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What's the best slow cooker (Crock-pot, etc.) available for a reasonable price?

Nov 07, 2006 by Samuel B | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

I'm upsetting to find a good Slow Cooker for my mom this Christmas but the reviews on amazon.com aren't very secure. Most have low scores, but some have high scores but they all still have at least one review that says "Cooks eatables too fast!" Either all the slow cookers they have for sale don't work proper or the reviewers are stupid and are using them wrong. What is the best frugal (-$100) slow cooker available?

You can pick up a slow cooker or a crock pot for under $30.00. They all vocation about the same. Just be sure to buy one with a removable crock pot (apart from the ground) for easy soaking and cleaning. I have never bought one that cooks "too immoral"?

Slow cooker recipes needed !?

Dec 24, 2009 by Sondre | Posted in Cooking & Recipes

Hi all,
been very impressed by reviews on slow cookers,so had a look in argos today and got one myself .
Now the subject is i got no idea how to start ,and how to cook,i usually get ready meals,don't cook very often . I found many recipes on internet but they seem to be too intricate . I need recipes that i could just put everything (vegetables,meat,brass) in a slow cooker in the morning and find it all cooked and ready to eat when i get home in the evening ! I would like some chicken, pork and fish recipes please (i don't eat beef and lamb).
As a result of you !

In popular, when cooking in slow cookers (also known as "crockpots"), all the ingredients are added then cooking takes scene over 4-10 hrs without anything else needing to be done.

There are a few "guidelines" though for using slow cookers that can decamp the recipes turn out as well as possible:

...One of those is that fish and other "debilitated" proteins like white-meat poultry (esp. breasts), do not travail well with long cooking and therefore aren't best for the slow cooker when used normally for the full days. You could simply toss those in only for the last hour of cooking or so though (or add them already cooked reasonable to heat through) to keep them from from cooking too long (and getting dry/tough)...or you could totally cook the fish dishes for a shorter time on a weekend or after profession, then put them in frig just to heat up for the next night (or freeze).
The meats/poultry that ordinarily do best in slow cookers are those that contain a lot of connective tissue, fat, etc., which keeps them from drying out or getting inflexible... those are often cheaper cuts too.

...Vegetables will usually cook more speedily than meats as well, so they'll usually be put in the slow cooker as larger pieces or be put near the top, or unprejudiced expect them to be on the mushy side--okay though.

...Sometimes meats/poultry are browned before being added to the slow cooker and that will often off with the dish tastier, but isn't *necessary*.

...Slow cookers manufactured in the last 5 years or so will cook hotter than the older ones (because some people were putting big hunks of *frozen* vital part into them, then getting sick), so many of the recipes you'll see online and in books are for the less-hot older slow cookers (so you'd homelessness to lessen the cooking time for some foods when cooked in the newer ones).
...Slow cookers should be 1/2 to 2/3 full of eats or the heat will rise even higher.

You might also want to read the explanation I wrote to a similar question about using slow cookers here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/ridiculous/index; _ylt=AonFqpn7Fl0DYOB._ZNYdzYAAAAA;_ylv=3 ?qid=20091017124004AASe3jT

And here are many relaxing slow cooker recipes:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q ="slow+cooker"+undisturbed+recipes
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q ="slow+cooker"+pork+recipes
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q ="slow+cooker"+chicken+recipes
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q ="slow+cooker"+fish+recipes


HTH, and you'll be tickled pink you're eating fewer "instant" or restaurant/fastfood meals!

Diane B.

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