What Food Steamer!

[Lord Pikey]

Evening All.

Due to me taking up a 3 week detox challenge it has finally given me a reason to try a food steamer.

Just been down to my friendly local Gestapo retailer and the only one they stocked was this..

http://www.braun.com/global/household/food-prepara...

Has any one got it, it doesn't seem to be a UK model so i cant find it in many other places.

Any recommendations?

[Mobile Chicane]

The cheapest you can find. They all do more or less the same thing.

[Adz The Rat]

Im cooking something this weekend and the recipie calls for some peppers to be steamed, is there a simple way of doing this without buying a steamer?

[Steve Evil]

Adz The Rat said:

Im cooking something this weekend and the recipie calls for some peppers to be steamed, is there a simple way of doing this without buying a steamer?

Put a sieve above a saucepan with a little water in it, put the peppers in the sieve and then cover it with something.

[Adz The Rat]

Just looked on Argos and seen you can pick them up for under £10, not bad for something that wont get used often so will just get one of them, cheers.

[tomash]

something like:

This

I have been using something similar for years.
The electric ones are just waiting for an excuse to go wrong at the worst possible moment.

[Sticks.]

tomash said:

something like:

This

I have been using something similar for years.
The electric ones are just waiting for an excuse to go wrong at the worst possible moment.

Yes, got one too, fine for several people. Often don't bother for myself, just put a collander above the saucepan and put the lid on top.

[steveo3002]

cleaveland steamer is the one you want

[Roger645]

Sticks. said:

Yes, got one too, fine for several people. Often don't bother for myself, just put a collander above the saucepan and put the lid on top.

+1

[sgrimshaw]

Last year we bought the Tefal Simply Invents VC101616 as it was a reasonably priced Which Best Buy.

Wouldn't cook veggies in anything else now.

Saves lots of hob space too.

[Lord Pikey]

Cheers all,

I have spunked for the Morphy Richards Intellisteam. I am a sucker for gimicks and new ideas. Did find it 40% off on fleabay though.

[Mobile Chicane]

Lord Pikey said:

Cheers all,

I have spunked for the Morphy Richards Intellisteam. I am a sucker for gimicks and new ideas. Did find it 40% off on fleabay though.

Stone the crows that's expensive, even at 40% off.

Mine was £15 (if that) from Tesco. It's stacked, so things which need longer cooking go in the bottom tier, things which need less go at the top.

It does rice as well.

[Melman Giraffe]

Got to you local chinese supermarket and pick up a bamboo one. £2 job done

[GarryA]

steveo3002 said:

cleaveland steamer is the one you want

[VeeFour]

All you need is the cheapie value one from Tesco.

We've had one for a good 2-3 years now - and use it almost every day.

Cost was less than a tenner.

[escargot]

Mobile Chicane said:

It does rice as well.

Interesting. What's it like steamed instead of boiled? I've always imagined it would take hours.

[paulmurr]

Melman Giraffe said:

Got to you local chinese supermarket and pick up a bamboo one. £2 job done

This, but we got ours at Lidl.