Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

[Oksana]

Oksana, and another question ... to use Hercules for a long time?

[Mirabel]

Mirabel,
Vika, April talks about ordinary rolled oats, I took the traditional one, the cooking time is 15 minutes, so I cooked 1 hour longer than April.
When cold, the flakes retained their * crunch *, which is very pleasant when they come across among tender apples. I liked this option, definitely
Next time I'll try with smaller flakes, or quick flakes to cook them and apples for 2 hours.
Then I can compare the result and decide which of the options will become my favorite dish.
The fact that the dessert will remain in the family is definitely the best thing that can be done in winter from inexpensive seasonal fresh apples.

[Oksana]

[Oksana, Yes Yes! you must try both options

Indeed, the whole apartment has a festive spirit.


Oh St. Nikolai turned over, but okay, the meaning is clear, tasty and winter-like.

[Oksana]

Oksana, you have your photos, would you decorate these interesting things with separate recipes, you will be lost in the topic

funny pie on the contrary - filling from below

[Irsha]

Irsha,
I do not want to waste my nerves (slow-cooked recipes often cause irritated comments), especially since slow-cookers are almost always not on sale.

[Oksana]

Oksana, you have your photos, would you decorate these interesting things with separate recipes, you will be lost in the topic
funny pie on the contrary - filling from below

Oksan, fools should not be offended! And for beginners (and not only for them) your recipes for mastering the slow cooker will be very useful!
And about not on sale, whoever is looking will always find! There would be a desire! And at the end of the day, this (having the device) is not your problem!

I don't cook very much in slow motion; I don't really like experiments, but to dig into the topic, then there is no time, then reluctance
That's mostly idle mine my! there is also a "undressed" large Electrolux Russell Hobs

In Temka the recipes will be lost, but separately it is always better!

And I have a healthy Murphy Richards, I go around suffering, I seem to have put it up for sale, but suddenly I need it myself, I sadly read the recipes, and I can still cook something in it ...

And I have a healthy Murphy Richards, I go around suffering, I seem to have put it up for sale, but suddenly I need it myself, I sadly read the recipes, I can still cook something in it ...

Julia, just try
I've been extremely successful at a local flea market from a forum woman at the end of November, bought Russell Hobs. Very happy.
For example, kg of pork ribs, divided into portions (you can safely more, eaten at a time), onion rings more, and for a high hour 4-5. Then in this juice and fat with onion fillet of turkey breast, a piece of 2 kilograms, part on the bottom so as not to fry, part on the turkey, for taste. And for high 4 hours. And then boil the barley on the juice.
All three dishes are delicious and very easy to prepare.

Maria, and I was cooking when I bought it, about 4 years ago, but now it's somehow controversial), kept it only in case of a large number of guests, put a mountain of meat to stew and don't blow your mustache, but it's not clear anymore , but is it worth the candle, he is very big)

what if you need it yourself

of course you need it, and the larger the slow cooker, the more necessary it is for the hostess

it makes sense to cook a couple of liters of something for a long time, for this we have multicooker

but put jellied meat, broth, meat, jam eg

meat from a slow cooker is stored longer, so you can prepare it more, at about 0 * it lies well in the refrigerator, and meat in a vegetable sauce is also half a cup of meat + half a cup with top vegetables

There are two of us, but it is the 6.5 liter kenwood that I have the most in demand, a full 6.5 liter bowl is prepared for about the same time as for 3 liters, I will cook small portions in a slow cooker

not everyone has the opportunity and desire to cook food * at one time *, and the family lives at different times, and it is very convenient for mom when some main dishes are ready-made, children will be more happy to eat a piece of bread with homemade sausage than to warm up soup , and my husband often likes

[Maria]

Maria, I would like to ask about the ribs. Just a bow and ribs? it is clear that you need to add salt .. but do you add something else?

[Csscandle]

Csscandle,
I immediately freeze some of the cooked
Most English-language recipes are designed specifically for large slowcookers, 4-5 liters are considered small, but you can also find many recipes.

