Mrs bought a slow cooker a couple of weeks ago ( I think she just didn't wanna be the only slow one in the house... bada boom pisch) so have just thrown in a nice shoulder of pork seasoned with sea salt, black pepper and paprika, also made a stock from oxo beef cubes, thyme and barbecue sauce and tomorrows dinner is now under way, pulled pork sandwiches.
The whole idea behind a slow cooker is as the name suggests it's cooks very slow which has a couple of benefits:
You can prepare some veg, stock and meat the night before or in the morning knowing that when you have gone to work and come back it will all have cooked without any intervention
Makes really nice sauce and casserole based dishes as the flavours of the meat veg and stock have a long time to marinade together
A monkey could cook something in a slow cooker, just prepare the veg and meat/stock chuck it and forget
I am hoping the outcoming of my seasoned pork in a beef and bbq stock is that when it comes to serving tomorrow afternoon, the stock will have thickened and soaked into the meat giving a lovely and sharp distinctive flavour, the meat will be VERY tender and should just fall apart as it has been cooking for 12 hours (albeit at a very low temp as not to ruin it) perfect topped with cheese on a bap with fries and coleslaw sides
It's a Man Vs Food inspired recipe, you must have seen at least one of these shows??? typically american but fantastic at the same time