Slow cooking

[Rapunzel]

Originally Posted by Odie

I hate leaving anything on as well with no one home, you just never know.

oh how awful Rap, always have smoke alarms.

I won't even go outside in the summer if anything is on.

even just to sit.

It's true, you never do know.

I always go around at night checking that everything is unplugged.

Hubby once turned the cooker off at the wall but he didn't turn the dial off on the front of the cooker. I later left a couple of pizza boxes on the back of the cooker as I was going to put them out in the recycling bin.

Next day I turned the cooker on at the wall and went to run a bath. I was going to come back and throw something on to cook whilst I enjoyed a bath. However, when I came back I found he had left the dial on and flames 1 foot high were shooting out of the top of the pizza boxes!

[Odie]

Originally Posted by Rapunzel

It's true, you never do know.

I always go around at night checking that everything is unplugged.

Hubby once turned the cooker off at the wall but he didn't turn the dial off on the front of the cooker. I later left a couple of pizza boxes on the back of the cooker as I was going to put them out in the recycling bin.

Next day I turned the cooker on at the wall and went to run a bath. I was going to come back and throw something on to cook whilst I enjoyed a bath. However, when I came back I found he had left the dial on and flames 1 foot high were shooting out of the top of the pizza boxes!

omg!

I never leave anything inside the stove, toaster etc.

I check and re-check everything.

[mrsK]

Originally Posted by Betty Boop

Should I buy a Slow cooker?

Anyone got one? Does everything come out tasting the same, bland and dull...

Will I want to get up at 6am to chop veggies and brown meat so it can cook slowly all day?

Decisions decisions...

I love my slow cooker.
I make a lot of meals in it.
I don't bother browning the meat as I never have the time but I do love the fact my meal is cooked when I get home from school,especially in the winter

[Kathy Ellen]

Hi Betty,

I bought a slow cooker, but only use it to cook chicken or porkloin with some spuds, veggies and lots of spices. I brown the chicken 1st just to seal it and then cook it for 5-6 hours. It's really delicious as it is so tender and the spices really infuse the meat.

I am not a great meat eater and prefer to bake with homemade bread crumbs, apples and bananas on top of the chicken. I also prefer to grill or fry meat.

Although the veggie and spuds flavor the meat, they don't taste good to me as they seem to have a boiled taste .

But, since I do like flavorful foods, I then take the chicken and add other foods to it.....In a big pot, I put the cubed chicken,homemade chips, crisp red, green and hot peppers, walnuts, seasoned fresh corn, with spices and gravy. I mix everything, like a stew, together and call it my 'chicken comfort.' It freezes well for dinners during the work week.

I also don't feel comfortable leaving the cooker on when I'm not home.

[Chezzie]

I love my slow cooker...

[Carolly]

I also love my Slow Cooker and have had one for many years now although Ive updated the Models on the way.
I do my Beef in it also and buy Brisket as not only is it alot cheaper but falls apart as its so tender after cooking in there.I cook stews in it and also soups...but one thing I have learned.If I have it on slow it doesent always cook the potatoes and carrots through being root veg so I tend to boil them first for a couple of minutes and then no prob.I have at the moment in one a soup....chicken....pumpkin...sweetpotato.....carro ts.....leeks....potatoes...swede.....sweetcorn...t arrigan and barley.Its been on all night and ive just turned it off.I often go out leaving it on as tbh thats what I bought it for....to be able to go out and come home to a ready hot meal and never ever have had any probs.I also tend to use the High power on it for certain things but dont leave it on for as long as I would do normally.Yep the Slow Cooker is one of those seven wonders of the world for me

[Betty Boop]

Ok, I will go for it, now which brand and what size

[Carolly]

Originally Posted by Betty Boop

Ok, I will go for it, now which brand and what size

Ye pushing ye luck Bird

[Peg]

I'd go for the kind you can take out the crock and wash it.

[Carolly]

Well dont get a small one mate as you have a family and will be just to small.I have the largest one you can buy and it works for me