Slow Cooker Bargain

millionaire_in_training

I got a cookworks slow cooker in Argos today at half price for £8.99. 3.5 litres and the soup is cooking nicely in it at the mo.:T

Sugarhunny1

Thanks very much. Ordered one to collect from my local store. Do you get a recipe book with it? (i need all the helpi can get!)

honey28

Thank you. Just what I was after.

millionaire_in_training

only a small recipe book sugar but there is a thread on here for recipes. Happy cooking xx

kwt

link for slow cooking thread


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=271457&page=4&highlight=slow+cooker

bigmuffins

Just a quickie - has anyone got a Prima slow cooker? Are they any good?
Saw an oval one in local sainsburys think was priced at £12.49 but may have been 22.49 - was in a rush!
Am pondering whether is worth going back in morning to grab it....!

fay66

is this the cookworks one?

SnowyOwl_2

bigmuffins wrote:

Just a quickie - has anyone got a Prima slow cooker? Are they any good?
Saw an oval one in local sainsburys think was priced at £12.49 but may have been 22.49 - was in a rush!
Am pondering whether is worth going back in morning to grab it....!

Bigmuffins, I can confirm that the slow cooker you saw is priced at £12.49 - it's half price at the moment. I bought one a few days ago, but can't tell you what it's like as it's still in the box.

Regards the Cookworks one from Argos...I've had two of these already. The ceramic pot on both of them developed lots of hairline cracks and liquid seeped through. I thought I was doing something wrong with the first one, and so was very careful with the second one. (ie didn't put the pot in the dishwasher, always used hot liquid as per the instruction booklet). But for both to develop the same fault is surely more than coincidence. I wouldn't touch them with a six foot barge pole now.

LucyLocket

SnowyOwl wrote:

Bigmuffins, I can confirm that the slow cooker you saw is priced at £12.49 - it's half price at the moment. I bought one a few days ago, but can't tell you what it's like as it's still in the box.

Regards the Cookworks one from Argos...I've had two of these already. The ceramic pot on both of them developed lots of hairline cracks and liquid seeped through. I thought I was doing something wrong with the first one, and so was very careful with the second one. (ie didn't put the pot in the dishwasher, always used hot liquid as per the instruction booklet). But for both to develop the same fault is surely more than coincidence. I wouldn't touch them with a six foot barge pole now.

I bought one of the cookworks from Argos and the pot was cracked when I opened it , swapped but havent yet used replacement , hope I don't have further probs :-(

bigmuffins

Didn't get a chance to go in today - will have to go tomorrow morning to see if is still there!

I love the idea of SC but cook a lot of indian dishes and don't know if will work with SC (I am talking authentic curries as opposed to anglicised ones - no disrespect intended!) although I do make spag bol/chicken casserole etc once in a while.
Anyone got any recipes or pointers for using SC for authentic curries?