"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Cheri" wrote in message news >
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 3:39:42 PM UTC-10, Nellie wrote:
>> Ophelia and Julie
>>
>> I have the 8 qt Instant Pot. I can't get the Sur La table page to load so
>> don't know if it's a good deal. I got mine at Target for $89.on sale
>>
>> Yes, I do like it very much. I can make a fabulous pot roast in 55
>> minutes, pulled pork in less, frozen chicken straight from the freezer in
>> less than an hour. Everything comes out tasting wonderful.
>>
>> I had gottten a pressure cooker as a wedding gift years ago and was
>> afraid to use it after a co-worker's incident with it. This thing is easy
>> peasy
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>> Hope to help,
>> Nellie
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> Pressure cookers are great. Most people are afraid of that contraption
> until
> they've used it for a while. I was scared to death of the one we had when
> I
> was a kid. I don't know how we got it but I was the only one in my family
> that used it. The truth is that those things don't operate at a very high
> pressure. They are less than half the pressure of properly inflated car
> tires.
>
> I don't want a multi-cooker because that's just more clutter in the
> kitchen
> but I'd certainly spring for a cheap aluminum if I could use it on my
> range.
> It won't work on my range because it's an induction range and aluminum
> does
> not work on it. Unfortunately, the steel ones are too expensive for me.
> That's the breaks.
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> I have an old fashioned pressure cooker that I use quite often, never had
> a
> problem with it.
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> Cheri
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> Same here, but I was intrigued with the Instant Pot because it seems to
> cook a variety of things that I would never think to do in my Pressure
> cooker.

I wonder what kinds of things it does that a pressure cooker can't do
Ophelia. Curious, and this is just one persons opinion, but it makes me
wonder.

https://www.thekitchn.com/i-tried-th...missing-242961