Hay Box (Slow) Cooker

good job all round,but would it be more sence to have a lock down lid,the way i drive we would be swimming in it before we got to our destanation,glug glug.
 
Dinner is served

After 6 hours and 20 minutes.
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Potatoes, carrots & swede all very well cooked. No complaints at all.
Hay a bit damp & smelly but none of it in the dinner.
We'll be taking dinner with us when we go away for the weekend on Friday. :tongue::tongue::tongue:
 
So there you are traveling along for 6 hours while the food cooks. WHERE do you store the BEERS while you're on the move :sad:
 
Sharon the Cat said:
After 6 hours and 20 minutes.
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Potatoes, carrots & swede all very well cooked. No complaints at all.
Hay a bit damp & smelly but none of it in the dinner.
We'll be taking dinner with us when we go away for the weekend on Friday. :tongue::tongue::tongue:
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love it ,but thats no way to treat the sweads,what did they ever do to you.
 
oldish hippy said:
never had a problem with my stainless steel flask it work well and has survived a number of falls
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My Alladin stainless flask has served me well for over 30 years, it's been driving over, dropped from heights, kicked about and even used for weapon practice!!!

Still like the idea of the hay box though.

Chris
 
sapper said:
My Alladin stainless flask has served me well for over 30 years, it's been driving over, dropped from heights, kicked about and even used for weapon practice!!!

Still like the idea of the hay box though.

Chris
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With a name like Sapper you've probably had your dinner cooked in something similar.
Phill's son in law is an army chef, we never thought to ask him for advice.
 
Sharon the Cat said:
I'll tell him you said that. He may be a chef but he's just passed the commando course. :eek:
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The Army Catering Corps - ACC for short, was known as the Aldershot Cement Company! The Royal Army Service Corps were known as the Blanket Stackers. I won't tell you what the Commandos were known as....
John
 
They do work and work well - if you're going to use it often, make up some 'pillows' of straw/polybeads that will fit around the pot and one for the top of the pot. Glad you enjoyed your meal.

As an aside, a form of haybox used to be used to keep day old chicks warm in the broody box - a heater of some sort in the middle (piece of wire netting around it to keep the straw off. A circle of fine wire netting in a larger circle, packed with straw behind it and into the corners of the box. Chicks were put in the free bit between the heater and the fine wire netting. Worked well then and still does today! :D
 
Philcott said:
They do work and work well - if you're going to use it often, make up some 'pillows' of straw/polybeads that will fit around the pot and one for the top of the pot. Glad you enjoyed your meal.

As an aside, a form of haybox used to be used to keep day old chicks warm in the broody box - a heater of some sort in the middle (piece of wire netting around it to keep the straw off. A circle of fine wire netting in a larger circle, packed with straw behind it and into the corners of the box. Chicks were put in the free bit between the heater and the fine wire netting. Worked well then and still does today! :D
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If the ebay Magic Cooker doesn't ever get here, I might well make up some little sacks of polystyrene beads as the hay goes everywhere.

We made a wooden box type, rather than a bean bag box for it, so that it would have more uses for us in the van. Our bed is a bit too high for me! :sad:
 
Sharon the Cat said:
If the ebay Magic Cooker doesn't ever get here, I might well make up some little sacks of polystyrene beads as the hay goes everywhere.

We made a wooden box type, rather than a bean bag box for it, so that it would have more uses for us in the van. Our bed is a bit too high for me! :sad:
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Message from ebay trader.

"As our supplier has still not yet been able to provide us with an exact date as to when the item will be in stock again, we have refunded you the full amount (please allow 5-7 days for the funds to arrive into your account)."

This was showing as in stock when I ordered it. Good job we made the hay box.
Now I just need to go out & disembowel some beanie babies.:baby:
 
Have you looked at the alternatives? My friend has a Dreampot (the Aussie version) which she bought from somewhere in UK. Or there is the Wonderbag, also sold in UK. Or Mr D's thermal cooker.

They all work in the same way.
 
Kainene said:
Have you looked at the alternatives? My friend has a Dreampot (the Aussie version) which she bought from somewhere in UK. Or there is the Wonderbag, also sold in UK. Or Mr D's thermal cooker.

They all work in the same way.
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I looked at all of them. I nearly made my own wonderbag but went for the hay box because it is more versatile.
We're off for the weekend tomorrow so I'll be trying bits of old duvet stuffed round it instead of the hay.
 
Hi Sharon, just been shopping and picked up two boxes made of styrafoam stuff (insulation boxes) free can they be used for the cooking box thing that Phil made you? :idea:
 
GinaRon said:
Hi Sharon, just been shopping and picked up two boxes made of styrafoam stuff (insulation boxes) free can they be used for the cooking box thing that Phil made you? :idea:
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Yes Gina, they would be perfect.

Ours is now a duvet box cooker, hay was messy, smelly & damp.
It also doubles up as a step I can stand on to see into the oven.

We use ours most times we go away, especially if leaving after work as dinner will be all cooked ready for when we reach our destination, and was used twice last weekend.
 
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Haybox cookery.

You can put a sheet of glass over the top and place the thing in the sun. with the kingspan insulation it will get very hot, and cook the stuff free. I have not tried this myself but got the info from a website some time ago.
 
Squeegee said:
You can put a sheet of glass over the top and place the thing in the sun. with the kingspan insulation it will get very hot, and cook the stuff free. I have not tried this myself but got the info from a website some time ago.
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I don't think I'd try that method for cooking from scratch.
Sounds like a combination food poisoning/fire hazard to me. :scared:
 
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