Slow cookers: model selection, features, reviews

[Irsha]

Irsha,
Ira, the slow cooker was invented in the United States in the 70s of the 20th century, when many housewives began to work outside the home.
(which is why they compare it to their kitchen utensils)
It is clear that analogues exist in every country (someone compares it with a pot, and compares it with a cast iron, and someone with a tagine)

[Oksana]

Oksana, forgive me for not answering right away, no notification came, chot junk again ...
I languished milk, yes store milk, I have no thrush, milk 930 ml package, composition: whole milk, skim, period 5 days, simmering two packages, because I planned to make fermented baked milk from everything, and I have a fermenter with a maximum bowl of 2 liters. my 3.5-liter slow.
Yes, for a couple of hours and 8-10 for a medium, they turned off in the morning, I went to work, but the temperature rose, I asked to go home to be treated .. as a result, I arrived after lunch, the milk had already cooled down and was put into the refrigerator. without heating it, poured it into the bowl of a yogurt fermenter (Oursson added dry sourdough for me0 (finally, it lives in the freezer for two years) and set it for 8 hours, an excellent fermented baked milk came out)
this was my test of making fermented baked milk)
I will be glad if I can help

[katko]

katko,
Katerina, thank you, it's really easy to make and the fermented baked milk is excellent.
I'm not in a hurry yet, it's okay, I make sour milk mostly in the summer, when I want it (in the heat), (well, and cows on free grazing)

[katko]

katko, Do you need to set the Hai mode for milk of baked milk first? I once tried to make such milk, but for the time being it turned sour. But it was on a hot summer day. Therefore, I returned to the multicooker-pressure cooker on the stewing mode. Now I will do it according to Katya's version.

[iriska3420]

iriska3420, Irina, in my kitchen is now 25-26 stable
I poured milk from the refrigerator and immediately to Hai, you can sell more, I just went to bed later, and did not leave on Hai at night, I was afraid that it would be too brown
nothing turned sour
I read somewhere that some first bring it to a boil on the stove, but then there will be a taste of boiled milk, and I just fuuuu, I can't stand it
therefore immediately into the slow bowl

I once tried to make such milk, but for the time being it turned sour. But it was on a hot summer day.

Irina, perhaps it depends on milk if it was originally fresh

once for about 7 years I took milk from one milkmaid, from one cow, and I had no big problem with this milk - to get natural yogurt without adding sour cream or ready-made yogurt, it soured for a long time, and it never curled at me when languishing

and then there was another cow and another housewife, the milk sour faster and without adding sour cream, and it was not always possible to turn it over

moreover, the hostess was not a slob, I take dairy more often from friends or then they become good friends depends a lot on the feed and on the cow itself

[brendabaker]

All TRICKS !!!
Finally, I returned home ...

The recipe was posted on the main

brendabaker, Oksana, where on the main ??? You can link, otherwise in 1.5 months of my absence you have prepared / created so many goodies !!!

[url] = https: //Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=478397.0/url] Chicken drumsticks * Put and forgot * in slow cooker

[Ludmila]

Ludmila, welcome back)))
and I have millet porridge-souffle in the morning
yesterday the guests were late
fast to slow: 1 mst millet, 3 mst milk and 2 mst water, Medium mode
and sleep) it turned out 6 hours languishing

[katko]

katko,
Good porridge

[Oksana]

Oksana, for breakfast the very thing)
I also wanted with an apple, but the ley was in the micron to soar, and I was afraid to throw off the milk from raw

And I have a question about beans.
I have beans from my father's dacha, no chemicals.

I want to cook with soaking and without boiling for 10 minutes.
I think the HIGH mode will do, for 4-5 hours.
And did anyone cook beans in the same way on LOU, with soaking, but without decoction?
Can someone give advice, I need soft beans, but preserved shape.

