I Have Some Remoska Questions

[Burgo]

 

[HKF]

Just a thought . . . .why would you need to use an EU adaptor plug or swap for an EU plug?
Your house will have UK 3 pin sockets as will your motorhome.

I live in France and have a French MH. However, we travel a lot to UK and Europe. Sometimes in a car, sometimes a van (transit type) and rarely (although hoping to make this more often after all our trouble!) our MH

 

[HKF]

I think HKF lives in the beautiful Charente region of France

Correct, on both points.....'lives' and 'beautiful'

 

[HKF]

Thank you so much for all your answers so far. For those in the know, can you please tell me if there's any difference between these 3? The only difference I can see if that one has different feet. They're all 2L ones but different prices. If they're all essentially the same, I'm going with Freemans

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Standard Remoska Electric Cooker with Glass Lid 2L | Freemans

Remoska® Prima P31F/01 is a 2-litre baking dish with 400 W of input power and a practical glass viewing window allowing you to monitor the cooking process. Remoska® Prima comes with a practical stand for easy serving as well as a detachable power cable for better storage. The electric baking...

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Thank you

 

[Broko]

Thank you so much for all your answers so far. For those in the know, can you please tell me if there's any difference between these 3? The only difference I can see if that one has different feet. They're all 2L ones but different prices. If they're all essentially the same, I'm going with Freemans

Amazon product ASIN B0BKQ8S37G
Amazon product ASIN B07GCLMV2B

Standard Remoska Electric Cooker with Glass Lid 2L | Freemans

Remoska® Prima P31F/01 is a 2-litre baking dish with 400 W of input power and a practical glass viewing window allowing you to monitor the cooking process. Remoska® Prima comes with a practical stand for easy serving as well as a detachable power cable for better storage. The electric baking...

www.freemans.com

Thank you

The newer ones have a detachable lead but no handles on the pot. Old ones opposite. We have two 400w that I have combined. Detachable lead and handled pot for van. Other for home. Bought from Czechia about £80.

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[TinaLes]

As I know I keep on mentioning every time a Remoska thread appears, I find that I cannot cook most things in the remoska without the use of a Foil Lid placed over what ever is cooking, otherwise the top of Chicken/meat joints burn to a charcoal on the top. The heated lid is too close for some items to cook evenly without the foil "Cartouche "Lid.
Its even more important if warming pastry items like sausage rolls, meat pies, or breakfast Croissants.
I cook them for about 15/20 mins, remove lid and foil cartouche, put lid back on, turn off Remoska, lid keeps on cooking with stored heat for about 10 mins, check pastry regularly, remove when nicely browned.
No problem with jacket spuds, 30 mins on each side having oiled & salted skins to make them crisp up.
Our Favourite, that should be in every recipe book is this Gratinated Dauphinoise potato, with wholegrain mustard. We cook it once a month, serves 2 or 4 people, or 2 dinners for us each night, my fav to be served with Steaks, Salmon, sausages and the like. (see link below). Cooking the potato slices upright instead of flat makes the dish so much more attractive, cool as our boy would say! Mmmmm Enjoy!
LES

Maille Steak & Dauphinois Recipe

Serves: 2 prep time: 10 minutes cook time: 64 minutes Thinly sliced potatoes are dressed in a creamy Maille Wholegrain Mustard sauce, layered in an oven dish, topped with grated Comté and baked in the oven until golden and crisp. FIllet steak is pan-seared and finished in a foaming mixture of...

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[Tonks]

You could always just move them between van and house then you'd only need one!

Yep, that's what I do. I know I won't need the Remoska on every trip so I only take it if I know I'll use it as even the small one which I have takes up a lot of room in a small van like mine.

HKF If you're on Faceache there's a very good Remoska group with lots of ideas for recipes etc. I hung around on it quite a bit when I first got mine!

Oh, and just to mention that (it's obvious, but...) the lid gets VERY hot, so you need to know where you're going to set it down if using it in a confined space, and make sure to keep it away from anything which might scorch. There are van owners with scorched work surfaces and walls - and hands - because of how hot they are! They also get hot underneath when cooking. I have a large cork placemat which mine sits on when cooking in the van, even with the pot sitting on the raised base, and I always make sure there's sufficient clear space to set down the lid (which I usually put upside down on a wooden chopping board).

