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Slow cooker......yes or no????

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  • 23-09-2010 2:04pm
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    Miss_Ellie
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    Hi there,

    I've been thinking of investing in a Slow Cooker - but I've never used one before or never even seen one in action.

    I work all day - leave home around 8.30.
    My son comes home from school around 4pm - so it would be nice to have a hot meal ready then.

    Has anybody ever used one?
    Are they worth it?
    Are they safe to leave switched on for the day??

    Any advice welcome!!!

    Thanks. :)


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    Mountjoy Mugger
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    Informative thread here. I got one a few weeks ago and find it fantastic.


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    Dizzyblonde
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    Miss Ellie, they're great and are completely safe to leave on all day. Have a look at the thread Mountjoy Mugger linked, and if you search you'll find other threads about slow cookers too.

    I use mine a lot for stews and casseroles, but you have to remember to use less liquid in a slow cooker because it doesn't boil off - and if you're including potatoes they need to be sliced about 1 cm thick and put on the bottom.


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    CJhaughey
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    I was down in Brittany earlier in the year, and the couple in the next door Mobile brought their slow cooker with them.
    They would prepare the food in the morning and leave it cooking while they were out all day.
    On the return hey presto- dinner!
    Food doesn't get ruined fast like in an oven or a fryer, if it cooks another hour big deal.
    They are great for tougher cuts of meat, you can cook them so they become very tender, in fact things that have a lot of connective tissue become very good in a slow cooker, whereas most other forms of cooking would make them tough and dry.


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    UrbanSea
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    Ya I think they're good,Morphy Richards have two as far as I'm aware,a bigger one and a smaller one. Get the bigger one,I think its only 40 euro or so.


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    Miss_Ellie
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    Thanks for all the helpful advice......and for directions to the other thread which I never saw!!! Think I need to go to Specsavers!!!! :rolleyes:


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