Remoska cookers (merged)

Thistle-down

morganlefay, I would get the standard size for just the two of you. The baby one wouldn't fit a whole chicken in. I find both the shallow pan and the rack very useful, apparently you can get a separator pan for the standard which I would love but have the grande size so it wouldn't fit.

Roast chicken is one of my very favorite things to do in the Remoska - it is lovley and crispy but very moist. Tonight we had quiche, and pumpkin bread for pudding, both cooked in the remoska. yum.

Muppet81

I am loving my standard Remoska and everything so far has been a success.
Today I ordered another for my dad who was impressed with mine.

I have one thing I struggle with though. When you put a quiche dish or any type of dish into the deep pan, how do you lift it out?

I had a small quiche dish last night sitting on the rack. Veggies underneath and fish in a sauce in the flan dish which I popped in 15 mins form the end of cooking. Tring to lift it out was so difficult and I spilt most of teh sauce into the veg below whilst trying.

I am thinking that a sling of some sort would be a good idea so that there are handles to lift the dishes out with. Have any of you clever people come up with something that can be used for this?

I am on a mission now to find something suitable. I think Lakeland used to do a string netting thing to put round a Christmas pudding bowl in the steamer. I wonder if this would work and if so, could it be cleaned well enough to keep it hygenic?

I think I have had the wrong idea about the shallow pans for the Remoska. I assumed that these sat inside the deep pan but from the last few posts it sounds like you use them independantly. Those of you who have used a cheap baking tin, do you just sit this in the frame and put the lid on it direct?

csarina

Tear off a piece of foil and fold it in half and then in half again, put the foil under the quiche when you put the quiche in to cook, leave two 'handles' then you can lift the quiche up out of the pan..........when its cooked.

The lid will not work on a tin you put the tin in the pan, using foil handles you can lift it ot easier.........the shalow tin brings the heat source closer to the food that is being cooked, so is ideal for things like quiche.

I am seriously thinking of getting one myself...........

shopndrop

morganlefay wrote: »

have decided to get one before Aug 31st at the 'lower' price.

I am also thinking of getting one but just wonder what the "lower price" is? Is it £89.99? Any idea how much it is going up to after 31 August?

sleepy-lady

I've just jused my Remoska for the first time, cooked a casserole, and during the 90 minutes it was on it blew my electric circuit 4 times. My BF wondered if the 3 amp fuse plug was the problem? I used the same point where my microwave used to be, so I don't think I was overloading anything. Anyone got any thoughts? Will ring Lakeland tomorrow anyway.

csarina

Did you try it on a different plug socket?????

sleepy-lady

Yes, I tried 3 different places - all resulted in a breakdown!

morganlefay

tee hee, have just phoned Lakeland and ordered mine. I looked online to see the full range of racks and bits, and then phoned and told them that I had been going to order it from the Out of the Kitchen catalogue (you can still see this one online, and I did have the catalogue but threw it away as being full of things I'd like but don't need). I said I'd noticed the price difference and please could I have it a 79.99 and not 89.99. She nicely said that she 'could do that for you' so that's the 'old price' which I think they have to honour until end August. It's 'only a tenner, but that's - ummm - about a thimble full of petrol these days, or three minutes of heating your house, but a tenner anyway. Can't wait for it to come. BTW Lakeland (again) used to do a very odd thingy in silicone for lifting your Xmas turkey without dropping it, a silver foil strip would be much cheaper for lifting dishes etc, but the silicone thingie might work too ? Thank you for all good ideas for meals cooked in the Remoska, I shall be using all your ideas. THANKYOU !:T

sleepy-lady

I've just called Lakeland about my faulty Remoska - spoke to a lovely girl called Alison who said that they would immediately send me a new one as there is probably a fault with the one I bought. She said that it's not something that she'd heard of before, but there was no problem in replacing it. If only every firm had such good service.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

Well done Morganlefay on getting your remoska a tenner cheaper! A tenner's a tenner after all.

I hope you get your electrics problem sorted Sleepy-lady.

I'm going to try the foil thing so thanks Csarina for the tip. I bought a utensil last time I was in Lakeland, should have been a fiver but on sale for £1.99, its a huge spatula, about double the size of a normal one, I find this easy for scooping up things out of the pan.