 

[Bryden]

When we bought ours. Not from Amazon or lakeland it came with european plugs so we have to use an EU to UK plug to use it and have not had any problems … get hold of the one that’s cheapest is what i think… I believe we bought from a company imported. The link was on here, but it was a while ago and i cant remember where we got it from originally.

 

[HKF]

When we bought ours. Not from Amazon or lakeland it came with european plugs so we have to use an EU to UK plug to use it and have not had any problems … get hold of the one that’s cheapest is what i think… I believe we bought from a company imported. The link was on here, but it was a while ago and i cant remember where we got it from originally.

My issue with using an adapter is that a few months ago we had one that almost caught fire. I could smell this awful smell for ages and couldn't figure where it was coming from. Finally, I found it. It had a lamp plugged into it that hadn't had the UK plug changed to an EU one yet. The adapter was red hot and smelled awful. I'm worried because the Remoska is a heating appliance and so an adapter is more likely to get hot and potentially catch fire.

On yours, why don't you just put a UK plug on it and negate the risk of a fire from an adapter?

 

[Broko]

My issue with using an adapter is that a few months ago we had one that almost caught fire. I could smell this awful smell for ages and couldn't figure where it was coming from. Finally, I found it. It had a lamp plugged into it that hadn't had the UK plug changed to an EU one yet. The adapter was red hot and smelled awful. I'm worried because the Remoska is a heating appliance and so an adapter is more likely to get hot and potentially catch fire.

On yours, why don't you just put a UK plug on it and negate the risk of a fire from an adapter?

We cut off the euro plug and put on UK plug. If not, as with anything, make sure it's a decent adaptor.

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[Bryden]

We’ve never had a problem with the adapter, the appliance is the thing that gets hot the adapter never has . The appliance came with an adapter

 

[Otter Spotter]

Try making a Frittata in the Remoska from the cook book it’s brilliant nice and light and you can put most things in it to bulk it out, we use Chorizo or bacon

 

[DelMar]

The deeper the pan the longer the cooking time as the heat is in the lid. We have the large one which I believe is 600 watt. Some time we use an insert to raise the food nearer the lid and heat. We also have another food divider as my wife is a veggie and sometimes cook both types of food together.

 

[TinaLes]

Got ours on just now, didnt fancy cooking tonight, so large Jacket Pots, Cumberland Sausages, and will heat up some baked beans.....I thought. Now The wife fancies Tuna & Sweetcorn filling for her jacket pot.
Les

 

[HKF]

Decision made - I'm buying a Remoska!! A 2L one with a detachable lead from Freemans for £139.00 and free delivery

One of the deciding factors in getting this is that my husband likes to eat late at night, like 9pm!!! I HATE the house stinking of cooking before I go to bed. So, he can cook his stinking sausages, chips, steaks, whatever to his hearts content.....OUTSIDE!!!! Thank you to everyone who helped make my mind up

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[Otter Spotter]

Tonight in the Remoska, Venison burgers, rice and green beans ( rice done in microwave)

 

[Gina M]

Tonight in the Remoska, Venison burgers, rice and green beans ( rice done in microwave)

do you use the microwave bags of rice?

 

[denisejoe]

We have a plastic pan to go in microwave to cook rice

 

[JoshnPen]

We get boil in the bag rice for the moho, much less hassle in a small space! Could i have the frittata recipe?

 

[Derek’soldvan]

I have both but to be honest the standard is about the right size for two. I use the grand to cook large whole chickens and joints of meat for batch cooking other meals with.

Did a whole chicken in a small last night, had to squash it a bit & I popped a Poundland aluminium disposable plate on top to stop it burning, I haven’t used my main oven since I bought it

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[robnchris]

Another question now! Would you recommend the 2L or 4L, please? Are they the same diameter but the 4L is deeper? If so, is the extra depth worth it, even though it uses more power, please? Thank you

If you have the small one you can only fit small meals in it, if you have the bigger one you can cook both small and larger meals, we have the bigger one and it's brilliant, we also take with us a slow cooker and the Air Fryer.

 

[HKF]

If you have the small one you can only fit small meals in it, if you have the bigger one you can cook both small and larger meals, we have the bigger one and it's brilliant, we also take with us a slow cooker and the Air Fryer.

