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I'm sure someone will know the answer to this... we are going camping next week on the Ile de Re - charcoal barbecues are not allowed, so my lovely Cobb will have to stay at home (sniff!). Now what, I ask myself (and all of you). I am tempted by the Remoska as it sounds like something I would use at home after camping - especially with my soaring electricity bill. But - I worry. Is it safe to use while in a tent? We have bought a EHU - not used before - so in theory this is a possibility. But is it a good idea? Safe? Then I wonder about the Cadac... but I know we wouldn't use this at home. Ever. OH is from SA and one does not braai on gas if given a choice. All words of advice welcome :-)

Graine

I was reading about Remoska's in the latest edition of the Lakeland cat...i much admit...i have never heard of them before....they do sound a brilliant bit of kit though...for camping and the home......

nannycatch 

Not seen these before, look good, but seeing as we have spent loads already,  Has anyone ever taken a slow cooker, use my a lot at home and as we are new campers not really had much experience of outside cooking, going next week and now we got all the gear just started to think about meals! for my two forever hungry kids.

Quote: Originally posted by Nannycatch on 11/8/2008

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I was reading about Remoska's in the latest edition of the Lakeland cat...i much admit...i have never heard of them before....they do sound a brilliant bit of kit though...for camping and the home......    

* Great for Pukka pies lol *

nannycatch 

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As said before there great, just need to take care with lid ....

Had ours about 7 years now - use it at home more than camping - if buying one I would recommend getting the largest one .... sadly we only got the standard

 

Does a brill Toad in the hole lol

Quote: Originally posted by JoanneDavies on 12/8/2008

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Not seen these before, look good, but seeing as we have spent loads already,  Has anyone ever taken a slow cooker, use my a lot at home and as we are new campers not really had much experience of outside cooking, going next week and now we got all the gear just started to think about meals! for my two forever hungry kids.

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Yep, have one that lives in the van ..... prepare evening meal while cooking breakie, pop in slow cooker and get the rest of the day off lol

Have cooked spag bog and frozen it ..... pop in slow cooker and let de-frost on route .... on arrival plug in and put on high ..... will reheat without being watched over while setting up ect.

Also do a stew to eat with tiger french stick yummmmmm

Good hot meal ready to eat in about a hour ........ 

Thanks for the spag bol idea Cas.

Decided to take it just got to find some room in car.

I use the Prestige Cook and Steam which has the advantage of not having the element in the lid, but in the base.  You can also get these from Lakeland

http://www.electricshopping.com/shop/shop.do?pvSKU=47433

Jean

I love my slow cooker at home but amn't happy to have something powered on in a tent while we're out.  As a compromise I bought one of these

http://www.cutleryandmore.com/details.asp?SKU=11883

They ship to Ireland so I assume they ship to the UK and it's brilliant.  Bolognaise, chilli, chicken curries any sort of stew etc is just delicious.  The only trick to it is to let it simmer for at least 30mins so the base is hot through.  We then put the pot back into the thermal sleeve and took off for the day.  Back in the evening and all I had to do was cook some pasta, rice or spudz - or send OH and the kids off to the takeaway for chips .  Whatever was in the pot was still boiling hot.

It was expensive to ship but I honestly think we'll save a fortune on gas by not having to slow cook.  The only down side I found was that it doesn't tenderize meat so I basically use it for chicken and mince.

Just seen the thread on Halogen Ovens - look really good too.

Jean

We had a Romoska and what they don't tell you when you buy it is that can get condensation in the lid and trip the electric supply.  Ours did this so many times at home (never used in the caravan) that I took it back and was told that to solve the problem you should dry it out in the airing cupboard!!  Tried this, it blew the electric again, so it went back.

It does a good job of cooking/roasting, but real care is needed with the lid, as the heating element is contained inside it and it gets very hot.  I don't think that the design is up to what you expect from a mainstream manufacturer, as everything gets very hot, so if you use it in your caravan, do take care.

AK

there is rather a long thread running on Money Saving Expert in the Old Style section on the Remoska - link here

If you have a scan through it you will find some great ideas and recipies.

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