[Oksana]

Oksana, I just recently cooked beans from my parent's garden
she even the year before last))
I always soak it, the more the better, this one stood for a day, I always put it in the cold, if I don't forget, I will change the water once
in slow motion, it does not lose its shape, because there is no violent boiling
Yes, 4-5 hours will do on High, and after that you can leave it off until it cools completely
there will be perfectly cooked beans

[katko]

katko,
Thank you, Katerina,
I did just that, soaked it for 4 hours, drained the water a couple of times (my beans are small and in 4 hours they increased well in volume)
I washed it, filled it with clean water 3 cm above the level of the beans and for 4.5 hours on HI
After 4 hours, seeing how wonderful my beans were boiling around the edges, I mixed them once.
I got super soft beans, but they all kept their shape.
Now I have drained the broth, cool it and freeze it in portions

Added Thursday, 02 Feb 2017, 18:18

katko,
And how big is the slow cooker (I'm talking about millet porridge)?
I think that if in mine, 4.5 liters, then it is better to put the pot in a water bath, otherwise my porridge will smear on the bottom with a thin layer

[Oksana]

Oksana, IMHO, 4 hours is too little, especially for bobs, but these are my pens about soaking, it's actually very interesting there, but I won't load)
I have one slow (so far) for 3.5 liters

[brendabaker]

Chicken drumsticks * Put and forgot * in a slow cooker

brendabaker, Oksana,

Lyudmila, welcome back)))

katko, Katerina,

Katerina, was in your city on 02-06.01.17. I liked your city very much. Now I plan to visit it in the spring.

[katko]

katko,
Katerina, 4 hours is the minimum, I subtracted that 4 hours is enough to wash off any enzymes that hinder digestion from the beans.
And before, I generally threw beans or chickpeas into a slow cooker without soaking, with preliminary boiling for 10 minutes (also, to wash off the beans that makes them poorly digestible).
But my dad (he puts beans instead of potatoes in the soup) advised me to go back to soaking and really the beans turned out to be tastier and softer in taste, but my stomach reared up (although for my stomach both legumes and cereals are a horror-nightmare)
I am still in search of my optimal recipe.

[Oksana]

Oksana, nope, there is phytic acid, for its destruction, the grains are soaked, believe me, the more, the better, the grains "wake up", fermentation turns on, such a mechanism is "amazing
well, in general, 4 hours is not enough, at least 8 is needed))
but I do not teach at all, but so ... I share

Was in your the city

about! what kind of fates did it bring? what did you like? you can also in a personal, so as not to flood))

[katko]

katko,
Katerina, it's clear, it's not difficult for me to soak beans for the night,
Do you need to do the same with grains?
And I am surprised that my dad, at 84, eats beans calmly, but it seems to cut my stomach.
And the cunning daddy soaks for the night, at least, or even for a day

Added Friday 03 Feb 2017 12:04 PM

But what to do with lentils, they don't soak them?

Better yet, soak the legumes in baking soda and rinse them before boiling. This simple procedure starts fermentation and minimizes flatulence. I cook mostly chickpeas, but I shared with those who cook peas - the same result. More than once already wrote about this on the forum. Minimum body movements, but the result is. It is also advised to drain the first water with foam after boiling and rinse. At first I did it, but then I realized that one soaking is enough for me to achieve a result. Then I cook in a pressure cooker for half an hour, it does not lose its shape and never cooks into porridge, but you can do it wherever it is convenient.

[Phytic acid content in products]

Phytic acid content in products



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and lentils have little phytic acid

Dangerous properties of lentils

You can not use lentils for people suffering from gout, uric acid diathesis, and diseases of the joints, as well as diseases of the genitourinary system.

It should also be remembered that the product can cause stomach discomfort and fermentation processes, therefore it is undesirable for people with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, cardiovascular system and gall bladder to eat lentils.

Also, lentils provoke the appearance of kidney stones, so its use is contraindicated in various kidney diseases.

Do not eat lentils for people with hemorrhoids, as well as difficulty urinating. In addition, frequent consumption of the product causes dry skin, therefore, people with skin diseases can eat lentils only after consulting a doctor.

However, lentils are often not worth eating as they reduce the absorption of certain nutrients.

[Irsha]

I love and tolerate only three products in large quantities
corn
shrimp
tomato
So I'm wondering how my ancestors ate, who passed on such food preferences to me?
Irsha,
Ira, thank you.

