To threaten my family... (Lighthearted, pass this by if you are humour impaired)

[SisyphusHadItEasy]

I have decided that the only way to dissuade my family from opening the ruddy slow cooker one more damn time is the threat of embarrassing afflictions.

Perhaps armpit fleas or uncontrollable flatulence in public.

Do you have any better ideas?

Put a note on.
If you open this you agree to wash up.

I'd go with they are on meal and washing up duty for a month and remove the aid of the slow cooker for the duration!

Perhaps they are just really hungry? Have you not fed them all week?

On the off chance that they have not eaten all week, I should probably check the locks on the house. I definitely had to refill the fridge yesterday.

They eat me out of house and home

The slow-cooker-bothering is just like my DS wandering through, opening the fridge,peering inside,sighing.
Announcing thre's Nuffink to eat and buggering off again.

I just remind him that every time he opens the fridge or freezer it takes a millionty hours to get back to temperature. And increases global warning. Or something.

We warn our youngest that it will defrost the penguins that turn the light on.

I put a joint of lamb to slow cook in a casserole on a low heat last Sunday. When I went to serve over 1/2 was missing due to DS and DD picking at it with a fork every time they passed!

Is this the slow cooker equivalent of being a spoony fucker?

Ches - precisely!

Why do they open the slow cooker? For what purpose?

😂😂😂 I still do this when I go to my mums for tea. She used to smack my hand with a wooden spoon.... not sure that's still appropriate now tho ...

To smell it BenLui 😂 Mmmmn my mouths watering now for slow cooked beef and red wine. What are you cooking OP?

T'was slow cooked beef roast with red wine, potatoes and carrots.

I nibble at the roast every time I walk past macandcheese when im at my parents house. Not sorry... its yummy.

Are you my husband... sorry, I won't touch again

Ooh that sounds lush , sorry but I can't blame them

Can you please post the recipe so I don't have to come over and try to sniff out the ingredients myself??

I keep doing that and it's my slow cooker! (Vegetable curry)

This made me laugh. I usually just scream something along the lines of "God help you when you moan about being hungry after you DELAYED YOUR DINNER". It doesn't work and they all find it quite funny. 🙈

Ah SirWibbles I see. My family must be very well behaved or terrified of not being fed in retribution

Sisy I agree with Mulhudder we need the recipe.... pleeeeaaase.

Could you add favourite dolly or teddys head to the casserole? The trauma of seeing this bobbing with the carrots and onions might have a long term effect.