Corvin Estate, New Thessolonica, Planet Yuma, Coronado
"An auto cooker?" Doreen thought to herself. She didn't know what to think. She made most of her meals the old fashioned way using replicators when on station and such.
She smiled at Erik, "I've got this."
She then spoke to the cooker, "Roast beef, medium well, slow cooked." She turned to Erik as she finished, smiling but speaking to the cooker, "I'll do the seasoning and veggies."
While the cooker went to work, she went to the kitchen and began cutting vegetables. Onions and carrots mostly. She then got some cheese ready. While she worked, she sipped on a glass of wine.
About half way through the cooking process, she sliced the beef, added the cheese and veggies and then poured wine over it as a marinade and let it keep cooking.
Arriving guests would smell it cooking as they walked in. She also boiled up a side of egg noodles as a bed. Once satisfied that it was finished, she removed it from the cooker, placed it on the counter and announced, "Dinner is served."