Slow Cooker

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flashy

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My big sis has just bought me a slow cooker for my birthday, i make a lot of stews and home cooked food anyway but i just usually use a casserole dish and slam it in the oven.

She bought it me to save on gas, it doesnt use much leccy either so its really economical

what i was wondering was.....other than stews and casseroles, what else can i cook in it?


:D
 
If you google ' crockpot recipes ' you will find hundreds of recipes
I recall a thread where TinMonkey asked just the same question
 
Lol, I'm just this minute going upstairs to box mine up for the charity shop, along with a foot spa.

Mine was a Christmas present when I was a student at Liverpool in 1984. It was very useful, and made good caseroles whilst I was busy with a Leg O'Mutton sleeve. Since then it's been on a trip to London, Glasgow, and now to Ossy, and has never been used.

After not using it for quarter of a century it might be time to part company.
 
Is it a little one?
Mine is too big for my needs


PS vibrating foot spas are great used dry for foot and leg cramps - mine is permenantly plugged in ready at bedside
 
MargaretR said:
Is it a little one?
Mine is too big for my needs


PS vibrating foot spas are great used dry for foot and leg cramps - mine is permenantly plugged in ready at bedside
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No, it's quite big, and the slow cooker lifts off and underneath is hot plate thingy you can griddle on. It's in good condition considering it's age. It anyone wants it, or the foot spa (used once), if you pm me before Tuesday your welcome to them.
 
garinda said:
No, it's quite big, and the slow cooker lifts off and underneath is hot plate thingy you can griddle on. It's in good condition considering it's age. It anyone wants it, or the foot spa (used once), if you pm me before Tuesday your welcome to them.
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It sounds the same size as mine
....forgive for even thinking that you might have a small one;)
 
MargaretR said:
Is it a little one?
Mine is too big for my needs


PS vibrating foot spas are great used dry for foot and leg cramps - mine is permenantly plugged in ready at bedside
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There is a small one in B&M down town, just big enough for two: I am thinking of getting one:
 
They had them at B&M in Morecambe during the summer.
Darwendosser got one - £10
When I went and asked, they had sold out.
It looks good too -shiny steel - I may come out of hibernation to get one
 
I've got one of the big oval ones, it's just gone on now, with broth in it. Will have it for tea tomorrow and freeze the rest. :)
 
Just bought one in asda last week they are white and big enough for 2 people and freeze the rest for another day really good we have made alsorts in it £9 not big and round more tall than the usual ones .
 
Would very much like to offer a home for the foot spa if i can afford it . hope it would help my arthritis !! about the crockpot , one of the best inventions for not having to stand over it , put every thing in turn it on and a few hours later all great !! i have cooked rice pudding in mine as well as the usual stews ,and curries. you can use the cheapest cuts of meat and they always come out tender so cuts down on cost , washing up and time in the kitchen !
 
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flashy, give cherokee a shout, me dad got her one for christmas (i swear to god, i have neverseen anyone's eyes fill up over a slow cooker,well not in a good way anyway ;)) and know they went through a stage of cooking anything n everything in it.

Theyve now moved onto a fondue set lmao
 
never understood this 'slow cooking" thing , why dont you just use your regular roasting pan (with lid) or brown baking dish with tin plate lid and turn the gas mark down . Its not magic , how do you think your Grandmas who worked in the mills managed to produce an evening meal every day :confused: :confused:
 
I think the idea of using a slow cooker is you are only heating the food as opposed to heating a big oven so they are supposedly more energy efficient. Also no gas to leave on all day so when you return from the mill your house has not burnt down :)
 
Neil said:
I think the idea of using a slow cooker is you are only heating the food as opposed to heating a big oven so they are supposedly more energy efficient. Also no gas to leave on all day so when you return from the mill your house has not burnt down :)
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have doubts about the energy effincency (sp?) of an aluminium pot v an asbestos lagged oven which was probably also surrounded by a 'maiden' used for drying clothes . you young uns don't know your born ...;) :D
 
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