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Post by lovetodigi on Aug 20, 2014 15:09:54 GMT
I have a pressure cooker/canner but I've only ever used it for canning. I wouldn't have any idea what to cook in one. I'm not fond of roasts and I honestly don't know what else I'd use it for. Mine is a stovetop one, designed more for canning, so it's not something I'd probably want to cook in because babysitting the pressure valve sucks. I love canning vegetables though! It has safety features, it's really not scary. That is one of the beauty of electric pressure cookers. You put your food in it, set it and it will beep when done. Once the cooking is done, it automatically goes into keep warm mode and you get back to it when you are ready. I never stay in the kitchen when mine is cooking. I don't can in it, so I don't know if that would make a difference in having to watch over it or not.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 15:30:23 GMT
I have a really nice one and I have never used it. I am really not sure why. And I don't think pressure cookers and crock pots are meant to do the same type of job at all. There are uses for both. My pressure cooker (Instant Pot) has a slow cooker setting (no pressure), so indeed can be used just like a crockpot. I never do, though, because I think almost everything that you can cook in a crockpot can be made better in a pressure cooker.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Aug 20, 2014 16:08:16 GMT
I have a really nice one and I have never used it. I am really not sure why. And I don't think pressure cookers and crock pots are meant to do the same type of job at all. There are uses for both. My pressure cooker (Instant Pot) has a slow cooker setting (no pressure), so indeed can be used just like a crockpot. I never do, though, because I think almost everything that you can cook in a crockpot can be made better in a pressure cooker. Well sure, but I use my slow cooker on days where we need to literally walk in the door and have dinner. Some days I just need things to be already done. Even though a pressure cooker cooks fast, you still have to wait for it to cook. I am NOT dissing pressure cookers at all, just saying that there's a place for both.
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Post by lovetodigi on Aug 20, 2014 16:18:02 GMT
My pressure cooker (Instant Pot) has a slow cooker setting (no pressure), so indeed can be used just like a crockpot. I never do, though, because I think almost everything that you can cook in a crockpot can be made better in a pressure cooker. Well sure, but I use my slow cooker on days where we need to literally walk in the door and have dinner. Some days I just need things to be already done. Even though a pressure cooker cooks fast, you still have to wait for it to cook. I am NOT dissing pressure cookers at all, just saying that there's a place for both. I think what busypea was saying is that there are some electric pressure cookers that can be a pressure cooker or can be a crockpot. If you need to let it cook all day and have it ready when you get home, you just put it on the crockpot setting. With some pressure cookers, you have the best of both worlds. Fast cooking when you want it, or slow cooking when you want to eat when you walk in the door. It also save space because you don't need to appliances.
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Post by lovetodigi on Aug 20, 2014 16:24:48 GMT
Had a scary moment this morning. The pressure cooker that I ordered from Amazon yesterday shipped out yesterday evening with Fed Ex. Woke up this morning to the news only to see a Fed Ex truck on its side on the interstate with boxes everywhere. Quickly checked FedEx tracking and it was in PA this morning. Whew! I hope that the drivers of the truck and bus are okay. They still have not released that info. I heard that one person was life flighted out. Their safety takes priority over me getting a package, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 16:29:56 GMT
Well sure, but I use my slow cooker on days where we need to literally walk in the door and have dinner. Some days I just need things to be already done. Even though a pressure cooker cooks fast, you still have to wait for it to cook. I am NOT dissing pressure cookers at all, just saying that there's a place for both. I think what busypea was saying is that there are some electric pressure cookers that can be a pressure cooker or can be a crockpot. If you need to let it cook all day and have it ready when you get home, you just put it on the crockpot setting. With some pressure cookers, you have the best of both worlds. Fast cooking when you want it, or slow cooking when you want to eat when you walk in the door. It also save space because you don't need to appliances. Actually, what I'm saying is that a pressure cooker can solve that problem, but better. Many times, I've started something in the pressure cooker in the morning, and left for the day. It automatically goes to a keep-warm state after the cooking cycle is completed, and stays there for up to 24 hours. So I can sear some lamb shanks (in the pressure cooker) in just a few minutes in the morning, then set them for 60 minutes of pressure cooking and leave. They'll be perfect when I get home, and better than if they'd cooked on the slow cooker setting all day.
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