Instant Pot. Multi-function cooker (Part 3)

[Martin Fisher]

4 minutes ago, lindag said:

Why do I, when I read these IP threads, think that I must need an IP when I already own at least a half dozen very modern stove top pressure cookers that I love?

 

I'm also a lover of stove-top pressure cookers.

I recommend borrowing an IP from a friend before purchase or buying one that's easily returnable — if need be.

Electric pressure cookers are nice in some ways, but I MUCH prefer the stove-tops.

[Deryn]

If you buy one you WILL use it and will see that it is not just 'a replacement for a stovetop pressure cooker'. Try to think of it is as a different thing entirely. Yes, it uses pressure - two different pressures in the case of the DUOs - but aside from the fact that I think it is much easier (and lighter) to clean, etc. it is silent, it is cool (great if you have a hot kitchen in summer), it has a timer and it automatically goes to 'keep warm' (for many hours if need be) so you don't have to worry if you are late back to the kitchen to check on your food. It probably uses less energy as well. They serve similar purposes in some respects but are not simply a replacement for one another.

 

I made stock the other day from a chicken carcass - and realized too late that I had no room in the fridge, no ice to cool it down and it was late at night anyway and I didn't feel like dealing with it till manana. In a former life I might have left it all on the stove to simmer all night (and I have burnt out the bottom of pans doing that in the past because of evaporation beyond what I expected - and heat fluctuations) ... this time I merely pushed a single button and kept it on 'keep warm' in the IP for over 24 hours and it was perfectly contained, controlled, safe - I took its temp several times the first time I did that - and in the end, delicious. I think it slightly caramelized a bit during that long 'simmer' as well - the depth of flavour was amazing. I don't think I lost any liquid because the top is so well sealed.

[Kerry Beal]

33 minutes ago, lindag said:

Why do I, when I read these IP threads, think that I must need an IP when I already own at least a half dozen very modern stove top pressure cookers that I love?

Because you want to be able to walk away while it does it's thing.

[natasha1270]

Reading these Instant Pot threads and finding out the Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker, 6Qt/1000W is $69.99 as part of today's Amazon Prime Day is pushing me over the edge. I think I am going to pop for one.

 

eta: removed link question. Thanks!

Edited July 12, 2016 by natasha1270
Adjusted link to be Amazon-friendly (log)

[rotuts]

well worth it,

[rotuts]

"  some people " bought two.

 

my Prime expired ( a free month ) and I won't renew it.   

 

i can see s 'spare' IP for $ 70 well worth it

[Deryn]

The Canadian price is also reduced to under $100 but I thought perhaps I could order 2 via the US and have them shipped to a friend down there ... one for her and one (spare) for me (for when I go down south). Won't let you order 2 (and says that 'this order can only be for you' - so while I didn't try it, I am not sure they will like it if I try to ship to yet another address anyway). And while I can have one account that works either side of the border (and lets me use different addresses, cards, etc.), apparently I have to join Prime in Canada as well as the US in order to be able to order for the Prime deal price here. Another time I guess.

 

But it is a great price so if anyone is thinking about getting an IP .. today is probably the day to do it.

[lindag]

Today's Amazon Prime Day offers the IPs at reduced prices.

[cdh]

Prime day seduced me into it.  I've got an IP on the way.  Now I need to read the whole of this monster topic here.

[Shelby]

I'd love to know how many IP's Amazon sells today.

[kayb]

I'd love to know how many Instant Pots, CSOs and Anovas have been sold because of eGullet. I believe those three companies ought to endow the forum. (I can personally speak for four Anovas and five IPs, including my own, purchased because I learned about them here and passed the recommendation on.)

[cdh]

We should really have a amazon charity link in this thread so we can fund the place with a cut of the sales made when people from here click through... they do that, don't they? 

[Smithy]

2 hours ago, cdh said:

We should really have a amazon charity link in this thread so we can fund the place with a cut of the sales made when people from here click through... they do that, don't they? 

 

We do get a cut for every sale made when someone goes onto Amazon via a link here and buys - doesn't have to be the object in question.  Here's a link to the IP:  Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker, 6Qt/1000W.

[Okanagancook]

God Damnit!  Arriving in three days with a Prime Card Membership which I should remember to cancel in 30 days.

SHEESH!

Now I have to plough three three parts of threads to learn what to do with it.

Bloodly-hell and where heck am I to put it, huh?  Where!

 

[Shelby]

3 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

God Damnit!  Arriving in three days with a Prime Card Membership which I should remember to cancel in 30 days.

SHEESH!

Now I have to plough three three parts of threads to learn what to do with it.

Bloodly-hell and where heck am I to put it, huh?  Where!

 

  Welcome to you...and all of the others....to the IP side.

 

PS--The prime does come in handy should you forget to cancel....

[Okanagancook]

Shelby:  Yes, over to the dark IP side. So, smarty-pants, what should I make first to really blow my socks off?

[rotuts]

well

 

start slow :

 

a doz. eggs, HB  chill etc

 

Fill it up with, oddly, Potatoes of your choose, above the pull out rack.  one cup water for each.

 

pressure - steam.

 

several days of the best potato salad ingredients you've ever made.

 

Pedestrian ? yes ?  done in < 12 minutes or so, total.

 

not fancy, but the best HB eggs and steam pressure potatoes for the above you've ever made.

[Shelby]

Yeah, do the steam test...and then eggs.  You will be amazed.

[rotuts]

then the potatoes.

 

while all that stuff cools and gets cold  

 

got any fresh beets ?

 

sounds so pedestrian, doesn't it.

 

the IP is the pedestrians friend.

[Okanagancook]

Ok, thanks and I do have fresh beets.

Good grief, what have I gotten myself into.

[Shelby]

21 minutes ago, Okanagancook said:

Ok, thanks and I do have fresh beets.

Good grief, what have I gotten myself into.

Trust us.  You will wonder why you waited so long (except for the fact that this was a great price).

[munchymom]

Amazon Prime Day got me too! I'll be watching this thread closely...

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Ok, thanks and I do have fresh beets.

Good grief, what have I gotten myself into.

 

Fresh beets?  You have a CSO don't you?  The NY Times has an article on an Icelandic chef in NYC who serves a beet steak as if it were a beef steak...much as I do from the CSO.

 

Sorry for the distraction, carry on.

 

[rotuts]

I use the IP for beets that I then chop into largish pieces and lightly pickle.

[Toliver]

21 hours ago, cdh said:

We should really have a amazon charity link in this thread so we can fund the place with a cut of the sales made when people from here click through... they do that, don't they? 

You can go to www.smile.amazon.com and, following their instructions, designate/select eGullet (or the charity of your choice) and every time you make a purchase on the smile.amazon.com web site (which is basically the same as amazon.com) a small portion of your purchase price will go to your designated charity.

Easy peasy!