Posted on Friday 13 Jan 2017 2:16 pm

Omul,
Maria, brilliant: hi: Just take off my hat
In one day, you can prepare a base for the whole week.
And I was intrigued by barley ... do I need to soak it, at least what proportions of cereal and water, mode and time?

Posted on Friday 13 Jan 2017 02:21 PM

I use a slow cooker, for some reason more often in the cold season,
And in the summer, I like the usual rice cooker with one button, I respect it for its rate of fire and delicious ruddy crusts.

Posted Friday 13 Jan 2017 5:17 PM

A slow cooker Murphy Richards appeared on Avito, apparently in New Moscow.
🔗

[Oksana]

Oksana, cereals, and especially barley, should be soaked to destroy phytic acid
better at night
ratio 1 to 2.5-3

Posted Friday 13 Jan 2017 7:21 PM

literally the day before yesterday I tormented barley, delicious)

[katko]

katko,
THANKS, Katerina

[Maria]

Maria, I would like to ask about the ribs. Just a bow and ribs? it is clear that you need to add salt .. but do you add something else?

Vika, ribs only in a narrow strip, not long, divided into portions, onions, salt and pepper
I cooked for the first time, so I started from the elementary
I really don't like fat, but it's just a song

Added Sunday 15 Jan 2017 03:13 PM

And I was intrigued by barley ... do I need to soak it, at least what proportions of cereal and water, mode and time?

Below I read about the usefulness of soaking, I did not know about it
One measure of cereal, 3 measures of meat juice + water (maybe there was not enough juice), salt, given that the broth is not fresh from the beginning. It seems like 4-5 hours hi, I looked closer to the end, as visually liked it, and turned it off.

Added Sunday 15 Jan 2017 03:14 PM

cereals, and especially barley, should be soaked to destroy phytic acid
better at night
ratio 1 to 2.5-3

Katerina, and then rinse before cooking? And then cook in what ratio?

Added Sunday 15 Jan 2017 03:23 PM

Maria, and I was cooking when I bought it, about 4 years ago, but now it's somehow controversial

Yulia, you can't argue here, you have to want to cook like that. The girl from whom she bought from her hands also says that she did not go, she loves pressure cookers. I learned about slow cookers before the multicooker, I wanted it right away. I read the sybarite forum with recipes for them, a link to the beep with multicooker flashed there. As a result, I bought 18 Panasonic cars, it was more expedient for a family with a very small child. And so, 9 years have passed since I wanted to go slow (I wanted it between times, not very actively, but the thought did not let go), everything worked out, I have it. Well, I concluded for myself that I wanted it for a reason

Added Sunday 15 Jan 2017 15:30

of course you need it, and the larger the slow cooker, the more necessary it is for the hostess

Yes, the thought also began to flicker that Russell Hobbs was not enough for me. But I still have a staff in the plans. Replaces a large slow cooker?

The girl from whom she bought from her hands also says that she did not go, she loves pressure cookers. I learned about slow cookers before the multicooker, I wanted it right away. I read the sybarite forum with recipes for them, a link to the beep with multicooker flashed there. As a result, I bought 18 Panasonic cars, it was more expedient for a family with a very small child.And so, 9 years have passed since I wanted to go slow (I wanted it between times, not very actively, but the thought did not let go), everything worked out, I have it. Well, I concluded for myself that I wanted it for a reason

One to one is me. When there were no multicooker yet, I read about slow cookers, I really wanted to, I looked for it and also got on the Good Cook and, on a tip from Lola, bought a Panas 18, it just appeared and did not even know about it in stores. And I bought a slow one a few years ago

[Omul]

And I made apple pudding, liked the idea, put the recipe on the main page

Added Sunday 15 Jan 2017 7:28 PM

Virgo, if anyone cooks in a slow cooker
French onion soup in broth with dry wine in half, please use a recipe, a reference, or at least an algorithm, when to fry the bones, when to caramelize the onion and how to combine it all more conveniently.
Still, the presence of a slow cooker requires the ability to organize yourself around it

Added Sunday 15 Jan 2017 7:31 PM

Omul,
Maria, thanks for the answer, I wrote it down, I will try barley

[Omul]

Omul, Maria, yes, I poured-poured water again
and the ratio of 1 to 2.5-3 is just how to cook
and I filled my eyes with what is called ... I had 5 cm of water over the croup

and soaking cereals is a very useful thing, I really like it .. even ordinary buckwheat really turns out differently, and oatmeal ...

