TheBanyanTree: instant pot

[Laura Hicks]

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Teague, Julie Anna <jateague at indiana.edu>
wrote:

> 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 have a friend who absolutely LOVES his. He makes the most delicious
looking meals with it. My Mom used to love her old pressure cooker, and
used it often. I was debating about getting one, because like you, and I
think pretty much everyone, I love the idea of making healthy meals FAST.
My Mom "paid" me for helping her one weekend, and called it my birthday
present, and told me to buy an Instant Pot with it, that if it was anything
like the old pressure cookers, I'd love it. I used that new, fancy pot
nearly every day for two weeks. We eat a lot of chicken, and every single
piece of chicken I got out of it was like a big (or small) rubber ball. I
tried changing the settings. I tried using less time, more time, less
liquid, more liquid, everything all the books and websites said to try. We
never did get a good meal out of it. Apparently, I don't have the touch. I
grew to hate the damn thing. The only thing I ever got out of it that we
could eat was a brisket. I can make that in the Crock Pot. In fact, almost
everything that's in the Instant Pot cookbooks I can do in the Crock Pot.
One evening, I was preparing the stuff to put in the Instant Pot in the
morning, and I thought, "Why am I doing this? I can make this very same
meal in my Crock Pot, and it comes out perfect every time. Why do I keep
wasting food on this new thing?" So I plopped everything into my Crock Pot,
turned it on, and woke up to a wonderful, edible, meal.I gave the Instant
Pot and all the accessories and cookbooks for it to my son. I think it's
still sitting in his pantry, unused. Obviously, I'm not a new-fangled
pressure cooker person.

And get off my lawn. ;)

Laura
wolfljsh at gmail.com