We do a lot of batch cooking for the freezer, as regular readers will know. I have a big (6.5l, I think it is) slow cooker, which is great for cooking huge amounts, but useless for a meal for both of us.

Fuel prices are becoming ever more ridiculous, so for ages I’ve been thinking about a very small slow cooker, that I could dump a tub in from the freezer and leave for the afternoon. And we are lucky enough (or unlucky, depending on our wallet’s point of view 🙂 to live within spitting distance of a Lakeland store (the one in Beverley, should you be interested). I phoned them this morning to see if they had one of these little chaps in stock, and they kindly set one aside for me, and this afternoon we trundled over there (via the car part shop and Screwfix. And the library). It seems perfectly adequate for the purpose, and we also bought some Parameswaran’s peppercorns, which is our black pepper of choice.

It cost £19.99, which is far more than a big one costs, paradoxically, but I think we will get a lot of use out of it. It currently has a tub of frozen chilli con carne in it, as an evaluation 🙂