TheBanyanTree: instant pot

[Monique Colver]

I'm sorry, was I saying I'm sorry too much?

I'm sorry, but there's an entire group on FB of Insta Pot users. You
probably know that, but I'm sorry, I had to mention it. Insta Pot sounds
like marijuana ready now.




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Monique Colver
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Pam James <pamjamesagain at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently read, on Facebook of course!!, that we should stop saying "I'm
> sorry" so often....  Instead of, "sorry I'm late" we should try "thank you
> for waiting"...  or in stead of "sorry I overcooked the beef" we should try
> "thanks for visiting even though great meat isn't guaranteed"
> .... whatever....  I'm going to try it!!
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:59 AM, Teague, Julie Anna <jateague at indiana.edu
> >
> wrote:
>
> > In re-reading this hastily typed thing, the first sign of life from me to
> > the Banyan tree in some long time, I realize I've made a tremendous
> amount
> > of typos and errors.  Not the least of which is the use of "poor" for
> > "pour".  Oh. My. Gosh. I'm just going to let this hang out there rather
> > than going through and correcting everything, since I barely had time to
> > write it, much less correct it.  WWJD?  She would not apologize if it
> was a
> > slightly tough beef roast, but something which is published would
> probably
> > be perfectly polished to perfection by the beloved Julia.  Sigh.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TheBanyanTree [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On
> > Behalf Of Teague, Julie Anna
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 9:57 AM
> > To: A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> > *original* writings. (thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com) <
> > thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> > Subject: TheBanyanTree: instant pot
> >
> > I forget that present husband is of a different stripe than past husband
> > (may he rest in peace), and thus I need to watch what I say because he
> > listens closely and tends to make things happen.  A wonderful trait,
> > absolutely, but not if you are someone like me who daydreams aloud about
> > things that may only be half-heartedly desired.  We'd discussed, over the
> > past few weeks, the idea of the Instant Pot, i.e., the modern,
> > non-exploding pressure cooker.  They are suddenly all the rage.  My
> grandma
> > used the old kind quite a bit.  I remember the behemoth gray pot, her
> > strapping on the lid in what that looked like some kind of bomb assembly.
> > The rattling and the big pressure gauge and the nervous checking.  But
> what
> > she made in it I don't remember.  Roast and potatoes vaguely come to
> mind.
> > I can't recall another meal that might've come out of that thing.  She
> used
> > it mostly for canning green beans.  I do remember that while she was an
> > otherwise great cook, her roast was a bland pretender to my mother's.
> Mom
> > cooked beef roast the old fashioned way, in the oven.  The NY Times food
> > section has been on an Instant-Pot-article bender since before Christmas.
> > I'd been looking at recipes but had as much as talked myself out of the
> > thing.  Not the least of my concerns is that I now have the tiniest of
> > kitchens with limited storage.  I do like the idea of getting a healthy
> > meal done in 30 minutes because lord knows that time is something we are
> > always short of, and a quick salad when it's below zero outside does not
> > make anyone here happy.  But most of the things Instant Pots are best at
> > did not seem to be the things we eat, in general--spare ribs, pork
> roasts,
> > thick beefy stews. All good, but we don't eat that much meat.  Or, I
> don't
> > eat (or cook) that much meat.  Husband would eat that much meat in a
> > heartbeat, right up to the point where he ceased to have a heartbeat.
> But
> > we are already in a polygamous marriage-me, husband, his grill, his
> > smoker.  He doesn't need another platform on which to sacrifice dead
> > animals.
> >
> > So anyway, adoring husband and I were discussing Instant Pots and their
> > possibilities in, what I thought, was a more or less hypothetical way.
> But
> > husband, anxious to make my every dream a reality (Damn him!  Where did I
> > FIND this guy?) came home with an Instant Pot last night, and now I must
> > either learn to use it or return it before I even take it out of the box.
> > I'm sort of interested in the yogurt function because I eat a lot of
> greek
> > yogurt.  But how to make it thick and coconutty like Chobani that already
> > comes in convenient little plastic containers (which are polluting the
> > earth...guilt) and contains too much sugar (oy)?   Can I make my own
> pasta
> > sauce in record time?  That would be a good thing, no?  Tomato-y,
> peppery,
> > spicy Shakshuka with eggs in ten minutes would be a pleasant surprise.
> Of
> > course, it takes only 30 minutes on the stovetop, and I can watch the
> eggs
> > closely.  I have it--beans from dried beans rather than canned beans!
> > Delicious, spicy black beans! Lentils! Great Northerns! Chickpeas! That
> > would be lovely, in limited quantities: we're old so too many beans can
> be
> > deadly.
> >
> > I ask myself, WWJD? What would Julia do.  Julia Child has long been a
> hero
> > of mine.  Everyone should read her books-she's such a fantastic human
> > being.  I heard an interview with her once in which the interviewer was
> > trying, with leading questions, to get Julia to "poo-poo" fancy-schmancy
> > kitchen gadgets as unnecessary.  Julia said while of course one doesn't
> > need them to cook, why not get them and try them if you want them!  Have
> > fun! Try new things!  Julia was not one for poo-pooing anything except
> > apologizing for a dish that didn't come out perfectly.  Never, in Julia's
> > view, does the cook apologize.  Just serve, poor more wine, and trust
> that
> > friends love us even for the occasional bad dinner!  I love Julia.  I
> think
> > she would approve of giving the Instant Pot and drive around the block.
> I
> > guess it's off to see if I can find recipes!
> >
> > Julie
> >
> >
>