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Lol Neti ..it's a slow cooker not a fast cooker ...
To eat at around six I would put mine on about 10 in the morning .I brown the meat first ,shove it in the pot along with all the veg .I usually put carrots,mushrooms,peppers (green and red )celery, whole shallots ,dollop of tom puree and then beef stock.I use an Oxo cube .Frowned upon by the foodies but who gives a t::: what they think.
I stick it on high for an hour then turn it down to low. When I used to go to work I used to prepare it the night before ,put it in the fridge and switch it on first thing in the morning .
I cook joints of meat in mine too,only beef and lamb though not pork as I like crackling.Chicken is OK too but you don't get a crispy skin .
The meat will fall off the bones though and is nice for sarnies ,salads or stir fries.Then you can put the carcass back in the pot and make stock from it.
I use it to make a big pot of chilli or ragu and then freeze it in portions .The beauty of it is ,is that you can just leave it to cook and go and do something else ,no keeping an eye on it or constantly stirring stuff.