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May 9, 2022 06:30
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Honestly, I've never mastered the art of pressure cooking. I use it for potatoes, pumpkin and sweet potato for mash, and for steaming vegetables. But everything else I've tried to do in a pressure cooker has just been more mess than it's worth. Maybe it's better with one of those fandangled electrical jobs.
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May 9, 2022 06:57
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Pressure cookers are kind of cool but you need to pay attention to them. I've gone the other direction and use my slow cooker a lot as I can just set & forget, so it does it's thing all day while I'm at work.
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May 9, 2022 16:01
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My life is such that I frequently find myself needing a gallon of chickpeas in like an hour and a half, so my instant pot has become indispensable.
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May 9, 2022 17:56
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Yeah I have an instant pot. It seems neat but 2 of the 4 times I’ve done a “set it and forget it” approach - it didn’t turn out well.
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May 10, 2022 03:06
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How does rice turn out in an instant pot ? I've been looking at rice cookers, and if an instant pot does a decent job, that might be an excuse to get one.
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May 10, 2022 05:22
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Lady Disdain posted:How does rice turn out in an instant pot ? I've been looking at rice cookers, and if an instant pot does a decent job, that might be an excuse to get one.
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May 10, 2022 06:59
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Yeah, that's my thinking too for the most part. Stove-top rice is pretty much effortless. But a rice cooker would free up a burner for the rare occasion that I use the entire hob. I'm also interested in the keep warm function, but a decently heavy saucepan does that pretty well. For now, I guess I'll leave the instant pot on my if I happen to find one massively discounted list.
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May 10, 2022 07:15
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My favourite part about instant pot rice is that the ratio is always 1:1 rice:water since there's no evaporation. The only time I have trouble with set-and-forget is when I'm making anything thicker than a soup, as certain ingredients tend to stick to the bottom and cause a burn alarm. Soup always works 100% though. Make some pea soup last night in it and it was bloody delicious. Slightly upset it took me this long in my life to discover pea soup tbh.
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May 10, 2022 07:44
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I sprung for a Zojirushi rice cooker, and it's been one of the best kitchen purchases I ever made. I like setting it to make congee overnight, so it's there and ready for me when I wake up.
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May 10, 2022 10:38
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AngryRobotsInc posted:I sprung for a Zojirushi rice cooker, and it's been one of the best kitchen purchases I ever made. I like setting it to make congee overnight, so it's there and ready for me when I wake up. Ooh, I almost bought a Zojirushi, but then chickened out because I couldn't decide on a model. Which one do you have ?
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May 10, 2022 12:21
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We use our Instant Pot for cooking rice a lot because we got one as a gift from my parents, and really can't justify getting a separate rice cooker since our kitchen is cramped as is. IMHO it does a good job, a lot better than I can manage on the stove-top and saves an extra hob and a pot and a lot of trouble when I'm busy cooking something else. We're not really particular about our rice, so YMMV - if you just need something to cook rice with, get a rice cooker.
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May 10, 2022 12:35
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Lady Disdain posted:Ooh, I almost bought a Zojirushi, but then chickened out because I couldn't decide on a model. Which one do you have ? I have the NS-TSC10 model.
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May 10, 2022 14:11
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for fucks sake posted:My favourite part about instant pot rice is that the ratio is always 1:1 rice:water since there's no evaporation. It’s so nice
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May 10, 2022 14:49
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I got a Zojirushi NL-BAC05SB coming in today and while it's more for my housemate that eats more rice than me, I may take it for a spin. Plot twist: I'm an Asian that's gone full keto and my housemate is a white weeb.
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May 10, 2022 19:39
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instant pot is a brand item and not any pressure cooker, right?
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May 11, 2022 03:00
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von Braun posted:instant pot is a brand item and not any pressure cooker, right?
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May 11, 2022 03:12
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Oh okay. Don’t think we have those in sweden.
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May 11, 2022 03:23
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 Instant Pot Brown Rice  Instant Pot Barley
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May 11, 2022 03:53
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von Braun posted:Oh okay. Don’t think we have those in sweden. Bizarrely we don't. I had to get mine from uk Amazon.
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May 11, 2022 06:12
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von Braun posted:instant pot is a brand item and not any pressure cooker, right? Instant Pot is a particular brand of Multi-cooker; a device that has rice cooker, slow cooker, baking functions, other things. Many of which have a pressure cooking function. 
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May 11, 2022 06:57
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Instant Pot seems to be in the same process that Cellophane, Band-Aid, Crock Pot, Onesies, Kleenex, Tupperware and other brand names have gone through, where it's becoming genericized.
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May 11, 2022 13:56
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That clears things up. Sounds very handy!
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May 11, 2022 17:14
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Zosologist posted:My life is such that I frequently find myself needing a gallon of chickpeas in like an hour and a half, so my instant pot has become indispensable. What's your method for pressure cooking dry chickpeas? 1 cup dry to 3 cups water? High pressure 23 minutes? I did some searching and there was an unexpected amount of variance in the recipes.
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May 14, 2022 05:19
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I made two very delicious curries last night. Sri Lankan beetroot curry and Pumpkin and peanut curry. Both incredibly easy and really tasty. I threw a tin of chickpeas into the pumpkin curry, and used roasted peanuts because they're all I had. For dessert, I made Torres Strait Island Pakalolo (also the Hawai'ian word for cannabis, says google).  I have mixed feelings about this one. I didn't measure anything, so mine might just be wrong. But the texture ended up being a lot like mochi, and I'm not a big fan. I also added a load of mixed spice, which is nice. I also made the sauce using a combination of coconut cream and soy yoghourt, to cut down on a bit of the coconut flavour. It's very nice. Overall, pretty tasty, and an interesting textural contrast, but I won't be making it again.