[Maria]

Maria, Thank you! In the next trip to the market, I will definitely buy ribs and bungle.
Oksana, Oksana! as always, yours is excellent and creative!
but pearl barley ... last time I didn’t work very well in slow motion .. I don’t understand why .. it was sticky, it seemed to wash it and soak it.

I like the ribs in slow motion just with nothing)))
Ambassador, pepper and that's it)

[Mirabel]

Mirabel,
Vika, it tastes better than in a rice cooker with one button, I can't do anywhere
pearl barley. But that's for my taste.

tastier than in a rice cooker with one button I can't do anywhere
pearl barley.

Girls who cooked delicious buckwheat in a slow cooker, preferably 4.5 liters in Kenwood?
I want a LOU, from 1 glass of buckwheat
Don't know how much liquid to take and cooking time?
Thank you in advance

[a]

from 1 glass of buckwheat

it will be quite a bit, does it make sense to occupy a 4.5 liter bowl ... if there are excellent multicooker

in a 3 liter Boy, I cooked buckwheat with meat, and one buckwheat, then I didn't have gas and the electric stove was the most primitive, the Boy helped out a lot - you can leave it unattended

embankmentala half a bowl of buckwheat, water - three quarters of a bowl, hi, I don't remember the exact time, it was a long time ago, but at least 6 hours, since I worked or we went to the garden, it turned out a full bowl of medium cool porridge

besides, it is necessary to take into account - what kind of porridge you want - cool, fluffy or smudged, everything needs a different amount of water

and, as it turned out, different slow cookers produce different t on programs

in a slow cooker, everything is tailored specifically for buckwheat, and in a slow cooker - empirically

Added on Tuesday 17 Jan 2017 10:37 am

and here

Added on Tuesday 17 Jan 2017 10:58 am

dessert apple

slightly forgotten recipes, there are many good recipes on the slow cooker list

[Irsha]

Irsha,
Ira, the last time I bought beef was in 2008, so recipes with meat are in little demand for me.


Here is my buckwheat, maybe someone will come in handy.
I love soft, moist buckwheat and cook it in a 1: 3 ratio in PHILIPS 3060.
I did the same in KENWOOD 706.
1 glass of buckwheat * Mistral * poured
3 glasses of cold water and set on Low for 3 hours.
30 minutes before the end, added soy sauce and vegetable oil.
Next time I'll add 2.5 cups of water.
I will not increase the time so that crusts do not form along the diameter of the pot.
In the process of cooking in a slow cooker, buckwheat does not have a sharp sour flavor that annoys me so much when cooking it on any of my multicooker.
Ready-made buckwheat tastes milder.
If you do not eat it right away, then you can leave the proportions 1: 3.

Added on Tuesday 17 Jan 2017 12:42 pm

I already ate my desserts myself, with tea ...
Next time I'll put more apples, add vanilla sugar to the dough,
I will put only sugar and butter on the apples, and pour the finished pudding with honey and orange juice, making punctures in the dough with a knitting needle.

In the process of cooking in a slow cooker, buckwheat does not have a sharp sour flavor that annoys me so much when cooking it on any of my multicooker.

something new for me buckwheat we have frequent porridge, we didn't feel anything like that

okay, taste and color ...

and so - yes, buckwheat porridge made from slow meat is delicious

[Irsha]

Irsha,
Ira,
please, to me * you *, I'm not 99 years old yet
Buckwheat does not smell * like a cat's tray * when I cook it in Philips 3060 at MANUAL 90 ℃ for about 2 hours. The power of the Philips is 350w, the Kenwood 706 is 2 times less.


