[london.food] adventures in slow cooking

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From: Bob Walker
Subject: [london.food] adventures in slow cooking
Date: 14:39 on 16 Feb 2006
Several months ago my parents forced a largeish slow cooker on me. (Mum 
thought it was takign up to much space in her kitchen). Only in the last 
couple of weeks have i got round to using it.

First thing did was bbq ribs inspired by 
http://www.slashfood.com/2006/01/23/slow-cooked-baby-back-ribs-and-homemade-bbq-sauce/

i of course did my own sauce.
much liek the one ive mentioned before
http://thegestalt.org/london.food/archives/2006/01/17/4336bec4.html
with a couple of additions.
soem honey, soem garlic puree, tomato puree, chilli powder, paprika.

i actually put in alot more chilli than i had intended so added soem more 
sugar to balance it out.

i actually turned the ribs over every so often just to make sure they all 
got covered in sauce.
they were very tasty. melt in the mouth.

last weekend i did a chilli following my normal recipe. the use of the 
slow cooker didnt really seem to make the flavour any different. less 
messy since it doesnt spurt everywhere but i used more pans.

Adam has suggested the the slow cooker would be better if i used real bits 
of meat instead of mince like in a proper texan chilli
http://www.slashfood.com/2006/02/04/real-texas-chili-is-a-bowl-of-red/

i might try that this weekend.

Anyone have any suggestions for any thing else to do with my slow cooker.

-- 
Bob Walker
http://www.randomness.org.uk/
watch out for the attack armadillos!

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