Introduction: Home Made Slow Cooker
What you need
pot without a long handle
box or esky
large thick woolen blanket
smaller blanket or towel
food to cook
Step 1: How It Works
Bring food in pot to the boil on the stove and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes
Step 2:
Take pot straight from stove, don't let it cool down. Put towel or thin woolen blanket in bottom of box or esky, put pot into esky.
Step 3:
Put thick woolen blanket over pot in esky and push down around pot.
Step 4:
Cover with a box or piece of cardboard to act as a lid.
Step 5:
Resist the urge to open and check on food for at least 6 hours.
3 Comments
8 years ago on Introduction
Esky? That must be an Australian word. And to think, I've been incorrectly calling mine a "cooler" this whole time. ;-)
As your instructable clearly demonstrates, this insulated box can also be used for keeping things warm.
Maybe a better generic word is needed? Like thermbox, or something like that. I think Thermos(r) is already taken, as a trademark name, and also as a genericized trademark meaning, "insulated bottle". As things are now, everybody seems to have a different name for the thermbox. From the Wikipedia article titled "Cooler" :
10 years ago on Introduction
Nice variation on an old technique. They used to call this a "hay box," because the pot was surrounded by hay for insulation.
Another variation, albeit for smaller portions, is to use a steel thermos bottle, preferably with a wide mouth. Fill it up with boiling contents, put the top on, then lay it on its side for a number of hours. Great for making a hot breakfast the night before. When you wake up it's still hot and completely cooked.
Reply 10 years ago on Introduction
Thanks for leaving a comment. I live in a city now so don't have such easy access to hay any more :-)
I like the thermos idea!!
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