[Oksana]

imha, soak all the grains))
there is an opinion that even without soda the fermentation process starts perfectly, when I read everything on the system, people even put experiments that the difference is not noticeable)

Added Friday 03 Feb 2017 03:42 PM

Oksana, an amazing organism))

[Katerina]

Katerina, the master's business. I have opposite opinions from those who tried to compare. I took this method from Stoyanova, she insisted on this precisely so that possible problems with flatulence did not lead to the abandonment of chickpea, which is very much tied to Sibarite. In such a quantity and variety of dishes (from soups, crunches, appetizer pastes, side dishes and cutlets to desserts-mousses and pastries), few people, with the exception of adherents of this food system, use it. So the local people, unlike those adhering to Sybarite, can hardly be considered a representative group. And my trust and respect to Stoyanova is very great as to the author who has done many years of work, with very good results.

[Anna]

Anna, I actually talked about the sybarites on the Stoyanova ...

[Anna]

Anna, I actually talked about the sybarites on the Stoyanova ...

And there people don't soak chickpeas in soda? Well, I don't know, those who are on this forum usually follow her recommendations. Otherwise, to whom then to make claims if everything does not go as she promises? Well, maybe I didn’t come across this in my diaries, I’m not saying that I read absolutely everything. Usually you read and conduct a dialogue with someone with whom your views and attitudes coincide. And the rest passes by. I remember exactly that Lena Tim wrote that they soaked in soda in Tashkent, but she believes that it was done in the heat to prevent souring, so we don't need to do this. But soda does not prevent souring, it neutralizes the acid released during this process, so this is unlikely to be decisive. In short, what to discuss on this topic? Whoever sees fit - will soak.

[Sens]

SensHello, please help me figure out the buttons. I bought it and I'm sitting next to her, I don’t understand anything (after all, Elena threw me off the link to the slow mechanic, so I didn't buy this one, so I'm puzzling what to do with it?

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777, Hello.
I do not know Chinese, I understand it intuitively and experimentally ...)))

you must have a timer - the time is set first,
then the mode and its time are set.
I won't tell you about heating - it's just like looking at your model.
however, the timer too.

BB is baby food, acc. LOU approx. 80 degrees.

pour water and turn on different buttons

[Sens]

Sens, thanks, I'll have to, I thought it was a sinful thing that you translated ... the Chinese boom to look for
tomorrow I will scan the instructions and scratch on Ali, there I put the food with the goods, I will conclude barter - he will transfer me, I will give him 5

[Sens]

Sens, maybe you will intuitively understand Chinese here.In the description there are pictures, there are shown buttons with hieroglyphs and what is cooked on them. I only understood chicken, porridge and beans. Well, baby food.

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[Ksarochka]

Ksarochka, Thanks for the link, my slow one is straight. although I’m looking at it there, but tomorrow I’ll go for the translation (though to another Chinese). I opened the link straight a little bit bad from the price ... then I saw the shipment .... uh .... relieved ... I think it's still cheaper to order with Tao (it's 128 there), especially if there are more than one product (I didn't even know that Ali had them ... although I was looking for them, but apparently Ali and I did not understand each other)

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777,
What an unusual slowcooker, apparently this is a novelty
Or is it a multicooker with a ceramic bowl?
It's very interesting what the translator will tell you.
I'm happy with my simple, mechanical, but very .. curious

[brendabaker]

brendabaker,

Or is it a multicooker with a ceramic bowl?

Why are you scaring me so much ?! I myself am sitting in the dark ... God forbid that this is a slow cooker ... I will think that it is still slow, the power is small (I was so oriented ... I regretted a hundred times that I did not take the mechanical one, I would figure it out with three buttons, and it was 2 times cheaper. Now I will drag the laptop to the copier, I will scan and pester the Chinese, I will forgive him the promised return of $ 2, if of course he translates

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777 and you to our Tanyule contact her and the Chinese technique and the Korean one. She can and will prompt.https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777,
MANNA bought herself something unusual in China. The bowl is made of ceramics, the operating modes are some special, not long. I don't know about power

[prubul]

prubul, thanks, if the Chinese does not answer, I have already scanned the instructions for him, then I will ask Tatiana
while I'm sitting ... I "read" myself, it should have been such hieroglyphs, except for CUP I don't understand anything, no, it's still hard not to understand the degrees ...

