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Delia Smith...tut tut tut!!
SnowyOwl_2
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Hello everyone
I spotted something devestating on page 38 of Delia Smith's How to Cook, Book Three. In it she states...and I quote:
"...things that take up precious space but are not really needed are as follows. A slow cooker..." :eek::eek::eek:
I can't believe she doesn't think they are useful gadgets!
To cheer myself up I turned to Jamie Oliver's book, jamie's kitchen. The job was a good one as on page 15 there is a full page full colour photograph of Jamie himself with a fake leopardskin Chic Shopper!!! Would scan it and post a link to it but I suppose that would be against copyright rules (don't want to get MSE.com into trouble on his 3rd birthday).
I spotted something devestating on page 38 of Delia Smith's How to Cook, Book Three. In it she states...and I quote:
"...things that take up precious space but are not really needed are as follows. A slow cooker..." :eek::eek::eek:
I can't believe she doesn't think they are useful gadgets!
To cheer myself up I turned to Jamie Oliver's book, jamie's kitchen. The job was a good one as on page 15 there is a full page full colour photograph of Jamie himself with a fake leopardskin Chic Shopper!!! Would scan it and post a link to it but I suppose that would be against copyright rules (don't want to get MSE.com into trouble on his 3rd birthday).
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I just use a Big Saucepan so she may mean thats more important.
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No...she has written some pages on what to buy and what not to bother with. Slow Cooker is definitely in the "don't bother with" list....0
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SnowyOwl wrote:No...she has written some pages on what to buy and what not to bother with. Slow Cooker is definitely in the "don't bother with" list....
Thats because a saucepan or ovenproof dish is more up the list.
Ive never felt the need for a slow cooker, a saucepan is more
than adequate and can also be used for boiling stuff.
So it has a multipurpose thus = more important.0 -
I must have a different edition of the book to you.0
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To be fair a slow cooker is no different to leaving a saucepan on a very low hob!0
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After reading the enthusiasm for slow cookers on this forum I invested in one. What a waste of money. The previous poster states that using a slow cooker is no different than leaving a saucepan on a very low hob. I could not agree more. Delia Smith is quite right not to rate them.0
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So you would leave a pan of food cooking on the hob all day unattended? I think not! :rolleyes:"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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isn't that what you're doing with a slow cooker though?Come to my garden in South Bucks and i'll find you a wasp...0
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"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
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It is that what you do, good or bad,
will come back to you three times as strong!
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You haven't tried Curry Queen's roast chicken in the SC.:drool: I am a recent convert and wish that I used it years ago. Try another few recipes and see how you go. I love it as well as it doesn't make my kitchen hotter while cooking. With the oven & hot plates on it's like a little furnace in there. I can cook eggs on the bench tops.
Slight exaggeration (sp) there. Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.
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