Thermal pot

[Shoe]

Pressure cooker serves a different function… It’s great for making soups and stews in a short amount of time. E.g. Spaghetti sauce tastes like it’s been cooking along time after just 25 mins or less…


Slow cooker similar in function to thermal pots but 'cos thermal pots continue cooking without a power source, they save energy and also, if you have picnics, potlucks etc, cooking continues when you’re on your way to the venue…

[jnj0910]

Hi everyone,


I've just started to use the Thermal Pot for cooking.

Been baffled by the Upper Shallow inner pot that sits on top of the
main big inner pot...

How do i cook with it?
Can I use it alone or must be with the main big inner pot together?

Thanks for any advise

[bebe]

jnj0910:

Hi everyone,


I've just started to use the Thermal Pot for cooking.

Been baffled by the Upper Shallow inner pot that sits on top of the
main big inner pot...

How do i cook with it?
Can I use it alone or must be with the main big inner pot together?

Thanks for any advise

I usu use that to steam tofu, egg, or small slices of fish..sometimes I use that to heat up rice

[jnj0910]

bebe:

jnj0910:

Hi everyone,


I've just started to use the Thermal Pot for cooking.

Been baffled by the Upper Shallow inner pot that sits on top of the
main big inner pot...

How do i cook with it?
Can I use it alone or must be with the main big inner pot together?

Thanks for any advise

I usu use that to steam tofu, egg, or small slices of fish..sometimes I use that to heat up rice

Do you use the shallow pot without pre-heating, and use together with big pot that is pre-heated?
Or can you use shallow pot alone after pre-heating over stove?

Thanks!!

[bebe]

jnj0910:

bebe:

[quote=\"jnj0910\"]Hi everyone,


I've just started to use the Thermal Pot for cooking.

Been baffled by the Upper Shallow inner pot that sits on top of the
main big inner pot...

How do i cook with it?
Can I use it alone or must be with the main big inner pot together?

Thanks for any advise

I usu use that to steam tofu, egg, or small slices of fish..sometimes I use that to heat up rice

Do you use the shallow pot without pre-heating, and use together with big pot that is pre-heated?
Or can you use shallow pot alone after pre-heating over stove?

Thanks!![/quote]I use the shallot pot together with the big pot that has been pre-heated..Eg will boil soup in the big pot and then stack the shallow pot on the big pot at the same time

[jnj0910]

Oh I see... many thanks!! :thankyou:

[Lavina]

Recently bought the 4.5L Tiger Thermal pot.

Quite disappointed because the soup tasted very different from using Corningware. Is it because the flavour from the mean bones can only be extracted by actual boiling?
But it is fantastic for cooking barley drink and bean curd barley dessert.

[jcg]

Hi all!

I am new to this forum.
saw the OG advertisement today, they offer Kukeri thermal pot for $79 with free gift, any one here bought this and any review for this brand?
thanks in advance!

[Figaro]

jcg:

Hi all!

I am new to this forum.
saw the OG advertisement today, they offer Kukeri thermal pot for $79 with free gift, any one here bought this and any review for this brand?
thanks in advance!

Hi jcg, I've not heard of Kukeri... It'll probably be better to stick to trusted brands like Thermos or Tiger. I've had my Thermos Shuttle Chef for more than 6 years already and it still works well. I've just written up my review in my blog. Do check it out.

http://easyrecipes.blogspot.sg/2012/10/thermal-cookers-and-thermal-pots.html

[Figaro]

Lavina:

Recently bought the 4.5L Tiger Thermal pot.

Quite disappointed because the soup tasted very different from using Corningware. Is it because the flavour from the mean bones can only be extracted by actual boiling?
But it is fantastic for cooking barley drink and bean curd barley dessert.

Hi Lavina, what soups do you make? I use the thermal pot to make Chinese soups everyday and I find the soups are very flavourful. As the thermal pot uses its own latent heat to continue the cooking process, you should heat up the inner pot again after 2-3 hours to increase the latent heat in the pot. After you've brought the inner pot to a boil, put it back inside the thermal pot. If you like piping hot soup, heat up the soup pot again prior to serving. Hope this helps!