What do you do with your Instant Pot you cant do with a crock pot?

[Molalla1]

Tracking devices. The chip on your pet won't locate them though.

Thanks Industrial . . . I did not understand, I do now (my dog, my main one) is not chipped ????? I don't know . . . he never leaves my side :confused3: the other 2 are.

 

[Doofy]

Anyhow back to the Instant Pot - my wife won't touch it. Something about fear of a pressure cooker that she was taught as a child.

She insists I'm the sole designated Instant Pot chef.

At least she'll advise on suitable ingredients and seasoning, she knows I'm not a cook.

I envy you guys who really know what you're doing.

It took the Wife over 2 years to get up the nerve to even try the Instant Pot, same fear of pressure cookers. Now, almost everything gets cooked in it. Corned beef and cabbage for 31st and Lentil soup for the New Year. I am a Lucky man.

 

[Molalla1]

It took the Wife over 2 years to get up the nerve to even try the Instant Pot, same fear of pressure cookers. Now, almost everything gets cooked in it. Corned beef and cabbage for 31st and Lentil soup for the New Year. I am a Lucky man.

OMG . . . corned beef and cabbage . . . I love it especially with some great mustard or fresh horseradish. :thumbsup:

 

[Industrial Toys]

So you can't make any of that stuff in a crock pot? I kind of thought that was the question.

 

[California]

So you can't make any of that stuff in a crock pot? I kind of thought that was the question.

If you have the patience and foresight. If I'm out at the ranch alone I come in, survey what I have available, and just want to get it on the table in a hurry. Just the opposite of the planning and lead time a real chef would do.

I suspect the 'inventor' of modern Instant Pot was a college student who cooked in his dorm and had little experience or patience - the same perspective as mine - and he wrote better programs to control an early generation pot like my off-brand. And then he got rich when this modern version became a must-have.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I thought students all ate those flavoured (chinese) noodles you get at the dollar store. Easy Peasy. Just a microwave.

 

[Doofy]

If you enjoy the speed of the Instant Pot and the superb tenderness and flavor of the food, that's about all that matters. There is still a place for Slow-Cooker food too.

 

[Molalla1]

So you can't make any of that stuff in a crock pot? I kind of thought that was the question.

Well sure you could . . . shall we say a new option?

 

[MossRoad]

Our adult daughters joke (?) that they just show up for the 'cash and prizes'. :laughing:

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:laughing: Nice!

 

[MossRoad]

Thanks Industrial . . . I did not understand, I do now (my dog, my main one) is not chipped ????? I don't know . . . he never leaves my side :confused3: the other 2 are.

The nice thing about having your pet chipped is that if, for some unforeseen reason, it ever gets away from you (think car wreck, house fire, tornadoes, theft... things like that) the microchip under it's skin can be read by many agencies and the animal stands a good chance of being returned to you.