An Unexpected Cooking Method Is Saving Home Cooks In The Heatwave

Last Sunday, just before the heatwave began, I batch-cooked a record six dishes and three desserts. 

I simply could not face another week of cooking 1) in the heat and 2) after work.

It turns out I’m not alone. Writing to Reddit’sr/Maine (Maine, in the United States, has recently gone through a brutal heatwave), u/Drunkensteine asked: “What are you cooking today so you don’t have to cook during the heat?” 

As it turns out, many of the responses mentioned a “Crockpot” (what we would call a slow cooker here in the UK).