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May 14, 2022 23:09
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Android Apocalypse posted:Pressure cookers are kind of cool but you need to pay attention to them. That's why I've been using the pressure cooker as a set and forget. Once you hit that threshold with stuff, it becomes super nice. Rice in instant pot is set and forget. Basmati is 6 minutes under pressure and 15 natural. Instant pot counts up once pressure is off so it's easy to track this. basmati ref: https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-basmati-rice/ & likewise for brown rice: https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-brown-rice/ these people have good tests and logic. Also, need ideas for what I could do with a bunch of grapefruit aside from a salad. Have a bunch. notwithoutmyanus fucked around with this message at 18:14 on May 22, 2022 |
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May 22, 2022 18:11
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Ornery and Hornery posted:What's your method for pressure cooking dry chickpeas? I do 1lb of beans, 6 cups of water, adjust to size (makes about 7 cups + cooked at this ratio). 45 mins in the pressure cooker actually.
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May 22, 2022 18:12
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von Braun posted:Oh okay. Don’t think we have those in sweden. Spotted this in ICA Maxi today. Basically the same thing as an instant pot. 
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May 22, 2022 20:23
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Oh drat, need to check that out.
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May 22, 2022 23:05
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notwithoutmyanus posted:Also, need ideas for what I could do with a bunch of grapefruit aside from a salad. Have a bunch. Grapefruits can be used in place of oranges or lemons in just about anything, imo. So: Blood orange upside-down cake. I've not tried this yet, but it's been on my list for ages. Cuban black bean soup. Uses oranges, so tasty. Some sort of tagine. Couscous. Cheesecake. Bellinis. Crêpes suzette ? Grapefruit and poppyseed cake. Sticky grapefruit tofu. I think someone posted sticky orange tofu itt a while ago.
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May 23, 2022 00:50
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I posted a sticky orange tofu recipe at one point. I'm on mobile at the moment so can't link it easily, but filtering by my posts should bring it up.
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May 23, 2022 00:57
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AngryRobotsInc posted:
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May 23, 2022 01:38
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notwithoutmyanus posted:I do 1lb of beans, 6 cups of water, adjust to size (makes about 7 cups + cooked at this ratio). 45 mins in the pressure cooker actually. The is about my ratio, which it turns out it’s close to three to one. My garbanzos seem to take closer to an hour if I want them soft enough to make hummus.
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May 23, 2022 03:30
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High or low pressure for ya on those chickpeas ?
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May 23, 2022 03:45
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I've been obsessed with ginger lately, so everything this weekend was very ginger heavy. I made a gorgeous carrot, pumpkin and ginger soup, which didn't warrant a photo, but is incredible. I also accidentally made about 4 times more than I intended, so I have god-tier awful weather lunches sorted for the week. I made this Hunan rice noodle soup.  Used textured vegetable protein in place of the mince, tripled the ginger, added some soymilk and some extra veg. Made an almost-disastrous orange, ginger and peanut sponge pudding.  Made a basic sponge pudding with orange zest. Blitzed a lot of ginger with the orange segments, then cooked it on the hob with golden syrup and some cornflour to make the sauce. It was bitter. Like, really bitter. To get rid of the bitterness, I had to add so much sugar that it was cloyingly sweet. Tried adding some yoghourt to mellow out the sweetness, but that didn't do much. In a last minute fit of desperation, I added in a very large dollop of dark-roasted crunchy peanut butter. And bloody hell, it's delicious ! Served it with yoghourt. Tried out my local Indian's new vegan thali plate.  From left to right: coconut yoghourt, onion bhaji (on the plate), I cheated here and opted for non-vegan palak paneer instead of the palak aloo, dal tadka, mixed veg patiala style. Rice, naan, papadum. Everything was exceptionally good, but the dal was godly. It also reawakened my masala chai obsession. Does anyone have a favourite spice blend for chai ?
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May 23, 2022 08:18
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Zosologist posted:The is about my ratio, which it turns out it’s close to three to one. My garbanzos seem to take closer to an hour if I want them soft enough to make hummus. confirm. It turns out 1lb of beans is 2 cups of beans (measured for this purpose) to 6 cups of water, and again echoing the same on timeframe. I was saying 45 minutes+ under pressure for hummus for me, which is about the same.
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May 23, 2022 15:28
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for fucks sake posted:Spotted this in ICA Maxi today. Basically the same thing as an instant pot. I actually have two pressure cookers, a cuisinart model and an instant pot. The instant pot just seems to do a little better but they're all the same poo poo in the end. I would imagine those stovetop pressure cookers are identical aside from electronics. Still, I treat them like a microwave. Turn on, come back when done.
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May 23, 2022 15:30
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Ornery and Hornery posted:High or low pressure for ya on those chickpeas ? High. I use high for almost everything except rice, and I’m not sure why I use low for rice except that maybe it was the default.
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May 23, 2022 15:54
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notwithoutmyanus posted:I actually have two pressure cookers, a cuisinart model and an instant pot. The instant pot just seems to do a little better but they're all the same poo poo in the end. I would imagine those stovetop pressure cookers are identical aside from electronics. Still, I treat them like a microwave. Turn on, come back when done. 1000% no, ime. Putting chickpeas in my stovetop pressure cooker and walking away results in a hob covered in slimy chickpea water and a house full of gas because the water's put the flame out.
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May 23, 2022 22:36
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Lady Disdain posted:1000% no, ime. Putting chickpeas in my stovetop pressure cooker and walking away results in a hob covered in slimy chickpea water and a house full of gas because the water's put the flame out.
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May 25, 2022 11:22
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