I've had a slow cooker, quite literally for years, sitting in a cupboard in my kitchen... never used it!
can anyone recommend a good recipe book, or is it far more simple than that? I don't have the first idea!
sara3 Sat 04/10/08 16:55
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hey Sara3, my work colleage are always talking about how good it is etc.. why dont u google it :P xx
change of subject, i went to Cadburys choc factory today looking for Giant Choc Buttons.. but the didnt have any :(
so i bought the standard ones :( x
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thanks Mr. F, you're a star x
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WhiteBear, I went there years ago (before the dawning of Giant Chocolate Buttons!).. hope you had fun :o)
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my wife brought a book from wh smiths called slow cooking properly explained by dianne page cost a fiver and can well recommend it
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lol Sara it wasnt a proper factory, its a shop, so didnt have much fun.
gave an evil eye to this man as i was queuing to pay.. .. because im Chinese, he looked at me then turned round to his wife... oh we better watch out these dont contain those dodgy Chinese powder milk!.
i felt like punching him. how rude.
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thanks Mark and Shaney. I think if I could just get started I'll be away. I'll look up both books :o)
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WhiteBear.. he actually said that? how very rude!
grivitate.. yeah, rocket science by that standard ;o)
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sara
my work colleage .. sets the cooker in the morning, by the time he gets home from work, Teas ready! lol
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yeah, that's what I'd like to achieve. I'll just have to be a bit more organised in the mornings :o)
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Once you get the hang of it sara you will wonder what you did without it .I 've used one for over thirty years .In fact I'm on my third cooker . Really useful bit of kitchen gear .You can just bung it all in and come home to a nice hot meal .They are worth their weight in gold at this time of the year .You can cook anything in them .From a joint of meat to a cake ! Plus they are very economical with electricity .Great for stews and soups etc in the cold weather .
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Have a look at Money Saving Old Style in the internet sight called MoneySaving Expert.com - I have had some really good recipes from it. Dont be afraid of your slow cooker just bung in a load of ingredients switch it on and walk away for a few hours - the results are usually fab
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sir.k, you are full of surprises, thank you!
woozer.. a joint of meat? I thought everything needed a sauce to cook properly. I evidently need a recipe book!
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but not in a slow cooker, I assume ;o)
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Sara you can cook a joint of meat in a slow cooker no problem I hardly ever use the oven to cook a joint except for pork 'cos I like the crackling .
For example a piece of brisket ,silverside ,topside, a chicken ,a gammon joint .Half a leg of lamb .
For beef I just put in the pot cook it on low for six hours ..bingo. It makes it's own gravy you don't need any liquid and you just have to thicken the gravy .Brisket is best as it has nice marbling of fat .You might need a little liquid for topside or silverside as it's not so fatty .But only a teacupful of stock .
Chicken ,bung a lemon and a load of garlic up it's rear end ,plonk it in and cook for six hours on medium or all day on low .Same with lamb just shove it in .Or add some cider for gammon .Or you can put vegetables in the bottom of the pot and lay the meat on top.Whichever way the meat will be really tender .You can use any old cheap cuts of meat because the long slow cooking process cooks it to perfection .
So you could use chuck steak instead of expensive braising steak for example to make a casserole .
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So you could use chuck steak instead of expensive braising steak
errrr!!!!!!
I'm slightly worried :-/
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okay.. hang on... I am doing a big lunch tomorrow and have 2 1.5k shoulders of lamb that I was going to stick in the oven.
are you sure this will work??! on low or high, and for how long?
I've actually got the thing out now.. it's really dusty!
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Sara wonders... are Chuck steaks lean?!
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Well sara if that was me I would stick them in the cooker on medium for about six hours .But ......as you have never used it before don't chance it if you are having people for dinner
.Better to experiment first on something easy .
They are one of these things I 've used for years so I'm used to judging the cooking times etc and am confident using it .
I don't want any soliciters letters :)))
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