That's what it will do

[Oksana]

how weirdly the brain sometimes plays with us in tastes and smells)
Oksana, and with different buckwheat such baida?)
I also often have buckwheat, now, on the contrary, I try to take slightly fried, paler
I definitely put on the timer for the night so that the cereals are soaked ... and I discovered buckwheat for myself a third time))

the second was when I started to cook it in the micro

Katya, that is, you put buckwheat with water in the cartoon, it will soak in this water, and then it is cooked

[katko]

katko,
I cook buckwheat almost daily because of the dogs.
And there is always a problem where to find one so that the dogs do not turn up their noses from the bowl. Before perestroika, there was a completely different buckwheat than what they bring to us now.

[katko]

katko,
I cook buckwheat almost daily because of the dogs.
And there is always a problem where to find one so that the dogs do not turn up their noses from the bowl. Before perestroika, there was a completely different buckwheat than what they bring to us now.

and what was it before and now?

That's what it will do

only I do not consume e-mail. energy meant - and the volumes of the bowls

Added Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 12:54 PM

to keep the dogs from turning up their nose from the bowl.

I cook buckwheat for myself often, the dog eats porridge with butter with pleasure - the main thing in porridge for her - you cannot spoil the porridge with butter

by the way, about dog porridge - the meat is cheaper and doesn't smell like buckwheat

Added Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 1:00 PM

Before perestroika, there was a completely different buckwheat than what they bring to us now.

here with your hand on belly heart - we eat buckwheat regularly and often (in Soviet times, my husband received ration) for 36 years, I don't see the difference

[Sens]

Sens,
There was ordinary buckwheat, natural .. It was first sorted out, then calcined in a hot frying pan, then boiled in a cast iron and insisted for a long time * in feather beds *
Now only instant cooking, STEAMED in any case, in Moscow. has a bitter aftertaste, weak ammoniacal aroma during cooking, brownish water comes off when washing and meat boiled in the same saucepan acquires a pinkish color where buckwheat was touched. I take from the company * Mistral * this is one of the most expensive

Added Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 02:03 PM

Irsha,
I told you, you're lucky with food, fresh meat, natural milk, cereals are the same. I won't even whine about butter ...
Ir, my dog ​​needs 100 ml of dry buckwheat per day.

[selenа]

selenа, Hope, yes, I fill in 1 to 2 and on the clock timer at 7-9
during this time, the cereal gets drunk with water, swells, phytic acid breaks down, many processes take place, from which the grain only becomes tastier and healthier ... and for breakfast I already have a delicious crumbly porridge) and then anything: pour milk, put butter, drink keferchik .. or serve with meat with salad)

Added Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 02:23 PM

STEAMED

By the way, yes, most of the buckwheat is sold

[katko]

katko,
Probably not steamed groats? Or fast cooking too?
Steamed and then roasted to a dark color will never germinate.

Now only instant food, STEAMED in any case, in Moscow

I beg your pardon, but in the Moscow region we have a bulk of ordinary buckwheat from different manufacturers.Maybe a lot of steamed, but I don't pay attention to this.

The topic began to read, there is a slow, but tiny))

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, my friends bought buckwheat for a dog in bags of 20-25kg. from the Kuban agricultural. the manufacturer is exactly such, without pre-sale preparation, buckwheat.
they didn't touch it or fry it, of course)))

maybe it makes sense to look for such a manufacturer closer to Moscow? although, of course, it is not very important to buy bags for a small dog, but a healthier product!

Added Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 02:42 PM

we in the Moscow region in bulk of ordinary buckwheat from different manufacturers

in what form and where? sell from bags?

[Oksana]

Oksana, there are different ones, now I'm trying to look for unfried

[Oksana]

lucky you with food

the shops, it seems, are the same all over the country, but I have never lived in a metropolis, only about my muhosransk I can say, plus in small towns - there are a lot of dairy products, eggs, meat and poultry (expensive) from private traders, if you wish, it's easy to come to the market, it's not far away, and they will bring you home, only regular customers are welcome

and in that - about buckwheat, Oksana, you are right - in Soviet times it was more buckwheat - the smell from not yet boiled buckwheat was thick, the buckwheat themselves are larger and sharper, yes ... or maybe this is from the fact that in Soviet times, buckwheat was sold only fried (from this and dark and smelling = like roasted coffee beans), and now all

I take cereals at the wholesaler, 5kg in packages, a Chelyabinsk company, they have good cereals and pasta, * Ogma-Product *

