Tropicalsenior

A very poignant story. Thank you.

I can too. What time is dinner?

Nice take on the brussel sprouts. That roast looks beautiful.

Nope. The romance was as dead as... well, that poor dog.

Years ago my ex-husband's cousin was stationed in Okinawa where he fell in love with a young local girl whose mother hated him. When he asked what he could do to earn her favor, his girlfriend told him that her mother wanted a dog. He went to the pet store and bought her an adorable, cuddly lap dog. She wanted no part of it and the girlfriend told him that she wanted a big dog. He went back and bought a huge German Shepherd with an extensive and expensive pedigree. She was delighted with the dog and invited him for dinner in two weeks time. That day for dinner she served him his dog.

I've only had rattlesnake and it was overwhelmed by a terrible barbecue sauce so I really couldn't even tell how it tasted. I've had alligator which they tell me is similar and it was delicious. As for the mystery dish I'm afraid I have to give up.

Please don't tell me that it is snake. From the configuration of the meat pieces that would be my next guess.

It almost looks like sweet and sour chicken thighs, but I will bet that I am wrong. It all looks delicious but I would have to pass on that turtle. I have had turtle eggs but that's as far as I will go.

I ducked. Did it miss me?

If you like liverwurst, you will like this. This is even better than liverwurst!

Oh no, not the chicken livers! I'm sending you a recipe for the easiest and best chicken liver pate that you will ever have.

It's a pleasure to be of help. How are the dogs taking it?

I found that my instant pot does so much that I was able to retire a whole bunch of pots permanently.

They look beautiful.

You and my grandson would get along great. In fact maybe I'd better hide it when he comes down to visit.

I have to bow to the expert and not believe what I read on the labels on the Chinese packages here. I do apologize. However, the second one I bought thinking it was a pot lifter and it works well for me as one so that's how I'm going to use it. I am amazed and how sturdy they are for as flimsy as they look. They're great little products.

OK, care to explain that spring?

With the ceramic dish it wouldn't be so annoyingly messy.

That initial blast of steam can be rather overwhelming but you can release it gradually. Just keep gently bumping the valve open with a long-handled spoon. Then when you open it, it won't come out so wildly. It doesn't make you a wimp. It just means that you respect the power that you're dealing with. And that makes you smart!

My Father had this exact knife that he used to clean and trim his horses hooves.

I guess you're right. I wish I had kept the package, they called it a pot lifter and these are exactly like mine. I didn't think it would expand enough to lift a very big plate but I just tried it and it does.

I would like to know more about your rice pudding. I love rice pudding but I haven't had the nerve to try it yet in the instant pot. Do you have a recipe that you would share?

I have a steam button on mine plus 14 other buttons and except for the saute I rarely use any of them. With the manual button you can do anything you want to. And thanks to everyone here I understand my pressure cooker and the times and settings that I need for just about everything. Anytime that you put water and and the things that you want to cook in a steam rack, it will do exactly the same function by just using manual. On most of my preset functions the time is automatically set and fixed. I like to have more control over the time and going with the manual button lets me do that.

Everyone has come so close and it would work well for all the purposes., except for the olive jar. It was marketed as a pot lifter, which is exactly how I used it yesterday when I made steamed rice in the instant pot. Here is a picture. Please disregard the rubber band because I couldn't take a picture with one hand and hold the pot lifter closed. .

It would work well for that but that wasn't its intended purpose.