Can you keep food just warn in a slow cooker? i.e. mashed potato

SmlSave

Hi everyone

I have a big family do soon (10 people) with limited space. I was wondering if you reckon it would be ok to make mashed potato and then to put in the slow cooker to keep warm?

If it works I thought it'd be good for Xmas and useful for veg too!

Many tanks for any help/advice

Sml

Sunnyday

I`ve never done this but i know that some models have a keep warm option so if yours has that then it should be ok.

Mine only has low as the lowest setting and i think that it would be ok for a couple of hours at the most, it depends on how long you need to keep it warm for i think.

Would keeping it in a large pyrex bowl covered with foil wrapped in a towel help? You could always take the foil off and nuke it in the microwave for a few minutes before you served it.

HTH

SD

foxgloves

Hi, I can't think why it wouldn't be OK as long as you don't leave it for too long? I did a curry night a couple of months ago and so I could get ahead with the cooking, I put the Chicken Madras in the slowcooker on 'warm', then took the whole unit through to the dining room so people could help themselves while it kept hot. It seemed to work fine.....it wasn't in there that long as they were like gannets & scoffed it!