Then to find out what people had to say about them. There seems to be a tremendous fan base and lots of recipes around to try out. I made my mind up and decided to buy a standard one. It duly arrived this afternoon.
Determined to try it out I threw together a few ingredients I fancied.
Four lamb steaks seared in shallow olive oil.
Some sliced potato and sliced carrots par-boiled
Half a chopped onion and half a sliced apple
All placed in the Remoska with a sprinkling of olive oil and some ground black pepper.
Cooked for about 15 minutes and then a stock made with an OXO lamb stock cube was added and cooking resumed for another 25 minutes. As you can probably guess, I was making it up as I went along.
Once done two dishes were served, one for me and one for the four legged boss.
What did Penny think of it?
I think it could have done with a bit longer cooking to tenderise the lamb more as they were quite thick steaks. Everything else was perfectly cooked. There is bound be be a learning curve with any new cooker.
It may (probably will) seem a weird mixture to some but I am limited as to my diet choices these days as I have to maintain a low potassium intake so I just put together the things I can eat safely and enjoy eating. There was too much for one meal so Penny has more cooked lamb waiting in the fridge for tomorrow.
I can see I am going to enjoy experimenting with this cooker.
Next will be a whole chicken which is waiting patiently in the fridge.
On the diet / potassium front, yesterday I spent the morning in the Nephrology department at Grimsby hospital. My first contact with a consultant. A very pleasant, patient, informative woman doctor who explained that at my age kidneys would normally be about 60% efficient but mine are down to 30%. The consultation lasted about twenty minutes and a lot of detail was discussed. After handing over the usual sample and a visit to the vampire dept to give some blood I was allowed home. An ultrasound scan is being arranged. The next meeting will be in about two months time. If the tests being made don't show up anything too nasty I will be discharged from hospital care. Also I have had some detailed information from the Dietician at Lincoln hospital. What I must avoid, what I should try to avoid and what I can tuck in to.
Glad you are enjoying it John. Mine came from Lakeland and had a good thick recipe book with it - and the recipes are easily adapted. I use it all the time - either that, the slow cooker for casseroles or the microwave - I hardly ever have my bit oven on. I haven't tried a whole chicken but have tried chicken jointed and dressed with a little oil - that was really good. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteLooks much better than my tea.
ReplyDeleteI'll have a look at this machine but I won't show my dogs Penny's supper. They live on dried working dog food. £12.60p for 15kg and a sack lasts six weeks.
Adrian: Not a cheap item but seems very versatile and only a 400W heater but it certainly gets hot. Penny only gets a share of my meal if it's suitable and I cook too much for me.
DeleteYour dietary restrictions are probably the same as what my Mother had when her kidney function declined. No bananas! Check to see if potatoes are on your allowed list - I seem to recall they are high potassium, but I could easily be wrong. Your dinner looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteWilma: Potatoes are all right for me as long as they are boiled to reduce the amount of potassium. Can't have chips or roast potato. No bananas, no oranges or orange juice.no blackcurrants, no dried fruit, very limited tomato. Fortunately tinned fruit is usually OK. The list goes on and on .......
DeleteI do hope the test results are ok and you are discharged. The new cooker looks fun and good to be able to cook everything more or less in one pot :) I would need two here though as two are meat eaters and two vegetarians!
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