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Offline gertbysea

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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #60 on: July 01, 2013, 12:18:47 am »
I am absolutely loving my new Slow Cooking cookbook given to me by MF yesterday. The recipes look a lot more innovative  than Sally Wise who seems to use chutney in every dish.

Maybe I will get more confident. Judy gave me a 'you beaut' recipe for pickled pork and it ws delish.  So fa r I have had about 3 wins and 2 not so good.

I think my problem is that we have our main meal at lunch time so it does not leave a long enough time. Now when I get up for my early morning, ie 0430, pit stop I turn the thing on.

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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #61 on: July 01, 2013, 12:21:39 am »
Good to see the win/loss ratio is increasing for the wins Gretchen - you had me a bit worried there for a moment and I thought the SC would be pushed to the back of the cupboard and be retired.
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #62 on: July 01, 2013, 12:22:26 am »
Go Gert, post a good one :)
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #63 on: July 01, 2013, 12:45:46 am »
Here is the pic of the pickled pork. It only shrunk about 200 gms after 8 hours. Yup Judy you know I never give up on anything until I can do it right. I then may get bored and never do it again like the macaroons




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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #64 on: July 01, 2013, 12:53:58 am »
Looks yum Gert.  :)
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #65 on: July 01, 2013, 12:54:29 am »
That looks great Gert :)
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #66 on: July 01, 2013, 01:09:44 am »
Yummy Gert.
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #67 on: July 01, 2013, 03:32:39 am »
Looks great Gert, love my slow cooker.
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #68 on: July 02, 2013, 04:12:17 am »
BWAAAAAAAAA ! I don't know what I am doing wrong. I followed the wonderful Osso Buco recipe From the book MF gave me. It was delicious  BUT the meat was dry and nasty.i It  was not falling off the bone . I fact I had to get a steak knife  to hack at it. The vegetables were perfect the sauce was perfect. The whole thing looked perfect but the meat was crap. I cooked it for nearly 7 hours on low. It smelled delicious. It tasted delicious but I have never cooked such bad nasty horrible meat. The bolar blade I cooked earlier was the same. Please tell me it is the  beef and not me. The Osso buco came from a local  wholesale butchery that supplies local restaurants. Well that may be a clue as there are about two good restaurants in Cairns.

I have four more osso bucco in the freezer and some beef ribs I now am afraid to cook in the damn slow cooker. I am never going to the shopping thread again. Well not until I master this thing.

I fail to see how it could have been any better if I had cooked it for 12 hours. The marrow was perfect.

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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #69 on: July 02, 2013, 05:11:44 am »
I dont understand either, slow cooked meat falls off the bone ???

Did you brown it, not that it would make a difference.


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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #70 on: July 02, 2013, 05:56:48 am »
Yes I did . Dusted in flour, three mi tues each side into the pot as per recipe. The sauce was thick and rich and yummy . Very unhappy I am.

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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #71 on: July 02, 2013, 06:12:34 am »
That is weird Gert  ??? ??? ??? Not sure what went wrong.  ???
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #72 on: July 02, 2013, 06:21:20 am »
I've never had that happen Gert. Maybe it was the meat.

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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #73 on: July 02, 2013, 09:19:00 am »
Maybe the wrong cut of meat???

Im very new to the slow cooker.. Fine with french/dutch ovens but havent yet mastered slow cooking at all!!
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Re: Slow cooker recipes
« Reply #74 on: July 02, 2013, 10:12:01 am »
Only way to check...try an entirely different meat Gert...here's hoping it is the meat and not the cooker.