I have a slow cooker but can't imagine ever needing it when we're travelling. I don't have an air fryer because it probably wouldn't get used. I, personally, don't actually eat much 'cooked' food as I don't like the smell of food cooking, so the Remoska will be mostly for my husband's stinking sausages, burgers, steaks, chips etc.

 

[Otter Spotter]

do you use the microwave bags of rice?

Yes and the various mixed grains, the ones from Aldi are OK if you use Balsamic vinegar or other seasoning, 2 mins are they are cooked.

 

[CAB96]

Decision made - I'm buying a Remoska!! A 2L one with a detachable lead from Freemans for £139.00 and free delivery

One of the deciding factors in getting this is that my husband likes to eat late at night, like 9pm!!! I HATE the house stinking of cooking before I go to bed. So, he can cook his stinking sausages, chips, steaks, whatever to his hearts content.....OUTSIDE!!!! Thank you to everyone who helped make my mind up

They do cut down the cooking smells considerably, even in a small campervan.

Also worth looking on ebay at the Lakeland outlet for refurbished (i.e. returned) items.

 

[HKF]

I now have my shiny new Remoska Prima......and I'm scared to death of it!! Hahahahaha!!! I do very, very little cooking and what I do do is very basic (I have food issues, besides other things).

I want to cook 4 chicken breasts. Nothing fancy, no sauce or anything, just the chicken breasts. How do I do it, please? Do I just sit the breasts in the Remoska and turn it on? Do I have to arrange them in a certain way? Do I need to turn them half way through? How long will they take? Can someone help me, please? Thank you

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[hja]

I now have my shiny new Remoska Prima......and I'm scared to death of it!! Hahahahaha!!! I do very, very little cooking and what I do do is very basic (I have food issues, besides other things).

I want to cook 4 chicken breasts. Nothing fancy, no sauce or anything, just the chicken breasts. How do I do it, please? Do I just sit the breasts in the Remoska and turn it on? Do I have to arrange them in a certain way? Do I need to turn them half way through? How long will they take? Can someone help me, please? Thank you

Use it like an oven. Stick the chicken in, turn the reomoska on. To get even cooking I would spread them out, put the thinnest parts in the middle. It doesn’t cook any quicker than a traditional oven so they won’t get done in record time. I would check after half an hour, being prepared to turn if I thought that necessary, cover loosely with a piece of foil if too brown but not yet cooked right through. I am sure some will cook them wrapped in foil but in my view it makes it more difficult to assess when cooked. Biggest problem you will have if cooking with no sauce is stopping them dry out. Could you cook with a little oil or butter?

 

[HKF]

Use it like an oven. Stick the chicken in, turn the reomoska on. To get even cooking I would spread them out, put the thinnest parts in the middle. It doesn’t cook any quicker than a traditional oven so they won’t get done in record time. I would check after half an hour, being prepared to turn if I thought that necessary, cover loosely with a piece of foil if too brown but not yet cooked right through. I am sure some will cook them wrapped in foil but in my view it makes it more difficult to assess when cooked. Biggest problem you will have if cooking with no sauce is stopping them dry out. Could you cook with a little oil or butter?

Thank you SO much If I do them in a normal oven, I wrap them in foil to stop them drying out. Could I do this in the Remoska and cook them for an hour, to be sure they're done, please?
Oh, actually, i just realised I have some bacon. If I wrap them in bacon (it's quite fatty), would that stop them drying out, please?

 

[Ejaydee]

Thank you SO much If I do them in a normal oven, I wrap them in foil to stop them drying out. Could I do this in the Remoska and cook them for an hour, to be sure they're done, please?

Yes, I often do that with mine!

 

[HKF]

Yes, I often do that with mine!

Thank you SO much I'm sure I'll get more confident with it but, at the moment, it's pulling faces at me!!!

 

[HKF]

Right, my Remoska is ON I had 7 rashers of back bacon, with plenty of fat, so I put 3 of them on the bottom of the pan, laid the 4 chicken breasts on top of them and put the remaining 4 rashers on top of the chicken. The breasts are quite large, so the whole pan is full. I'm going to give them 1 1/4 hours but I'll keep my eye on them through the window in case anything's going wrong

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