On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:20:06 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:32:52 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"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
>>>>
>>>> Hope to help,
>>>> Nellie
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>==
>>>
>>>I have an old fashioned pressure cooker that I use quite often, never had
>>>a
>>>problem with it.
>>>
>>>Cheri
>>>
>>>===
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 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
>
>
>I have an old Presto cookbook somewhere too. I haven't seen it for a long
>time.
>
>Cheri

I have the old Mirro book but what I am talking about are all the new
cookbooks coming out for the new electronic pressure cookers. I know
there are recipes for how to cook a one-pot meal where you dump the
uncooked pasta in along with everything else. I'm trying to think of
other things I have seen. I'll go check my cookbooks.
Janet US