Added Saturday 04 Feb 2017 12:03 PM

unusual in china

I don’t want anything unusual anymore, I have yet to master the herbal teapot (Grandmother has a decryption for it, it will be easier here) and, if she’s not okay, Soy cow - why I’m going to “milk” yet I don’t know when I read it sooo much, yes, she chose more abruptly and more expensively, again I won’t find what to do with her (while she was waiting I bought a blender-soup cooker and it seemed like a cow need not ). It is necessary to take the technique already mastered by others ... (the greedy man grabbed it, until it all came to me and it was not vital for me. b one load ... I sit suffering

I still have to master the herbal teapot (Grandmother has a decryption for it, it will be easier here) and, if she is not okay, Soy cow - what to "milk" I don't know yet when I read sooo wanted, but chose more abruptly and more expensively, again I can't find anything to do with her

grandmother's teapot is detailed for use.
what are you so afraid of? start using it as you can and study it along the way.

[Sens]

Sens, so I know that its use is scheduled, so I don’t worry, just not yet to the teapot. (households have come in large numbers, and give them something to eat, not tea

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777,
Svetlana, do your friends have no Chinese, students, or trainees to translate the name of the buttons and how to start the device?
Is there no instruction in English?

Added Saturday 04 Feb 2017 03:14 PM

And this is the third time we've been preparing an apple dessert.
With small quick-cooked oat flakes, it is even better and cooks in only 2 hours on HI and, more dietary than apple pie

friends don't have Chinese

: girl_sad: there is .... even - more a former student of mine, the son of friends and a friend of my son ... I started spinning .... I learned Chinese and went there from Ukraine to teach the Chinese English, but the connection was lost. Eh, and the Chinese with Ali seemed to have answered, but there is no translation, (here the sister from Spain also made me happy saying that they could not read everything. (Is it true?) I asked the seller about this, but so far she is silent ... can dragged where to translate ?!

prepares only 2 hours on HI

how delicious ... eh, and where is my Hai?

Atlanta came to see me yesterday. Surprisingly, the five-liter bowl turned out to be quite small, it even measured the displacement. Warmed, caressed and loaded porridge with pumpkin, rice and millet for the night. In the morning, a delicious breakfast was prepared without much hassle. I confess that I was somewhat confused by the declared power of 170 watts, but, as it turned out, it was quite enough. For dinner I decided to cook ribs with sauerkraut and potatoes, strictly followed the recipe and was only glad - Atlanta passed the test!

Atlanta passed the test!

Congratulations!!!!! Lucky, but I admire my current little cute, stands in silence, even if she blinked at which buttons to poke

Thank you, Svetlana. No Russian-language instructions?

No Russian-language instructions?

, yeah, current in Chinese

Then there is only a scientific poke method ...

[Svetlana777]

Svetlana777,
Svetlana, Yandex has a translator into Chinese.
He can try from Russian to Chinese to find words like heating, or chicken,
And from English HIGH, LOW.KEEP WARM, AVTO, you can identify yourself which of the hieroglyphs

[brendabaker]

brendabaker, thanks for the advice, you will have to install a "text recognizer", it scans only pages with pictures and can not be inserted in any way, I have already tried, tried from the phone - it goes from English, but from Chinese. And the Chinese with Ali disappeared somewhere, bastard

[Smile]

Smile,
Ekaterina, congratulations, the purchase of a slow cooker changes a little the approach to cooking: it disciplines, helps you plan your time and gives you the freedom to do other things while the pot is cooking.
I myself like to cook slowly in the autumn-winter period, when it is cold, windy and slushy outside.
Where did you get the recipe for ribs with sauerkraut and potatoes?

Added Sunday 05 Feb 2017 11:40 am

Svetlana777,
A Chinese person may have a day off and he is simply not in the office.
Tomorrow is Monday, most likely then he will read the question

brendaba, Oksana, the recipe is from here, the ribs are very tasty, and the time is worth adding, two hours. As for the seasonality, I agree, I have the most varied menu, when the garden is under the snow, well, then it will be a great addition to the multicooker - I loaded it, and into the garden

Or, in Yandex translator, you can try to translate - there is also a translation in a picture.