I have just purchased a slow cooker just for camping from argos yesterday, £6.99, my mum has had the same one for about 3 years and swears by it, much better than my cracked one with a broken lid
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£12.99 from Argos is the small slow cooker we have used for the last few years. Totally reliable and has never let us down yet. I have a larger, much more expensive one that I use at home but love my little Argos cheapie. I bought one for my In Laws this Xmas and they are thrilled with it, having never owned one before!
I can't answer for hattman, but I can say that I've made ribs in my slow cooker. I just put them in there with a whole bunch of BBQ sauce and let them cook all day.
Another thing I do is pulled pork BBQ. I get a cheap pork roast (I get mine from Iceland) and trim off excess fat. I put it in the slow cooker and squeeze a bottle of sauce over it, then set it on low. I let it go for a few hours. Then, I tear it up with a couple of forks - just shred the meat. I then stir in a bit more sauce and let that heat through for a little while while I prepare the other dinner things. It makes delicious sandwiches (I like to use hamburger buns), and the leftovers freeze well.
Quote: Originally posted by Safeway56 on 10/2/2011
I've got both halogen oven and a slow cooker but nobody ever seems to mention the ancient technology of the pressure cooker. It does ribs, ham shanks and stews in a fraction of the time of the other methods. I've not taken ours camping yet but I willl be doing once the season starts.
I have had a pressure cooker since 1989.Bought it after a lady at work told me she took hers camping.
Now i have a small version from argos.The other camping pots fit inside a treat.
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Oh what a fab idea, I love my slow cooker and would have never thought of taking it camping. I am going to invest in EHU this year too, the hook ups are so cheap at the moment and it will be nice for early and late camping. Only slight problem is that I am trying to reduce the amount of stuff I take, not increase it!
Just dont tell my hubby the slow cooker is coming with us and it will be fine.
We always take our slow cooker on longer trips away. Our preferred recipes don't use much fluids:
Put a chicken in with garlic gloves (whole, you don't even need to chop or peel), salt and pepper, a bunch of lemon thyme, a squeeze of lemon and approx 300ml water. You can just thicken up the liquid when it's all cooked to make a delicious gravy and the chicken always comes our succulent.
Lamb is much the same (chunks or chops) we sometimes do it with garlic, ginger and chillies, sliced onion and a squeeze of lemon. Use either 300ml water (we always use 300ml fluid) or a tin of chopped tomatoes and a splash of water, then put a tin of (drained) chick peas in when the meat is tender and serve with cous cous (which is ideal for camping because you basically just add water and oil, or butter).
I always do bigger cuts of lamb in it at home, too, like shoulder or leg ( just make sure it'll fit in the slow cooker!) and cook it with some sprigs of rosemary, a squeeze of lemon juice, chuck a few cloves of garlic in (again, no need to peel) and 300ml water, then just let it cook all day. So easy!
Cheaper cuts of beef cook beautifully in the slow cooker, and they don't need to end up like a stew; I recently got some brisket (you can do topside or silverside etc, just as easily, and it never comes out tough), chucked it in the slow cooker with salt, pepper, an onion (cut in half) and 300ml water (or you could use wine, if you have any left over), and let it cook for most of the day. Let it stand for 10-15 minutes when it's finished cooking (and while you make gravy from the juices) and heat up a few ready made yorkshires in a frying pan with lid, and you have a traditonal Sunday dinner, without any fuss (and ideal for camping).
The slow cooker has to be the most under-rated kitchen appliance, NOT JUST FOR STEWS and it's a great item to take camping. We even take ours to France, since even in hot weather it's so nice to have a good, wholesome no-fuss meal ready at the end of the day. It also lets you take advantage of lower cost cuts, since it tenderises stuff in the cooking process.
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and it's a great item to take camping. We even take ours to France, since even in hot weather it's so nice to have a good, wholesome no-fuss meal ready at the end of the day. It also lets you take advantage of lower cost cuts, since it tenderises stuff in the cooking process.
