Lil Lisa
100 posts
Jan 11, 2007
1:33 PM
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Hi,
I have a $30 USD gift certificate to Amazon.com. I want to use it towards a purchase of a slow cooker.
On epinions.com the Hamilton Beach 33675 Meal Maker 7-Quart Slow Cooker has over 50 reviews plus and a 5 star rating. However it only has a one star rating at Amazon. However I can get it for under $50.
The Cuisinart 650 C has was given 4 stars on epinion and 3 stars on amazon.com and I can get it for under $100.
I basically want a slow cooker to make some of the seitans in the newsletter. I have a PC which I really like and use those for bean cooking/ soup making.
I am leaning towards the Hamilton Beach, but is it too large for the seitan recipes? Also I am not sure who to trust, epinions or amazon.com for the reviews.
Of course there is also the rival, but I think I want a slow cooker over a crockpot.
Thanks!
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kourtney
170 posts
Jan 12, 2007
6:28 AM
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What's a PC?
I just bought a 7 quart slow cooker and it's huge -- good for huge batches of soup or cooked beans. I haven't tried making seitan in it because my older slow cooker (a 4 or 5 quart) is plenty big enough for them. I don't actually know whether the 7 quart is *too* big in the sense that the seitan won't work or will turn out worse.
Edit: Also, there are no written reviews on Amazon, so I wouldn't take the 1* rating too seriously. I always want to know why someone didn't like something to see if it applies to me.
Last Edited on 12-Jan-2007 6:30 AM
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Bryanna
Owner/Moderator
1949 posts
Jan 12, 2007
7:35 AM
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PC is a pressure cooker, right? At least, that's the first ting that came to mind.
The 5-6 qt. is plenty big for a seitan pot roast. But you can do it in a larger one-- just make a flatter roast.
The bigger one is good for cutlets. Actually, I use the ceramic insert of my old square electric skillet for making cutlets, because it is wide and shallow. I don't think they make those ceramic inserts anymore.
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Lil Lisa
101 posts
Jan 12, 2007
8:58 AM
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Okay I see...
PC = pressure cooker .. .sorry got acronym happy :)
So would a 4 quart slow cooker be amble to make the cutlets then? If that is the case, then that is what I will do
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Bryanna
Owner/Moderator
1950 posts
Jan 12, 2007
9:56 AM
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Well, the wider and shallower the better, for cutlets.
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JulieH
371 posts
Jan 12, 2007
1:50 PM
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Bryanna,
Can I cook your "pork" and "chicken"-style cutlets (made with tofu) in the slow cooker? I've only done them in the oven, but will the slow cooker work too?
Julie
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Bryanna
Owner/Moderator
1951 posts
Jan 12, 2007
2:20 PM
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I don't do them in the slow cooker because they are quick-cooking and they have to soak up pretty much all of the broth. I do the tapioca ones in the slow-cooker.
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Dori
413 posts
Jan 16, 2007
4:41 PM
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HI! I cook my seitans in a slow cooker alot. I actually have a really cheap one. CHeap = clearanced for $5 three years ago, but I have seen then in a discount store for $14'ish recently. It is a 4 quart hamilton beach. I love the oval shape and it seems to be the perfect size to make a nice shape "hunk" of roast.
Here's my blog addy telling about it.
http://thebakehouse.blogspot.com/2006/04/seitan-roast.html
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"To cook is to create. And to create well...is an act of integrity, and faith." - author unknown
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Lil Lisa
102 posts
Jan 18, 2007
11:33 AM
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Thanks Dori!
Amazon has them on sale for $20.00 right now.
Have you tried cooking any cutlets in this slow cooker ?
And I guess my second question is: You are able to put the crock in the oven for the other seitans or do you cook it on low for the three hours?
Thanks again!
Last Edited on 18-Jan-2007 11:34 AM
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Dori
415 posts
Jan 18, 2007
5:58 PM
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Lil Lisa,
I do not put the crock in the oven ever. I do have a clay cooker that I use in the oven but never my crock pot, I always use it in the electric base that comes with it. When I make them this way I actually set the crockpot on low and let it go overnight while I am sleeping (about 8 hours). I have made then in the late morning and set it on high to eat at supper times 5-6 hours later.
I haven't tried cutlets in my 4 quart crock, I am not sure it would be big enough once they expand. Here is a picture of cutlets in my clay cooker from my blog entry ....
http://thebakehouse.blogspot.com/2006/07/
mcseitan-sandwich-and-banana-scream.html
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"To cook is to create. And to create well...is an act of integrity, and faith." - author unknown
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