slow cooker quick questions thread

squeaky

I'm pretty sure that you can. I think I saw a recipe for egg custard in one of my books somewhere. Hang on while I go check...

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.. Yep!

Egg custard for sure, so I don't see why you can't do creme caramel as well.

Maker your custard using hot milk.

Cover with foil.

Put a jam jar lid in the crockpot and stand your bowl on it.

Pour boiling water into the crockpot to come half way up the dish.

Cook on low for rour hours.

HTH

csarina

Thanks squeaky, I will be giving that a try........

homealone_2

how long should one of the packet mixes chicken chasseur take i put it in the morphy richards family oval coker at 1pm on a medium. had disaster with one in the oven the other day after 2 hours all the veg was done but the meat was rock hard so thought would give slo cooker a go. my friend said the other day that she uses her almost every other day and puts everything in it even baked potatoes. what strange things have any of you put in but have turned out well. i have had to join cooking rota with familt to do 2-3 meals a week and if most of them can be done in slo cooker i will be very relieved as cant stand and chop etc veery well need maily throw it in ideas please?

spendaholic

Is it worth me getting one?

I had a slow cooker years and years ago and you plugged it in and left it on for hours and hours, but it didn't seem very energy efficient and so I got rid of it.

These days slow cookers seem to have taken off again, but how is it money saving?

(No doubt this has been asked before, so apologies for any duplication, just don't have time to wade through them all right now.)

keith.mac

hello i have a tower slow cooker its smashing
has any one got a copy of the instructions, i do not know the model number, but it is an auto, slow or fast from the 80's fawn with brown crock pot in side
keith.mac@toucansurf.com

avstar

spendaholic wrote: »

Is it worth me getting one?

I had a slow cooker years and years ago and you plugged it in and left it on for hours and hours, but it didn't seem very energy efficient and so I got rid of it.

These days slow cookers seem to have taken off again, but how is it money saving?

(No doubt this has been asked before, so apologies for any duplication, just don't have time to wade through them all right now.)

I'm a bit of a slow cooker newbie but I know mine costs a couple of pence an hour to run, plus it copes best with the toucher/cheaper cuts of meat so the saving is 2 fold really.

sophisticated.

I've been reading through the slow cooker threads on here and I have some questions...

1 - Do I need to add water when cooking things in a slow cooker?! I keep reading references to adding water, but not too much and I'm confused!

2 - I want to make lamb in my slow cooker. (It's a Tower Slo-Cooker Compact, very old, my mum got it for her wedding over 25 years ago.) How long would it take to cook? Can I just add veg in aswell? I'd like to make some sort of sauce/gravy to go with it, could this be done whilst cooking the lamb too?

Thanks

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Hi sophisticated, I'm still learning myself. When I did a stew recently I put veg in but put them at the bottom as they take longer. Also I added cornflour at the end to make up a sauce/gravy but I already had ale and stock barely covering it from the start. I'm not sure about roasting meat but would think you'd need a little liquid to stop it sticking and also to make gravy.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Thought it worth mentioning on here that Amazon are doing some good deals on Morphy Richards. There's a 3.5 in black or s/steel for approx £16.60 and a 6.5 in s/steel for £21.03.
I was on there looking for a good sc book with basic soups and stews but most seem to be either too fancy or else American. Can anyone help?

Pink.

HI wee bargain hunter,

This thread may help you to find one: Slow Cooker Cook Book

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