Thermal pot

[schoobie]

Hi… just to share our experience with the thermal pot… they are our life saver… when the nanny went on vacation.


We performed some home-cooked meals with the pots for our daughters. (1+ & 3+).

- Rice with steam fish, broccoli. (remember to put in broccoli later)
- Rice with slightly salted chicken drum.
- Rice with steam tofu egg.
- Rice with minced meat.
- Tomato, carrot, potato soup with vegetable.
- Pork rib, dates, wolfberry soup…

It really minimal clean in the kitchen (unless you forgot to watch the boiling part)… Throw everthing in, boil the main pot for a few mins and leave everything in the termal pot for a few hours… lunch or dinner will be ready…

[allseasons]

Hi all,


Can you share recipes for food that you used to cook in a slow cooker or a thermal cooker?

Normally I used my slow cooker just to cook soup. Just simple soup, like pork ribs with corn / lotus roots, beef with carrots, etc.

I don't know what else to cook and what other kind of soups to cook.... :? Thanks ya.. :celebrate:

[BlurBee]

Maybe u can refer to the below thread on Thermal pot.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5622&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

:? Not too sure whether they are the same.

[janet88]

I use my thermal cooker for soup…boil on stove for 1 hour to bring out flavour and then another hour inside the cooker but cannot leave inside for too long esp if using chicken thigh/pork ribs or they will be tasteless.

[kwokwc]

Hi, I used my thermal cooker a lot, in fact, everyday. Sometimes I even used to keep my pasta and sauce to keep them warm before my kids return from school for lunch.


I do share some of my recipes with the thermal cooker. Just today, I share my chicken stew (http://www.ladyclique.com/?p=388) using the thermal cooker instead of the slow cooker, since can save gas and money.

[18dotdot]

allseasons:

Hi all,


Can you share recipes for food that you used to cook in a slow cooker or a thermal cooker?

Normally I used my slow cooker just to cook soup. Just simple soup, like pork ribs with corn / lotus roots, beef with carrots, etc.

I don't know what else to cook and what other kind of soups to cook.... :? Thanks ya.. :celebrate:

Been also trying with different recipes that I got online.. the lucky part is that I got a small and easy to use slow cooker from a local company call Emsworth.

[xinxin]

Is anyone using La Gourmet 7 litres pot? The one that comes with an extra inner pot? I was at taka and i saw the pots ($98 & $129 with free food jar) but couldnt decide betw the 5ltr and 7ltr pots. Im not very sure what i can use the inner pot for…


Is it better to buy a 5litres pot or the 7litres one that comes with an inner pot?? There are 4 of us in the family (2A2C). Can someone pls share? Tks!!

[jce]

I am using the Thermos 5lt (there are 4 of us in the family) and that is sufficient. However once every week the extended family comes by for dinner (altogether there would be 18 of us, incl kids, if everyone turns up) and that 5lt really won’t be enough even if all of us just takes a small bowl of soup.

[CJS]

daisyt:

My concern are

1) to boil for 20mins, don't really save much energy.
2) simply put the carrot and potatos into the thermal pot, will the taste be out ?

:?

If u are fussy about the taste, then thermal pot cooking is not for u. I cook my soup on charcoal fire for years. My family went to my sister's house for dinner and she cooked soup using thermal pot. Guess what, only her family drank the pot of soup, my family didn't like the blandness after tasting it.

But thermal pot cooking offer the convenience to working mums who need to prepare dinner after work.

[jce]

I find that if I boil the soup for a good hour or two, then leave it inside the thermal till night, bring it out and boil again for 15-30 mins, it’s pretty ok. Of course one will never get the depth of a double-boiled soup or one that has been simmering for 5 hours, but this is pretty decent. And you do save energy (as well as time) as compared to a 5 hour cooking time.