Can Anyone Recommend An Electric Multi Tiered Steamer?

[Catinahat]

Can you cook meat and chicken in one of these?

Are there foods you'd recommend not to cook in a steamer?

Have you got any unorthodox foods you use the steamer for which you stumble on by accident?

[Tilly2]

Steamers are brilliant for cooking vegetables.

[humbersloop]

but not rare roast beef ;)

[tonyav]

Who eats raw beef ?.

[RATTER15]

//Are there foods you'd recommend not to cook in a steamer?//

Ice cream.

[Catinahat]

Exactly tilly2 teaming's meant to keep all the vitamins in which deteriorate when boiling in water.

Humbersloop can you steam meats in them?

[Catinahat]

Lol@ratter15

[humbersloop]

I do soul boy, bresaola's lovely


..although not for steamers

[Tilly2]

Fish cooks well too but chicken is a bit disappointing as it is just 'steamed'

[tonyav]

Is that like eating sushi then hippy chick, only it's beef !.

[humbersloop]

yes, thin chicken or fish with seasoning and some liquid, wrapped in loose foil parcels, shiny side inwards

[humbersloop]

yep tone, and carpaccio, which is even more raw

[Catinahat]

What about meat?

[tonyav]

How can it be even more raw ?, is it still alive.

[boxtops]

We cook prawns in our steamer, and fish - you can do it in layers, the food which needs the greatest heat goes at the bottom. We cook all our veg in the steamer these days.

[ummmm]

You'd be able to cook meat in it but it might not look appealing.

I use hob steamers. They are great.

[humbersloop]

whack a load of flavours like soy, ginger and lemon grass in tilly, you might change your mind

never tried meat, so can't comment OP

soul boy, a good steak should still be lowing....

[Catinahat]

Ummmm would it be possible to brown the meat before steaming?

I used to use the hob but prefer a steamer with a timer so i can then go and do something else more important

[heathfield]

Tony - you've never heard of 'steak tartare'?

[coccinelle]

Electric steamers use up quite a lot of electricity; much better using a hob. Though as you say Catinahat you can't go away and leave it cooking unless you use a manual timer.

[bushbaby_de]

I've got a three tier one from Morphy Richards and its fab. My mum got a cheap one from Tesco and said it was rubbish.