes, medjedera, casserole and all sorts of other things.

I did find a great use for it though. Left over bread lumps, mixed with egg, milk, spinach and herbss - fantastic. I did something similar without the spinach but with cheese and olives - yum.

I am currently waiting for some bread to rise and I am going to try it. I have not baked for years as I am useless but I am having a go - wish me luck

westcountrymaid_2

I'm another big Remoska fan, wouldn't be without mine now, My favourite is roast chicken cooked in it, its so moist and full of flavour. Like morganlefay I also love doing layered recipes, tonight I'm cooking chicken breasts with sliced potato, leaks and whatever else I find lurking in the bottom of the fridge. All in one pot so hardly any washing up and a sparkling clean oven. My main oven has never looked so clean, mother in law asked the other day how I kept it so clean, I told her 'simple, I don't use it'.

It seems from reading on the other Remoska thread that it's a great success for camping.

Triggles

We love our Remoska. We cook a roast dinner (chicken, lamb, or beef) in it every Sunday - it's so nice not to have to heat up the oven and use a ton of dishes - just the Remoska for the meat, veg, potatoes, and yorkshires. Plus I bake in it regularly as well. And we use it for most meals during the week, unless it's one that is cooked on the stovetop. Our poor oven is probably feeling quite neglected.

trying-very-trying

geordie_joe wrote: »

In what way is it more versatile? What can you do with a remoska that you can't do in a halogen oven?

In my opinion, the fact that it is a much more gentle heat source, makes it a very forgiving method of cooking. I can leave stuff that little bit longer without worrying about it getting burnt. I also find it much more convenient than the cooker hob for things like sauces and browning mince or gently sauteing onions, mushrooms etc.

Maybe I didn't use my HO to full use, but to me it was just an oven, and I don't use my oven very much.
Then there is the fact that the lid of my standard remoska is easier to handle than the lid of the HO, and even the grand remoska is smaller than the HO, although I do beleive now that they can also be bought in a smaller size.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

Just been reading the new thread and wanted to jump in to the defence of the remoska. I have had mine since around last July and use it nearly every day. I have seen my energy usage go down due to it and I love the tasty food I get out of it. Also Lakeland have been very good with returns and advice.

I know it costs a lot of money but I think that I will recoup this in saved energy costs.

Some people on the board seem to be against remoskas, slow cookers, breadmakers etc well thats fine, you don't have to have them. I work shifts and can clock up to 85 hours a week some weeks so find them very useful and worth the extra money that I have spent on them. I am happy to pay for the convenience it affords me.

Its ok to not like a gadget, just let us play with our toys in peace!

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

tjp70 wrote: »

I was lucky enough to be given a grand Remoska for Christmas and whilst I am fairly pleased with it, it does seem to take an absolute age to cook anything.

Tonight I 'cooked' oven chips and they took nearly an hour. Is this normal?

Hi tjp70, I had a grande and had to send it back as it was faulty, exactly the same thing happened to me, it took forever to cook anything. I think it may be faulty.

tessie_bear

could i ask people who make pasta bake and yorkshires in the remuoska do u put the food in a dish of some sort...u dont put it in to the pan ?? or do u ?

trying-very-trying

I haven't done yorkies, but I do pasta bakes and other things straight into the dish.

retiredlady

tessie_bear wrote: »

could i ask people who make pasta bake and yorkshires in the remuoska do u put the food in a dish of some sort...u dont put it in to the pan ?? or do u ?

I do toad in the hole and pasta bakes and rice bakes directly in the remoska pan. In fact I have a chicken cooking in one at the moment with roasting vegetables around it and in the other I have a cauliflower and brocolli pasta bake going on. I have to make loads as the family will all take the pasta tomorrow in their packed lunches!

retiredlady

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

Just been reading the new thread and wanted to jump in to the defence of the remoska. I have had mine since around last July and use it nearly every day. I have seen my energy usage go down due to it and I love the tasty food I get out of it. Also Lakeland have been very good with returns and advice.

I know it costs a lot of money but I think that I will recoup this in saved energy costs.

Some people on the board seem to be against remoskas, slow cookers, breadmakers etc well thats fine, you don't have to have them. I work shifts and can clock up to 85 hours a week some weeks so find them very useful and worth the extra money that I have spent on them. I am happy to pay for the convenience it affords me.

Its ok to not like a gadget, just let us play with our toys in peace!

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