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Inside the Home of Instant Pot

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Re: Inside the Home of Instant Pot

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Post by option_greek »

gambiting wrote: post #60
mrarjen wrote: post #59

Been using a rice cooker for some years now, it's already a huge step up from cooking it in a pot. And it seems almost nobody uses rice cookers here (NL). Fun fact, people from Asian countries are rather unlikely to know how to cook rice in a pan. I'll very likely get one of the IP's, as cooking ribs and other slow cooked meats do take a lot of time now, and pressure cookers are like playing with a bomb.

I just don't understand the point of a rice cooker, I really really don't. Cooking rice is the simplest thing in the world - throw rice in a pan with water and some salt, turn the gas on, wait 10-15 minutes. Done. Why would I buy a separate device taking precious space in my kitchen for what has to be the easiest cooking task imaginable? When you say "people [..] are rather unlikely to know how to cook rice in a pan"…

In my country, pressure cookers are advised to be used along with pre-soaking the rice for energy savings (its usually advertised by government).

Re: Inside the Home of Instant Pot

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Post by dd36 »

jstewartmobile wrote: post #37

We received one last Christmas. Use it regularly for beans and pot roast. The suggested cook times in the manual were a little too long though--and that matters in a pressure cooker. A couple minutes can make the difference between success and slop. 25 minutes for dry beans and 30 minutes for a decent-sized roast is more than enough time to get the job done. Fantastic job, Mr. Wang! edit: I'm just doing black beans.…

Also depends on altitude.

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Post by teddythetwig »

mrarjen wrote: post #59

Been using a rice cooker for some years now, it's already a huge step up from cooking it in a pot. And it seems almost nobody uses rice cookers here (NL). Fun fact, people from Asian countries are rather unlikely to know how to cook rice in a pan. I'll very likely get one of the IP's, as cooking ribs and other slow cooked meats do take a lot of time now, and pressure cookers are like playing with a bomb.

Any suggestion as to where to buy one? amazon.de?

Re: Inside the Home of Instant Pot

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Post by sammoth »

gambiting wrote: post #60
mrarjen wrote: post #59

Been using a rice cooker for some years now, it's already a huge step up from cooking it in a pot. And it seems almost nobody uses rice cookers here (NL). Fun fact, people from Asian countries are rather unlikely to know how to cook rice in a pan. I'll very likely get one of the IP's, as cooking ribs and other slow cooked meats do take a lot of time now, and pressure cookers are like playing with a bomb.

I just don't understand the point of a rice cooker, I really really don't. Cooking rice is the simplest thing in the world - throw rice in a pan with water and some salt, turn the gas on, wait 10-15 minutes. Done. Why would I buy a separate device taking precious space in my kitchen for what has to be the easiest cooking task imaginable? When you say "people [..] are rather unlikely to know how to cook rice in a pan"…

Well, the comparison of cooking rice that way to making instant coffee is apt

Re: Inside the Home of Instant Pot

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Post by Lxr »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #56

If you actually read this article, there's barely any information in it that warrants that many words. It's basically just an advertisement that goes "lots of people have bought this thing!" with the automatic effect that readers will then go "wow sounds popular I should think about getting one".

http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

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Post by chadcmulligan »

b1gtuna wrote: post #75

I don't know why Instant Pot became such a sensation when pressure cookers have been around for ages....

it's the combined saute function that got me, also the ability to slow cook. I don't know if it was the first electric one, but its the one I heard of. I remember my grandparents had a stove top pressure cooker and it was a pita to run. The instant pot just push a button, it's very easy, and all in one pot.

Re: Inside the Home of Instant Pot

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Post by throwanem »

mythrwy wrote: post #53
TwelveNights wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you do something with the pot in a way it wasn't meant to be used, I guess all bets are off.

This was actually a normal pressure cooker (early 90's in college, there were no Instant Pots way back in those primitive days). Not sure it was necessarily contrary to "how it was meant to be used".

I don't know. The next pressure cooker cookbook I see with a recipe in it for pepper spray will be the first.
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