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Instant Pot. Multi-function cooker (Part 5)


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It looks like a bad decoupage project by someone who's watched too much Martha Stewart (or too little, perhaps).

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“Who loves a garden, loves a greenhouse too.” - William Cowper, The Task, Book Three

 

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yeah, I think it's hideous. I couldn't believe it when I read the reviews, many of them going on about how lovely the design was. Then I noticed that many of them ended with this phrase:

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I am writing this review as part of a contest.

 

 xD

I have to emphasize that if I won this thing, I'd donate it pronto.

 

And secretly, because I wouldn't want anyone to know it originated with me. :ph34r:

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1 hour ago, curls said:

I wasn't quite sure the Pioneer Woman floral Instant Pot was a real thing... so I googled and it is real and there is more than one floral pattern available. Wow! https://www.today.com/food/pioneer-woman-new-instantpot-collection-walmart-t137392

 

 If the blue one appeared in my house I would have to wear shades all the time to preserve my eyesight— what little is left of it.

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Y'know, I'm not crazy about her housewares line, but the woman has made a lot of money with her schtick. I tend to think her writing is a bit overblown 80s sorority girl, but that's OK too, I guess.

 

And her husband does have a nice butt, which she photographs right regularly. I approve of that.

 

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of note : the floral iPot seems to be a Vversion

 

maybe iPot was stuck w a lot of these after they came out w V , the one w the handles that also hold the top.

 

a vast improvement

 

Soooooo      ......................................

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3 hours ago, kayb said:

Y'know, I'm not crazy about her housewares line, but the woman has made a lot of money with her schtick. I tend to think her writing is a bit overblown 80s sorority girl, but that's OK too, I guess.

 

And her husband does have a nice butt, which she photographs right regularly. I approve of that.

 

And according to Wikipedia he's also worth  $200M.

 

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What is the consensus on the best way to do hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot? I did a search, and found it frustrating to find what I'm looking for given that the search doesn't understand abbreviations.

 

FWIW, I have US size Large eggs, and they're currently in the refrigerator.

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6 minutes ago, MelissaH said:

What is the consensus on the best way to do hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot? I did a search, and found it frustrating to find what I'm looking for given that the search doesn't understand abbreviations.

 

FWIW, I have US size Large eggs, and they're currently in the refrigerator.

The following method has never failed me:

 

Large eggs directly from fridge

 

1 C. water in the IP

Place eggs on the grate thingy that came with the IP

Close lid and vent

Low pressure

5 minutes

Natural release

Place eggs in ice/cold water

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Daube de joues de bœuf aux carottes et coquillettes (beef cheek stew with carottes and elbow pasta)

 

I adapted Yves Camdeborde’s recipe to the pressure cooker - 1 hour on high, natural release. It was incredible! The meat was extremely tender and the sauce as rich and satisfying as I remembered from having the dish at the Comptoir in Paris.

 

I got the meat from my favorite butcher shop, Siesel’s.  

Beef cheek daube with carrots #pressurecooker #instantpot #beefcheeks #yvescamdeborde

 

Beef cheek daube with carrots #pressurecooker #instantpot #beefcheeks #yvescamdeborde

 

Going into the pressure cooker

Beef cheek daube with carrots #pressurecooker #instantpot #beefcheeks #yvescamdeborde

 

After 1 hour

Beef cheek daube with carrots #pressurecooker #instantpot #beefcheeks #yvescamdeborde

 

Plated (I added some parsley for color)

Beef cheek daube with carrots #pressurecooker #instantpot #beefcheeks #yvescamdeborde

 

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On 9/28/2018 at 1:26 PM, MelissaH said:

What is the consensus on the best way to do hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot? I did a search, and found it frustrating to find what I'm looking for given that the search doesn't understand abbreviations.

 

FWIW, I have US size Large eggs, and they're currently in the refrigerator.

 

When I was testing eggs for my book, I found them to be really temperamental. For me, this is what works: eggs right from the fridge on the trivet, 1 cup of water, 4 to 5 minutes high pressure. Quick release then into an ice bath to cool. But if I ever did anything different, I got different results. One time I just used a different trivet (taller) and the eggs were more like soft boiled. I hate to say it since I'm working on a new Instant Pot book, but when I need to hard cook eggs, I use a regular steamer. After the water comes to a boil, 13 minutes results in yolks cooked to solid pale yellow. 10 minutes gets you yolks that are dark orange and soft in the center.

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I'm glad to know I'm not the only one to have experienced IP challenges with boiled eggs. I thought I was the only one who couldn't nail it consistently 🙃

 

39 minutes ago, JAZ said:

I use a regular steamer. After the water comes to a boil, 13 minutes results in yolks cooked to solid pale yellow. 10 minutes gets you yolks that are dark orange and soft in the center.

That's what I do as well.  It's quick because you're only boiling an inch or so of water and 8 min in the steamer and into an ice bath gives me a soft jammy yolk.

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Now that IP hard cooked eggs have come up again it’s reminded me that I have a question. Has anyone else had “self peeling” eggs? This was about the third time it’s happened. I’ve not had more than 2 eggs per batch do it. 

I’m doing 1c water, 6 to 9 eggs direct from refrigerator, on IP trivet, 5 minutes on high, 5 minutes natural release, ice water. Shell is “popped” like that when I open the IP. Always come out perfectly done. Thoughts, theories and insights welcome! 

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4 minutes ago, DesertTinker said:

Now that IP hard cooked eggs have come up again it’s reminded me that I have a question. Has anyone else had “self peeling” eggs? This was about the third time it’s happened. I’ve not had more than 2 eggs per batch do it

Wow. If you could find a way to replicate that consistently I think you could retire with a very healthy bank account. 

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