In my slow cooker today.... part 2

shoperholicnot

Sunnyday wrote: »

Mine was on overnight with dogfood in it

Hope that they eat it all ok as i found out this morning that i`d forgotten to put the carrots in

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i got a new sc yesterday, done 1kg Brisket in it for 8hrs on low, dont know whether its me, the sc or the Brisket but its awful, very dry stringy and yuk! so the dog is having the lot!
The Sc is a Breville BTW

jpscloud

I've just put on a pea and ham casserole:

2 gammon steaks, cut up
3 small onions softened in 2 tbsp olive oil
tin chopped tomatoes
2 pints vegetable buillion
1 cup of red split lentils
half cup of pearl barley
1 tin of value new potatoes
handful of frozen mixed peppers

Smells lovely - hope it comes out ok!

ms_night_ryder

I'm gonna warm the remainder of the chicken in soup, only the soup is left, took a home bakes roll out the freezer, so that is what is for lunch.

Shotgun_Rider

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but this thread is huge to say the least!

Which is the best slow cooker recipe book to get? Am I better off going for the one with the most recipes or is there one that most users on here swear by?

prepareathome

shoperholicnot wrote: »

i got a new sc yesterday, done 1kg Brisket in it for 8hrs on low, dont know whether its me, the sc or the Brisket but its awful, very dry stringy and yuk! so the dog is having the lot!
The Sc is a Breville BTW

Did you add water?

shoperholicnot

prepareathome wrote: »

Did you add water?

hi
yes but only about a cupful to cover the bottom

katie89

Lamb & pearl barley stew, to be served with crusty bread later. Yum yum.

prepareathome

shoperholicnot wrote: »

hi
yes but only about a cupful to cover the bottom

That should have been enough. Just checking was the same amount of liquid still in it at end, or almost same amount? Its just in case lid not fitting properly.

Brisket usually cooks wonderfully in SC but with it being so dry at end does sound as if it did need more liquid. This is puzzling. Trying to think, I wonder if the beef was very old, as the older the more liquid it needs. I don't mean you knew it was old, but wonder if it had been frozen to long before you bought it, even if you bought it fresh, it could have been frozen sometime in past and this could cause it to be to dry and taste horrible. Had this happen once, I took it back to shop, cooked and dry and they did an investigation, turned out the brisket had been found buried in a freezer in store room well past dates, but defrosted it and it smelt and looked ok so they repackaged it and sold it as fresh. This was a well known SM and I ended up with quite a lot of coupons as an apology.

Just so sorry it happened, nothing worse than you are looking forward to something and you have to throw it away, or give it to the dog ( my lot get treats that way as well) I know some on the don't throw it away thread would say you should have cut it up, put it in a pan with gravy and onions and cooked it right through till it becomes moist, rather than waste, but I would rather do as you did, or as said that once took it back.

shoperholicnot

prepareathome wrote: »

That should have been enough. Just checking was the same amount of liquid still in it at end, or almost same amount? Its just in case lid not fitting properly.

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I would say that it had more liquid at the end, from the beef juices. I dont think its the lid as i dindn't notice steam escaping.
To be honest I dont think the Sc is very good, I think it maybe cooks too fast?

Sunnyday

shoperholicnot wrote: »

I would say that it had more liquid at the end, from the beef juices. I dont think its the lid as i dindn't notice steam escaping.
To be honest I dont think the Sc is very good, I think it maybe cooks too fast?

I`m wondering if this is the case too but i also think that if brisket is not cooked long and slow enough then it goes stringy. I`ve also had a cut of beef that said it was brisket and it seemed to be quite different (no fat) so i think that i may have had one labelled up wrongly in the past.

Have you had the sc long? If not then i would maybe try for a refund or better still go for a different brand, i`ve seen a few comments recently about breville in various places. I have a Morphy Richards and a Tesco one, both different sizes and good for different things but overall i think that the Tesco cheapy is just as good if not better than the MR.

HTH

SD