On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:32:52 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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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
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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you just need to get a new cookbook for pressure cookers or search the
'Net. I never thought of some of those things either. I think I may
have one of those cookbooks around here somewhere. If I find it I
will post occasionally.
Janet US