Is there a raw cooker?

[dcgjfs]

Hey,

I'm looking for a cooker that could be temperature controlled (automatically). I want to use it to "boil" vegetables, such as broccoli, at 110 degrees.

Anything that is automatic? how do you cook with water?

Best :heart:

[Mindy Sue]

Boiling at 110 degrees would not be raw anymore. I don't cook with water - I dehydrate or just eat it raw.

[GoodCat]

To boil, the water would need to be at 212 deg. What I like to do to get that "cooked" texture and flavor, I dehydrate like Mindy Sue said. Just a few hours in the D and the veggies are wonderful.

Cathy

[ReneeH]

I'm curious... Why is dehydrating at 110 degrees still considered raw whereas if the water is 110 degrees it's not raw? If the boiling point of water is 212° F (which I know it is....), so it seems to me that at 1/2 degrees it wouldn't be boiling...???

[DebB]

I'm assuming dcgjfs doesn't really mean "boil" - I think she means letting it sit in 110° water and sort of 'cook' it as a dehydrator would...

I wonder if a crock pot set to low - let it go several hours and then test the water temp and see? Good question!

Now - having said that... I find that if I marinade things it gives them a cooked texture as it wilts them down. I like to use a marinade of Nama Shoyu (raw soy sauce, or you can use tamari), lemon juice, olive oil, fresh minced garlic. YUM!

I made a cabbage salad/slaw this week and the dressing was apple cider vinegar, sweetener, salt and cumin. I shook shook it (put it in a Tupperware bowl with lid) and left it in the fridge overnight. It was really wilted down the next day for supper. :)

[ReneeH]

I like to use a marinade of Nama Shoyu (raw soy sauce, or you can use tamari), lemon juice, olive oil, fresh minced garlic. YUM!

How funny!!! I do the exact same thing!!!! We're we separated at birth? :)

[DebB]

How funny!!! I do the exact same thing!!!! We're we separated at birth? :)

I think we were Renee!

I especially like marinating whole mushrooms in this (in the fridge) overnight and then stuffing them with a pesto and dehydrating. Oooooh!! :)

[streetsurfer]

A marinade in acid is the other way of "cooking" without high temps. 110 for any length of time in water would just serve to breed bacteria, I think.