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arkarian
2019-04-01 04:33:37 pm
red chamber dream
yep, it's a pressure cooker plus a ton of other stuff. sauteeing, stews, etc
arkarian
2019-04-01 05:59:28 pm
red chamber dream
it's the new hot shit these days apparently. i love mine - never cooked pork in my life and it turned out perfect
arkarian
2019-04-01 06:05:36 pm
red chamber dream
i use it for oatmeal, chili, chicken and rice, asian chicken dishes... p much everything
Turtle
2019-04-01 06:43:19 pm
I like turtles.
I had cooked pork before and can confirm the Instant Pot basically trivializes it.

I have a slab of corned beef going in mine right now. Really good for soups/stews of all sorts.
arkarian
2019-04-01 07:40:15 pm
red chamber dream
yeah tbh i probably use the meat/stew button more than the regular pressure cooker
arkarian
2019-04-01 07:42:14 pm
red chamber dream
really want to get the larger 8-quart one. i have the 6 and it's great but i always want to make more so i can freeze more
craztad
2019-04-01 11:03:17 pm
kyupi+yakisoba=win
I concur on the instant pot. Best thing we have in our kitchen. It gets used every day for something in our household. Used it to bake a potato this morning while I worked out, mashed it up and poured chili on top that was left over from the night before (also made in the instant pot) for lunch.
DJGrenola
2019-04-02 02:40:33 am
well that's a ringing endorsement from the millennials
arkarian
2019-04-02 10:28:46 am
red chamber dream
ohh i didn't think about baked potatoes

gonna add that to my list for when i can eat potatoes again
ryu
2019-04-02 12:35:46 pm
doesn't that make them boiled potatoes?
ryu
2019-04-02 12:40:58 pm
so I had the brilliant idea to install windows on my dekstop and use my other laptop as my linux mainstation by hooking it up to keyb/mouse, monitor and speakers. now it seems like I need a docking station to hook it up to a pair of speakers and those things are expensive wtf
arkarian
2019-04-02 04:24:03 pm
red chamber dream
Quote from ryu:
doesn't that make them boiled potatoes?

nope - you pressure cook them, no boiling involved
ryu
2019-04-02 04:30:10 pm
doesn't that just mean that water boils faster due to higher pressure?
ryu
2019-04-02 04:30:25 pm
no wait... wasn't it it boils faster as pressure goes down?
DJGrenola
2019-04-02 04:49:53 pm
yes

the point behind a pressure cooker is you can boil stuff at higher temperatures, you're not limited to 100C, you can go higher than that

it's also true of things like sausages that cook inside of a skin

I'm guessing this instant pot does something else, like a hot air fryer or something
DJGrenola
2019-04-02 04:53:58 pm
I've never seen one
ryu
2019-04-02 06:57:15 pm
neat. so when water reaches the boiling point it can't get any hotter no matter how much heat you apply?
ryu
2019-04-02 06:57:50 pm
that explains why boiling stuff never burns anything compared to stir frying
arkarian
2019-04-02 08:22:16 pm
red chamber dream
nah the instant pot uses water or other liquids, but it's not like you fill it up. for a baked potato you'd use like a cup or two of water and then it cooks mostly from the very hot, pressurized steam

that's how old school pressure cookers work too afaik

instant pot does that, as well as other stuff
arkarian
2019-04-02 08:23:11 pm
red chamber dream
at least i think so, i only read about this shit once lol
DJGrenola
DJGrenola
Edit history:
DJGrenola: 2019-04-03 04:28:00 am
2019-04-03 04:27:29 am
ok so it's a "baked potato" (faked potato?) rather than a baked potato

similar to just sticking one in the microwave but probably better for you, since you won't nuke all the vitamins like a microwave does
DJGrenola
2019-04-03 04:30:19 am
ryu yeah, when a region of water hits 100C, it automatically escapes as steam

so unless you're using a sealed vessel you won't get the temperature in a pan higher than 100C
DJGrenola
2019-04-03 04:31:56 am
I think this is why a lot of people recommend putting salt in cooking water before you boil it, because that also raises the boiling point (although I never do this)
DJGrenola
2019-04-03 04:32:18 am
I'm generally anti-salt
DJGrenola
2019-04-03 04:32:31 am
I'm a ... saltist