I found it fairly easy to make decent tasting beer. Never quite got proper carbonation down, but otherwise it wasn't hard to make "Generic IPA" that tasted similar to what every brewery in the US has somewhere on their menu.
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A lot of those taste like homebrew (to me). I haven't had your beer and so I'm not commenting on it but it is astounding to me that some of the nanos around me can stay open with the fermentation character they have.
I tend to like my IPAs really dry (mostly 2 row with maybe 10% wheat and a dash of vienna, mashed around 148) so extract ones usually miss my mark, but a bunch of hops can cover up a lot of minor flaws. IPAs with crystal malts can gtfo. Now making a good homebrew summer beer is hard.
I miss brewing. My buddies and I just got too big. Little afternoon brew in a bag session is fun, and I can get through the whole thing in 4 hours with a couple of big spans of doing nothing. We got up to a 3 keggle system for 10g batches and brew days stopped being fun.
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I don't think for a second my half-assed homebrew wouldn't be identifiable as such in a tasting, but ^that, and I gave up ordering IPAs at breweries because they all started to blur into one big hop taste for me. If I already know it's good I'll get it, if someone tells me it's good I'll get it, but otherwise I'll exhaust all my options first.
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My wife a pretty good Chinese inspired beef stew / noodle:
-Beef Chuck
-Schiucan peppers
-Rice Cooking wine
-Ginger
-Green Onoin
-star Anise
-dried orange peal
I feel with the insta-pot you need double the spices relative to traditional slow cooker like a crock-pot.
-Beef Chuck
-Schiucan peppers
-Rice Cooking wine
-Ginger
-Green Onoin
-star Anise
-dried orange peal
I feel with the insta-pot you need double the spices relative to traditional slow cooker like a crock-pot.
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Made a surprisingly good pot roast dinner last night.
Does anyone use one of the larger IP models? I have the duo plus and I’ve had a couple dishes botched because the protein cane out rubbery. Not sure if I’m supposed to be adjusting the liquid amount for the larger unit.
Does anyone use one of the larger IP models? I have the duo plus and I’ve had a couple dishes botched because the protein cane out rubbery. Not sure if I’m supposed to be adjusting the liquid amount for the larger unit.
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Real talk are these things worth it over a regular unpressurized slow cooker?
Also, can you pull the "pot" out and use it for storage like you can with a slow cooker (thus eliminating the need for a giant piece of tupperware)?
Also, can you pull the "pot" out and use it for storage like you can with a slow cooker (thus eliminating the need for a giant piece of tupperware)?
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I think it is, especially if you are short on space. I no longer use either my pressure cooker or slowcooker because the instapot can do both of those things just as well. My primary use for the instapot is to make my own yogurt, which neither the standalone slowcooker or pressure cooker can do.
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I just used my instapot for solving the whole “what’s for dinner, all our meat is frozen” problem. Threw some frozen chicken leg quarters (skin removed before freezing) in the instapot. 30 minutes later I had some chicken meat to throw in the Greg Nuckols risotto recipe from the latest SbS podcast. Quick and easy.
Also anything I’ve made in the crock pot has bolder flavors in the instant pot. My crockpot hasn’t been used since I got the instapot. A friend has an instapot/air fryer hybrid that I covet, but if I got it my tater tot and chicken wing intake would skyrocket precipitously.
Also anything I’ve made in the crock pot has bolder flavors in the instant pot. My crockpot hasn’t been used since I got the instapot. A friend has an instapot/air fryer hybrid that I covet, but if I got it my tater tot and chicken wing intake would skyrocket precipitously.
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Well, you guys convinced me, and it's been pretty great. Super thick greek yogurt and a lot of bean dishes from dried beans with a Thai curry in the pipeline.
The pot + lid is OK for storage, not great, and I have a tough time getting bean smell out of the silicone seal, but those are my only real complaints so far.
The pot + lid is OK for storage, not great, and I have a tough time getting bean smell out of the silicone seal, but those are my only real complaints so far.
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I made some country ribs in the instapot tonight. Finished under the broiler. Not grillrotica-worthy, but pretty tasty and done under an hour with little prep work.
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I see you already got one but yes, I think so. Does everything a slow cooker does and more but much much faster and better. I would say we use ours every other day between rice, pulled chicken, various pasta dishes, etc.
I never liked crockpots all that much.
Seems like a lot of recipes are 4 - 6 hours which doesn't work if you leave the house for work at 7 and get back ten hours later. I don't want to do meal prep before I leave in the AM anyway.
Also never loved the idea of leaving one turned on and sitting on my counter all day.
With the instant pot you can start something when you get home and still have dinner at a reasonable time. Flavors seem a little better to me too, probably because you aren't cooking for as long.
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You can get another seal to keep savory and sweet separate. It's actually pretty reasonably priced. I've been making yogurt lately and it's nice to not taste like chicken broth.psmith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:51 pm Well, you guys convinced me, and it's been pretty great. Super thick greek yogurt and a lot of bean dishes from dried beans with a Thai curry in the pipeline.
The pot + lid is OK for storage, not great, and I have a tough time getting bean smell out of the silicone seal, but those are my only real complaints so far.
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Update: getting "food burn" messages every time I try to pressure cook. Google suggests using trivets to keep solid food off the bottom, will try and post results.
That seems like a reasonable upgrade, especially since I'm told seals are wear items anyway.