Slow Cooker Chatter #19

[briggsy's girl]

i've found the mccormac packets to be rather uninspiring - made them for DH, but can't stomach them myself (thankfully he will eat anything - so takes them to work with him!)

good luck with the soup - we tend to give away half a pumpkin when we cut into them (we grew qld blue, and they're rather large), use a quarter-ish for general veg cooking, and make at least 6L of soup with the other quarter.

anyone with a good vegetarian curry recipes they want to share? i don't much like the coconut type curries most of the time... needs to be something that freezes and reheats ok

[Netix]

I made a cauliflower and split pea curry last week, but not in the slow cooker. Steph and I ate a bit while it was still hot, and I froze the rest in servings, but we haven't tried reheating it yet. I have been meaning to post it out in the other section, so can do sooner rather than later if you really want it.

[briggsy's girl]

no hurry - won't be til at least Friday that i get worked up enough to do some more cookin!

[Netix]

Okay. I am going to get lots of typing practice. I think there is at least three recipes I need to post....

[~kellie~]

Hi Ladies
I have bought some lamb chops which I was going to put into the slow cooker with some tin tomatoes and vegies... my question is, how long do you think lamb chops would need to cook for?

[~Trish~]

No idea Kellie! I'm sure an expert will come in and tell you soon. Let us know how they turn out though, I never thought of putting lamb chops in the SC!

I have a question myself! I cooked a chicken and vegie curry last week using chicken thighs. I cooked it for 4 hours on high (the minimum the recipe suggested), but the chicken fell apart and it ended up looking like stringy slop! It was absolutely delicious still, but the presentation was not so good LOL. Does anyone know why this happened? Did I cook it for too long?

TIA

[~kellie~]

Thanks Trish

In regards to your question, I would have thought that if you had cooked it for too long the chicken would have been dry, but I'm not an expert. Maybe a different cut of chicken would be better?

[Rivlas]

I haven't used lamb chops but have used forequarter chops. I put it on in the morning and we had it for tea, so it was on all day. I have cooked it for a few hours the day before, let cool, taken off the fat that rose to the top then cooked it a bit more. The next time I cooked the chops, I browned them first and that took some of the fat off. Like any recipe its trial and error til you get it how you like it.
My neice puts in chicken fillets, can of apricot nector, cup or two of vegetables and puts it on. Haven't tried it as DD has a problem with apricots.

[Salsa]

I had a look at a couple of cheapy cookers today. Both were only 5kg and I wasnt sure about the settings.
Is it normal for them to just have low and high?

I will be looking at some better brands and try find one with the warmer/timer setting.