Instant Pot

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Tilly

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I believe it has to do with the old fashion pressure cooker using on stove, whereas the instant pot is electric. Factors in play can be heat/ pressure, etc.
So, the usual. Everything happens for a reason and physics is usually the reason. Every once in awhile, you catch a Devine intervention. I'm gonna have to stick with cast iron. Lots and lots of it. I'm more worried about "them" coming for it than I am "them" coming for anything else.
 

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I believe it has to do with the old fashion pressure cooker using on stove, whereas the instant pot is electric. Factors in play can be heat/ pressure, etc.

My mom told me my great grandmother used a pressure cooker and it was loud and scary. My grandmother would say, "everybody out, I'm going to take off the lid." ;-D

Hopefully, our Instant Pots are a little safer.
 

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My mom told me my great grandmother used a pressure cooker and it was loud and scary. My grandmother would say, "everybody out, I'm going to take off the lid." ;-D

Hopefully, our Instant Pots are a little safer.

With the IP the lid locks and you cannot open it until the pressure is released, either naturally or using a quick release button.

And the only noise is as it’s coming to Pressure, you hear steam releasing.
 

AnnaMarie

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Today I made potato salad.

I peeled and diced the potato. Put the tivet on the bottom of the pot. Added 1 cup water, then put in the potatoes. Because I don’t have an actual steamer, some fell through into the water. I placed the eggs on top of the potatoes. Set it to high pressure for 5 minutes.

This is going to be great in the summer. No steaming up my kitchen.
 

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My mom told me my great grandmother used a pressure cooker and it was loud and scary. My grandmother would say, "everybody out, I'm going to take off the lid." ;-D

Hopefully, our Instant Pots are a little safer.
I have a pressure cooker that we bought a couple of years ago - they don't have that little rocking thing on top any more, plus you can release the pressure easier without burning yourself.

The one I had back in the 80s was scary so I know what you mean - I heard stories about them blowing up and the food ending up on the ceiling!
 

AnnaMarie

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One costs a lot more!

(But then again maybe it is worth it - my old pressure cooker works fine but you have to be careful with the heat so the food does not stick or get burnt).

My first attempt at stew resulted in BURN. Seriously....it lit the word up.

When you sear food before cooking you have to make sure you scrape all the bits up. I think I did that. But, I was actually using a recipe I use in the slow cooker and I should have added a lot more liquid. In a slow cooker the veggies release liquid....not in the pressure cooker.
 

Tilly

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My first attempt at stew resulted in BURN. Seriously....it lit the word up.

When you sear food before cooking you have to make sure you scrape all the bits up. I think I did that. But, I was actually using a recipe I use in the slow cooker and I should have added a lot more liquid. In a slow cooker the veggies release liquid....not in the pressure cooker.
Yeah. You do not want to skimp on liquid. I sear in another skillet and put the trivet in as well. I'm way more concerned about some administration coming for my cast iron than anything else.