Also, for the Cheesy Chili Mac, I have made adjustments because some people
don’t like a lot of spice in my house so I use only 1 4-ounce can of chilies,
for example. This recipe is really pretty flexible and comes out so good!
From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Jonathan Rawlings
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 9:31 AM
To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;
Thanks Charlene. I’ll look through the intro to the book and see if I can
figure it out. I know I do not have the max machine. I’m really struggling
with this whole instant pot thing. It takes me back to when I was first given
a slow cooker in 1998. Everything I made in that thing pretty much went right
into the trash. I finally gave it away in 2003 thinking it just wasn’t for me.
It wasn’t until 2012 that I discovered that ATK had two cookbooks full of
recipes just for the slow cooker. So I asked for one for my birthday that
year, and got it. Now, I love it, and wouldn’t be without it. I think this
instant pot is much the same way. Pressure cooking is brand new to me, and
there are bound to be mistakes as I start out. And there have been more
failures than successes so far. The last one, however, was my own mistake, as
I used the wrong type of lentils, and the red ones turned into baby food.
Boneless skinless chicken breasts turned out much too dry after just 12 minutes
under pressure and about 5 minutes natural release. My only attempt to cook
beans was a disaster as the cooking time given was far too short.
Rob, an example of the difference in cooking times might be a recipe for chili
that calls for a cook time of 30 minutes in one set of instructions, and 40
minutes for another for the same recipe. If you like, I can clip a recipe
right from the book. I’m going to check out the intro to the book as Charlene
suggested.
Jon
From: Charlene Ota <mailto:caota4@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2020 10:29 PM
To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;
Hi, there are two charts for each recipe one is for the regular instant pot and
the other is for the instant pot max. There’s information in the introductory
material in the book about the max machine. I don’t really know much about it,
but it does explain why there are two sets of instructions.
From: blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On
Behalf Of Jonathan Rawlings
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2020 11:10 PM
To: Blind Cooks <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >
Subject: [blindcooks] "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;
I can’t remember who it was, but I could swear someone here on list mentioned,
a while back, that they have this cookbook, mentioned in the subject line. I
also have the book from book share, and I’m somewhat confused with the way the
recipes are written. In every recipe I have read so far, there are different
cook times listed in the instructions. These cook times don’t vary by a lot,
but I don’t understand why there is more than one cook time given at all. I
can’t find anywhere in the book, so far, that explains this. If anyone here on
list has this book and can explain what’s up here, I’d much appreciate it.
Thanks,
Jon
