steamers???

[sickbucket]

I'm thinking of getting a steamer.

How good r they???

Can u steam foazen veg or does it just have to be fresh???

What meat / fish can u steam????

also is it best to get one of thoose u do on a cooker or a elctric tefal one???

WE always cook veg by putting veg in a steamer over a pot which is boiling rice/potatoes/pasta. Cheap & easy.

Frozen veg fine; fish ok to steam but I wouldn't trust steamer to cook meat through, though ok for heating pre-cooked meat up. Never tried an electric steamer because our technique is more efficient, anyway.

We have a stainless steel cooker top steamer - I use it for everything - boil spuds in the bottom, then "hard veg" like carrots next, then softer veg on the top or salmon/cod etc on top layer.

prefer it to tefal electric one we had - the plastic stains and smells of fish eventually on the model we had.

Steamers are just fabby!!! I have a Meyer SS cooker type and I think they are a kitchen essential. You can steam any type of veg and I believe you can steam chicken, although I've only ever done fish.

Go for as many levels as you can afford, if you buy one. You could only buy two-layer-plus-the pan ones when I got mine but I would easily use more levels if I had them.

Steamers are just fab! The steamed veggis are so lovely, much better than being done in a bad. I have done frozen veg too, it just takes longer than fresh.

I have an electric Tefal, 3 tier steamer and use it loads. Rarely use it for fish and meat to be honest though but MIL does and says it too is great, very moist meat. You can do rice in them too.

I bought a microwave one from Lidl which works really well for veg etc.

But I haven't tried fish, prefer to grill that or bake in oven.