Just topped my coffee up with some hot water, you’re welcome to do so as well. Perhaps you like your coffee strong, like rocket fuel. I’m topping it up mainly to add some heat. I’ve been bobbing around doing the breakfast. Getting a loaf on the go, so the coffee had gone slightly below that enjoyment heat level for me.
If we were having coffee I’d tell you how excited I am. After doing various bits of research on the slow cooker scene we’ve gone for a a combined fast and slow cooker.
It arrived roughly around the same time as the prime ministers baby, absolutely not related but at the time I know what I was more excited about. A replacement for a 10 year old steamer which had been holding onto life for some time, and a slow cooker which loves to spit all over the work surface when it’s doing its thing. I convinced the boss that we could swap 2 things with one, up our cooking game and learn something new in this lock down period. Placed the order on Sunday and it arrived by the Wednesday.
We had a pressure cooker back in the 80s, a monster of a thing that we used a fork to pull the valve off. Today it comes like a robot just off the set of Star Wars or as my wife described it the head of a Cyberman. I know I’m really late to this party of a modern one pot that both sears and slow cooks…or fast cooks depending on your mood. But I’m looking forward to the journey.
Since our veg order came from the wholesaler there’s been a bit of queue on the machine, almost thinking we could have 2 on the go. Monster beetroot reduced to tears in minutes. Not quite like roasted, but still sweet and soft within about 15 mins. Hummus from dry chickpea in 30. Slow cooked a ham hock and then pressure cooked the bone afterwards. Stock was amazing. Not convinced with the Rissotto…but will give it another go.
Where ever you are I hope this brief coffee share finds you safe and well.
The #WeekendCoffeeShare is an informal weekly link-up hosted by Eclectic Alli that serves as weekly heart beat and sort of of a mind-dump. Helps me reflect on my week, with a list of achievements, thoughts and rambles normally whilst drinking a beverage probably listening to music.