Slow cooker
In my infinite wisdom I thought I slow cooker would ensure that I could eat healthily and easily by shoving a load of ingredients in before going to work and come home later to a lovely wholesome meal............WRONG!

What I failed to include in the above dscription was the 30mins preparation time needed to seal the meat and all the other ingredients before effectively leaving it to bubble over a 40 watt lightbulb all day. I used it once in about the 10 years I had it!
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 21:02, 12 replies)

They can be pretty good
I agree that they're not exactly timesavers but they can produce some beautiful tasting food. It's really good with stewing beef which literally falls apart on the fork after cooking all day.
(MagicMoose, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 21:25, closed)

the melt in the mouth..
beef (fnar) was what I was hoping for with the time saving benefits
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:22, closed)

dont seal anything...chuck it in, leave it while youre at work, job done.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 22:18, closed)

^
This is what I hoped I needed to do but after reading the instructions this wasn't an option on any of the recipes. I realise now I should have tried chucking an leaving to see the end result, I am not going to make the same mistake in buying another to try this method though.
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:26, closed)

You dont have to seal anything?
I love my slow cooker, cheap cuts of beef get cooked to melting in the mouth consistency.
It makes fabulous curries and stock.
The only thing it isnt good for is cooking chicken, after 8 hours you know its cooked but its pink, and pink chicken isnt at all appealing.
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 2:58, closed)

dude, stop cooking rubber chooks. prob solvered
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:15, closed)

I use mine all the time
prep the night before added bonus; the meat marinades a bit too. Switch it on as I'm leaving the house & come home to delicious stew
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:53, closed)

I use mine quite a lot
Perfect for casseroles, even better with beef casseroles when you don't add water and dump a bottle of guinness in instead.
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 9:48, closed)

seal?
pah. Chuck a kettle of boiling water in with it, go to work, add a few spoons of gravy when you get home, leave it while you have a pint, serve.
(bblgoose, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 10:12, closed)

Slow cookers are gadgets of win
My mum and dad got the missus and I a slow cooker a couple of Christmasses ago. The missus was a bit "Errrr..." but I was well chuffed and she's since seen the benefit. It's a posh one which can go on the hob, in the oven or on its stand.

We often make chilli verde in it. Put all the ingredients in the night before, give it a stir in the morning and put it on "low" and go to work. It's a fab feeling to walk in and the homely smell of dinner hits you and you're starving. 10 minutes to do some rice job done.

With the above evidence given by the other jurors, I'd like the case for slow cookers to be classed as a "crap gadget" be thrown out, m'lud.
(ThatNiceMan thought he was being funny, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 10:17, closed)

Having taken into consideration..
the evidence presented before me today I would hereby like to rescind the motion to have the humble slow cooker castigated into the land of crap gadgets. I have discovered that they were not quite as crap as I thought they were and there appeared to have been an error with the user.
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 11:00, closed)

good work.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 12:09, closed)