I don't quite get slow cookers
particularly as my oven has some very low settings

I have too many gadgety kitchen things already anyway. but the breadmaker and the george are staying.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 11:57, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

surely cooking things
sooner is better. Slow cooker for me would just mean waiting longer to find my cooking has fucked up
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:00, Reply)

if you are intending to cook something for a long time on a low heat
it is generally harder to fuck it up.

some things benefit from a long cooking time, like casseroles and stews and most things with lamb in them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:01, Reply)

it's more time in which
I will get distracted and forget I'm cooking
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:02, Reply)

won't matter
you're cooking something for like 8 hours, a couple more won't hurt

you'll remember when you get hungry
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:03, Reply)

what!
forward planning?! Perhaps one day I shall try this thing
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:04, Reply)

Does it not use loads of electricty/gas?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:10, Reply)

no idea
I don't have one

I imagine they are reasonably efficient.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 30 Mar 2010, 12:17, Reply)