The Wonderbag
The Post Office strike finally ended and my new Wonderbag finally arrived! I decided to try a beef curry recipe first. The Wonderbag is kind of like an electricity free slow cooker. You begin your dish on the stove, simmer it for a bit, and then put it in the Wonderbag to finish. In all, my curry spent about 45 minutes on the burner, then 3 1/2 hours in the Wonderbag. After I took the curry out, I put in a pot of brown basmati. I simmered the curry on the stove while the rice cooked, because the curry needed more cooking time. Overall, I was quite pleased with the results -- and Perry was, too! Next time I'll adjust the curry's cooking time upward by a couple hours. Part of the problem, I think, stemmed from the fact that I had to cook the curry on a hotplate, because our stove is broken again. The hotplate just couldn't get the curry as hot and simmering as the stove could've. Next time I'll Wonderbag the curry for 5-6 hours. For the rice, I added a cup of brown