NormM wrote:i never used the stove top pressure cooker I had either. We sold them at the last garage sale a couple years ago. Instant Pot is an electric pressure cooker and all you do is turn it on by selecting what you are cooking, like Soup, Meat/Stew, bean/chili, poultry, Rice, steam cook, etc. It turns on, sets the time to cook, beeps when done and keeps warm in the meantime. It also can be used as a slow cooker, or you can saute in the same pan with it either by itself or prior to slow cooking or pressure cooking. It even has a yogurt setting if that floats your boat.
Thanks Norm..... The Tina lady is going to check them out.
The ones we have are the stovetop ones that you have to adjust the flame / heat on the burner, so that the toggle steam pressure does the little dance and wiggles .... ching ching ching ching ching...hsssssss ssssssss,,..... ten seconds later.... repeat, and My mother would sit over the thing, and count the jiggles, and hisssssing!
It drove my Dad Nuts! lol
I will say though, we have made eye round roasts in 1 hour in that cooker, and it was tender and well done.
Tina or I would sear the roast first till it browned nicely.
True story.
When Tina was around 13, her mom bought a pressure cooker.
They never read the instruction booklet. They put a small fryer ( chicken ) in the darn thing. Tina shut off the gas flame, and opened the lid without relieving the steam pressure.
The chicken blew out of the pot, and the water / bird and juices, hit the ceiling.
I shudder, just to think of it!
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