[blindcooks] Re: "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;

  • From: "Jonathan Rawlings" <twosocks76@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 22:30:23 -0700

I suppose every region of the country has certain culinary advantages that others do not have. In Oregon, where Emily grew up, the best fruits and berries I have ever had in my life can be found in summer and fall. In the s outhwest, we can have pretty much any fresh chili pepper we want, especially during the winter months and into spring. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the hottest food there is, I'd consider myself about a 7 or so. Buffalo Wild Wings, one of our favorite places to eat out when we can afford it, has a mango habanero flavor that is freaking awesome, but right at my tolerance max. Charlene, I read through parts of the intro this morning, and it sounds like when cooking times are given, the cooking times I need to adhere to are the second set, not the first. I'll look at it more closely later, if I can manage to get enough uninterupted time to really sit and read. I'm planning to make ribs some time this week in the IP, and possibly a pork chili, since I have some pork butt I need to use up. Still haven't quite decided what to do with it yet though.
  Jon

-----Original Message----- From: Charlene Ota
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2020 9:11 PM
To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;

Yeah, you couldn't put it much better than that!

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Rob
Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 11:10 PM
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Subject: [blindcooks] Re: "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;

Welcome to the upper midwest, where most people  cry when they find a
jalapeño lol.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlene Ota" <caota4@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 23:08:19 -0500
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: "The Instant Pot Bible" cookbook;

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
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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.





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<mailto:blindcooks-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Jonathan Rawlings
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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








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