To not put water in the slow cooker?

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Making ratatouille, I've not added water to the slow cooker, will I come home to a burning house?!

No! You rarely need extra water, especially if you have used tinned tomatoes. The liquid does not really evaporate!

No, you don't need water, I rarely put water in at all.

Water isn't needed. I make baked potatoes in mine, wrap big potatoes seperatly in foil and leave them on all day.
Meatloaf too, the kids said it looked like a brain when done, but tasted good

Phew!! Thank God for that!!

I once tried to do sausage casserole and forgot water. Slow cooker had to be thrown. Didn't know most foods needed water in slow cookers

Depends on exactly what has gone in. One of my slow cookers would crack without some kind of liquid.

What did you put in it Orange?
Wolfie how do you know?
Not trying to be obtuse but I'm genuinely curious.

Slow cookers are sealed and so the contents don't reduce (because steam can't get out). It's really quite difficult to burn things

That's not to say I cook things dry though! But most of the things I do are liquidity anyway - stews, casseroles, chilli, bolognese etc.

I rarely add water to the slow cooker