[Sens]

Sens, I don't pay attention to the bags, but the Attack seemed to have 5 kg of their "Every Day" series. And Mistral, Agro-Alliance and the like, we only sell 1 kg each. There should be big bags in the Metro, but I repeat, I don't buy those. In some program they said that buckwheat should be light, then it is good. In our city there is a type of warehouse, there used to be Zagotzno. They sell bags there, but I have a pocket dog, she doesn't eat so much))

[Sens]

Sens,
I have a dachshund weighing 5 kg, 1 kg of buckwheat is enough for her for a week (and 700 g of turkey breast fillet)

Added Wednesday 18 Jan 2017 5:00 PM

Ksarochka,
For the ATTACK THANKS, we have such an institution nearby.

and without a dog, we ourselves eat buckwheat, sales are very good 5 kg bags are not bought, because we did not come across, and so the ba definitely bought
put it in the garage in the tank and eat it yourself all winter a couple of months

Previously, I really liked and I often cooked corn grits for myself in water, then diluted it with a little turkey broth, or chicken broth, added soy sauce, dry or fresh, cumin, coriander, or cilantro, ginger and ate corn stew with pleasure (. Basic I covered the recipe in one of the books on Ayurveda, how I am ready to get sick, I cook myself a stew and quickly come back to normal)
Having received a new slow cooker as a gift, I immediately returned to my favorite dish using the water bath method.
In a heat-resistant saucepan, I pour cereal and warm water in a ratio of 1: 3.5,
I put it for the night, in a bowl, in water * up to a hanger * and for 10 hours at the LOU.
In the morning I mixed it, filled it with whatever I want.
So, as a slow cooker steams, neither on the stove, nor in a bread maker, nor in a multicooker did I ever manage to cook, the taste and aroma of boiled corn and absolutely no unnecessary movements and no lumps.

Added Friday 20 Jan 2017 03:46 PM

SIDE DISH OF FROZEN VEGETABLES

We take 2 packs of 400 g of various frozen vegetables, put them in the slowcooker bowl, salt them. pour sauce from 1 tbsp. l. flour, 3 tbsp. l. water, 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste and half a 200 ml jar of sour cream, add dried garlic and oregano, mix everything and put on HAY for 4-4.5 hours.

Added Friday 20 Jan 2017 03:50 PM

If the vegetables have just come from the store, I put them without defrosting, if from my freezers, then I let them warm up a little

🔗707 Kenwood appeared in St. Petersburg, on Avito

about! super price, up to 1500 dropped
Petersburg KhPchkintsy - fly in))

In 5 hours at Lowe we got excellent flocks of turkey breast fillets, the meat was chilled, not frozen, so it turned out tender, not dry and fragrant
I smeared the flocks with a mixture of 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 1 clove of garlic, 1 tbsp. l. a mixture of dry herbs for poultry (I have it thyme, oregano, sage), salt and paprika to taste.
She poured half a glass of water and 1 tbsp into the bowl. l. lemon juice.

Having received a new slow cooker as a gift, I immediately returned to my favorite dish using the water bath method.
In a heat-resistant saucepan, I pour cereal and warm water in a ratio of 1: 3.5,
I put it for the night, in a bowl, in water * up to a hanger * and for 10 hours at the LOU.
I mixed it in the morning, filled it with whatever I want

The first time I cooked porridge from corn grits. Liked it .. Very tender and delicious tastelessly. But time was running out for me and I cooked the first hour on a strong mode, and then three hours on a low-level oven. And then I don't know if it was necessary or not, but I threw a towel over the slow one. In the morning I had breakfast with pleasure - and this time was enough. Next time I will pour hot water and the time for cooking is the same. Thank you, Oksanochka, for adding this healthy gruel. Once I read that this is the only cereal that contains the trace element gold.

[iriska3420]

iriska3420,
Irina, health
As for gold, I don't know, but corn on the water removes swelling from the face and waist, I noticed from myself (. The dog loves corn grits from the slowcooker much more than buckwheat and rice.)

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, corn is not digested by the digestive tract of dogs !?