Do you find food shrinks in the slowcooker

vintagekitty, Apr 11, 3:44am
or is it just what I have on?, its a piece of roast beef and its almost half the size now. oh no

uli, Apr 11, 4:06am
Yes it shrinks - however you should have gained about half a litre of juice though.

lx4000, Apr 11, 4:57am
Amounts to good gravy!!

vintagekitty, Apr 11, 5:03am
lol. You try telling teenage boys "here's 1 teeny tiny piece of roast beef and here's a cup of gravy"

kimmac, Apr 11, 5:57am
yorkshire pud is good at sopping up the gravy and filling up bellies :)

vintagekitty, Apr 11, 6:36am
I stretched it out:) Must remember shrinkage for next time

lythande1, Apr 11, 6:52am
Shrinks when cooked, slow cooker or not.

lx4000, Apr 11, 7:22am
Makes da roast!! mmMmm says the 1 whos veggie and has veggie roasts with this good stuff!!

pickles7, Apr 11, 7:31am
mmmm nice gravies, I find meat shrinks no more than with any method of cooking. I remove meat when it reaches 160 deg F. Anything over that, I would expect even more shrinkage.

vintagekitty, Apr 11, 7:34am
Good point pickles, it was nice and tender, but really I could have cooked it less. Nevermind, I know for next time