Anau
Senior Cook
Ok, this is kind of a weird question and I didn't know if it should go in the ethnic foods or slow cooker forum but I thought it would reach a lot of people here.
I think most people have seen foods cooked wrapped in leaves or at least in foil and parchment paper. Maybe less people know about cooking foods in an underground oven. I usually see it refered to by its Hawaiian name, imu, where rocks are heated up in a pit fire, banana leaves thrown on, food thrown on, more banana leaves, and then dirt/sand. Then everything is cooked slowly throughout the day.
So I was thinking I could imitate this mode of cooking by wrapping food/meat in leaves or foil and then cook it in the slow cooker.
What do you think? Should I try it? Has anyone else done this?
I think most people have seen foods cooked wrapped in leaves or at least in foil and parchment paper. Maybe less people know about cooking foods in an underground oven. I usually see it refered to by its Hawaiian name, imu, where rocks are heated up in a pit fire, banana leaves thrown on, food thrown on, more banana leaves, and then dirt/sand. Then everything is cooked slowly throughout the day.
So I was thinking I could imitate this mode of cooking by wrapping food/meat in leaves or foil and then cook it in the slow cooker.
What do you think? Should I try it? Has anyone else done this?