"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:11:10 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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>On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:20:06 -0700, "Cheri" >
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>>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
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>>>>I have an old fashioned pressure cooker that I use quite often, never
>>>>had
>>>>a
>>>>problem with it.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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
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>>I have an old Presto cookbook somewhere too. I haven't seen it for a long
>>time.
>>
>>Cheri
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>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
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>I can assure you that my pressure cooking is NOT electronic It sits on a
>gas ring ...
>
the point is that you can use those same recipes for a non-electronic
cooker. The new cookers have just given new cooks new ways to use the
pot.

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Really?? What are these books called? I can't ever imagine making a cake
in one though) I mean, how does it get to pressure with no steam .. or do
I have it back to front <g>