Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for January 21, 2024

If God didn’t intend for steak to be smothered, gravy wouldn’t have been created.

Amanda, you must be doing something wrong. I like to slow-cook a roast every now and then (it’s actually long-cooking, to be more accurate) and I can use a cheap cut and still come up with a super tender, juicy meat that lasts me several days since I live alone.

Try soaking it with balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce, add a little brandy or bourbon, salt & pepper and a variety of herbs. And don’t forget to add in potatoes and carrots for the last 45 minutes of cooking.

Cheers!

Just had my Christmas dinner

Those slow cookers are awful

Amanda the Great Ambiguous Chef

Your shirt is a really gorgeous shade of blue!

I feel seen.

Get a decent, old-fashioned rice cooker instead. The non-pressure kind. Korean. Cuckoo. 10 cups.

I even make original French terrine in it.

Ha! slow cooking VS fast food – guess who wins the flavor contest.

We have a roast in the slow cooker right now!

Mmmmm…gravy.

If you have a time machine, one product you do NOT need to go back in time to purchase is a basic crockpot. They were $9.99 forty to forty-five years ago and the basic models have stayed the same price. We only finally replaced it a couple – maybe 5 – years ago (tho admittedly upgraded for a few dollars more), but I’d noticed how consistent the basic price has been for the no bells and whistles model.

I like my air fryer! It cooks a whole chicken in one hour!

The habitual use of Cream Of ‘Something’ would be where I’d look first. But then I’m the only one who has to eat my own cooking.

I use mine for soup. It makes great soup.

“The Indian Slow Cooker” by Anupy Singla. Butter chicken and more.