slow cooker help cooker,

[buttons-and-bows]

I have just put a gammon joint in my slow cooker rind side up and rubbed salt in and put three little knobs of tin foil under it is this right.

[cheaver]

I have just put a gammon joint in my slow cooker rind side up and rubbed salt in and put three little knobs of tin foil under it is this right.

errrrrm, what do "three little knobs of tin foil" look like and do?

and doesn't gammon have enough salt in it?

[cheaver]

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Here is the link for some idea's in the pic below:



sorry, pic too small - this one better?

[buttons-and-bows]

I was told to put little knobs of tin foil under joints to stop it burning the food on some site on facebook.

[cheaver]

I was told to put little knobs of tin foil under joints to stop it burning the food on some site on facebook.

ahhh, that's a new one on me. Sorry. I think there will be so much juice from the gammon that sticking & burning on the bottom wouldn't be an issue.
I haven't seen/heard that anywhere in the recipes I've used..... just the gammon in the pot on it's own would suffice I'm thinking.....
Do check for salt though, you might need to soak it overnight in water to get rid/reduce it?

[Anniemcc2]

I always cook my gammon in cheap cola drink in my slow cooker. No need for foil or extra salt.

Lovely and tender and juicy. The cola 'gravy' I use for soup

[olivia8143]

errrrrm, what do "three little knobs of tin foil" look like and do?

and doesn't gammon have enough salt in it?

They're probably acting as a trivit.

[Anniemcc2]

http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/slow-c...-in-coca-cola/

http://www.catchasinglethought.com/2...m-in-coke.html

[buttons-and-bows]

I took the tin foil out and turned it over so the rind is on the bottom, I normally do it in the oven but no time to mass about later cleaning the oven.
Cheaver i always put salt and pepper on the rind and rub it well in. I wonder if you could use a slow cooker to prove bread some how, sorry my mind is rambling away on it's own.

[sewmuchtosee]

Don't know about gammon but when I do silverside in the slow cooker I put in dry ginger ale and it works a treat