Slow Cooker for £9.99 in Argos

Wickedkitten

Southpaw wrote:

Sorry in advance for dumbness. But what is a slow Cooker and what do you cook in it?

You can cook loads in it like stews and casseroles and puddings. Most libraries (and bookshops) will even have cookbooks that just have recipes for slow cookers.

Edinburghlass_2

greenpixey wrote:

Would this be big enough for two adults and two toddlers. I'm new to all this slowcooking stuff and not to sure about portion size and such.

I have this slow cooker, paid the same a year past January sales and I can get a medium sized chicken in it no problem. Should you want to cook extra for freezing you might find it too small but I reckon its plenty big enough

Pink.

Southpaw wrote:

Sorry in advance for dumbness. But what is a slow Cooker and what do you cook in it?

Hi Southpaw,

A slow cooker is a large pot set in a thermostatically controlled casing that cooks food very slowly. See the wikipedia definition here.

Because it cooks food slowly over a long period it is great for tenderising tougher cuts of meat and it's also useful to put on in the morning and return in the evening to a ready cooked meal. I use mine mainly for casseroles and soups, but they can be used for a wide variety of things. Have a look at The Complete Slow Cooker Collection to get some ideas of the things other people cook in them.

Pink

SnowyOwl_2

Greenpixie & Wickedkitten

Have a look at the indexed collection here in the Old Style forum. From where you are now just scroll up a bit and you'll find a dark blue bar going across the screen, then click on "indexed collections" which is underlined and in yellow. There are lots of recipes in there for slow cookers, many invented by and then tried and tested by your fellow Old Stylers.

I didn't know this slow cooker was big enough to get a whole chicken into. Thank you Edinburghlass! I too think it'd be big enough for a family of four.

Wickedkitten

SnowyOwl wrote:

Greenpixie & Wickedkitten

Have a look at the indexed collection here in the Old Style forum. From where you are now just scroll up a bit and you'll find a dark blue bar going across the screen, then click on "indexed collections" which is underlined and in yellow. There are lots of recipes in there for slow cookers, many invented by and then tried and tested by your fellow Old Stylers.

I didn't know this slow cooker was big enough to get a whole chicken into. Thank you Edinburghlass! I too think it'd be big enough for a family of four.

Cheers for that

whiteguineapig

a question (many thanks in advance for the answer) we have considered getting a slow cooker. i think i have seen some where that they use as much electric as a light bulb. so if you put it on in the morning would it be like leaving a light bulb on all day (i am thinking that 9.99 would be a bargain) what watt lightbulb would you think ?

pondie1

i recently paid £17 for same item,been no problem use it regularly