Thermal cookers: have you used one?

Memory_Girl

I wish we had "Smelly Forum" - mind you its smelling pretty lush around these parts too!!

We had these for dinner:



Butternut squash and Parmesan Pasties - Mmmmm!! Obv NOT in the thermal bag but gorgeous anyway!!

MG

moments_of_sanity

Wow, they look lovely.

Update on the beef..........absolutely amazing, melted in your mouth and cooked to perfection! I added a Bisto stock cube, carrots, New potatoes, an onion and about half a litre of water. I brought it to the boil and simmered for 20 mins, popped it in the thermal bag and left it for 4.5 hours. My guys have asked for the beef cooked like that every time.

Just for info, the beef weighed 510grams (this I know as I put the weight on all my meat so that if it's just 2 of us I can choose a smaller pack).

Memory_Girl

What a HOOT!!!

Today I had a Skype call with a group of Students from "Norlins" - which is how you really say New Orleans apparently.

They wanted to trade me a tutorial for making the Thermal Cooking Bag for their Number One Frugal Recipe

Norlins Po Boy Jambalaya

So we did - fair deal and tonight I made some in the thermal cooker.



VERY filling and uber cheap - although it was a bit "hunt the veggie". DS1 really enjoyed his and there is even some left over for his lunch tomorrow :T

Bit odd how we have become such a small world now that students half a continent away can not only find you but get in touch.

MG

Honeythief

My huge stash of pre-cooked frozen meals is finally dwindling, so I busted out the thermal cooker again today to finish off a chicken korma. I really love that thing! The only down side is that it's nearly winter here and I would like the kitchen to be kept warm for hours so it warms the living room, but that isn't happening any more

Willowpop

I have a question. I have a load of those packing noodles/peanuts….can I use them instead of buying a load of bean bag beans?
Any thoughts please?

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You certainly can WILLOWPOP but you might have to break them up a bit to make them small enough to fill the pockets effectively.

Willowpop

Smashing. Will see if I can shed them a bit so they are smaller then.

Chi-me

My Thermal Cooking Bag is in the post. Thanks Mooloo

I'm so excited! I've spent all day researching different recipes and can't wait for it to get here!! _party_

I'm going to show my adult kids too, I may need another one for them as my son in particular is famed for putting his dinner in the slow cooker, going to work and getting home hours later to find he hadn't switched it on and his food is ruined :rotfl:

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I can remember using the 'hay box' method years ago when in the 1970s we had many power cuts and often the electric would go off for 3 hours at a time.I used my DDs big wooden toy box and filled it with a double duvet folded so it made a 'nest' for my casserole dish.I would cook and bring to the boil for 10 minutes the food then put it in the nest and cover with thick cushions and another duvet and blanket so it was completely insulated and just leave it for hours to cook. It was a great way to get hot food into my family when we were sitting by candlelight in the dark listening to a transistor radio as obviously there was no t.v. either.You always had to leave a light on at night though as you never knew when the electric would come back on again:):).I also used to sometimes be cooking something and the lights would just go off with no warning and I'd have to take my pot of food down to my pals house 6 houses down from me as she had a gas cooker and she would finish it off for me I am still great friends with her after over 40 years and she is a regular visitor to me down in the Medway from her home in Dartford.There was a great deal of community spirit generated in those dark (literally ) days of the Winter of Discontent. No one had very much but what we had we tried to share with our neighbours.I lived in a road of about 40 houses and I knew each and every one of my neighbours by name and their children as well, even though I only lived there for 3 years.I have lived in this road for 19 years and know maybe half a dozen at the most of my immediate neighbours just on 'nodding' terms' only.Perhaps we could do with a return of the neighbourliness of yesteryear

patchwork_cat

JackieO wrote: »

I can remember using the 'hay box' method years ago when in the 1970s we had many power cuts and often the electric would go off for 3 hours at a time.I used my DDs big wooden toy box and filled it with a double duvet folded so it made a 'nest' for my casserole dish.

You had a duvet in the early '70's very avant-garde!