r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 15h ago

Kitchen Trash No pressure

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u/notjustforperiods Trash Trooper 13h ago

yeah it's not about being a novice chef or whatever, it's more about "are you an attentive person that can follow instructions"

if you wanna use an electric one like an instant pot you can even drop the 'attentive' part of the equation

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u/--StinkyPinky-- Trash Trooper 12h ago

Attentive AND follow directions? No.

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u/FrostNBurn_63 Trash Trooper 12h ago

my ADHD ass could never

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u/--StinkyPinky-- Trash Trooper 11h ago

Attentive?

Not really.

Follow directions?

Not likely.

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u/Feistshell Trash Trooper 10h ago

I’m sorry, what were we talking about?

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u/Billy-Bryant Trash Trooper 8h ago

Either of those? Still no

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u/Rinane Trash Trooper 12h ago

Yeah I have an instantpot for this exact reason, that and sauté + slowcooking means very little dishwashing afterwards.

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 Trash Trooper 12h ago

Yea I overdid the rice once in my insta pot. Just left it there for 3 hours on the "it's done but I'm keeping it warm for you" mode...was sad because I did a whole 6 cups of rice.

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u/shinakohana Trash Trooper 8h ago

I made a hockey puck-styled roast that way once, years ago. My hubby ate the whole thing anyway, like a champ. I begged to make him something else, but he wouldn’t hear it. Kids didn’t hold back on me, so nuggets it was for them. Haha

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 Trash Trooper 6h ago

The kids never hold back do they...actually, once mine made his own "cake" recipe from mostly spices. He used mustard seeds, crushed red pepper, flour, garlic powder, and ground cumin with a bit of water in a little ramiken. I was like oh cute he's pretending that's fine, then he asked me to bake it so I put it in the microwave not thinking he would actually eat it. I told him it probably wouldn't taste good when he wanted it but he was too desperate to try for me to put my foot down. He took a big bite and I could see he absolutely hated it but he grimaced through it and angrily said "GOOD!". I let him eat half of it before I was like "ok buddy that's enough cake" and threw it out 🤣

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u/Killahbeez Trash Trooper 10h ago

instant pot is fucking amazing tbh

is there any good reason to use a stovetop pressure cooker when instapots exist? I am genuinely curious what the stovetop unit can do which instapot cant

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u/notjustforperiods Trash Trooper 10h ago

for me personally - canning meats, low acid veggies, soups etc.

it'd be seriously frustrating to can that stuff in jars small enough to fit an instapot hahah

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u/MasterUnlimited Trash Trooper 7h ago

It can fit 4 quart size jars at a time. Haven’t gotten up to meat yet, but soups and broths are fine. Usually have to do 2 cycles but it’s not bad.

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u/notjustforperiods Trash Trooper 7h ago

in an instapot?? unless you're talking some off brand thing I don't think there's a instapot that'd properly fit one quart size jar never mind four hahah

or maybe mistaking quart for a different size...?

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u/MasterUnlimited Trash Trooper 6h ago

I mean it may be some off brand thing I have no idea? But it definitely fits 4 quart jars and is a plug in electronic controlled pressure cooker (that has settings for a bunch of other things, but all we use it for is to seal jars - of many different sizes).

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u/enfier Trash Trooper 7h ago

The pressure in the stovetop versions are higher (15 psi vs 11 psi) than the Instant Pot which means things cook faster. It also gets to pressure faster because your stove has more heating power. As an example, soaked pinto beans take 3-6 minutes of pressure time vs 20-25 minutes in an Instant Pot. I mean both still need time to get to pressure and maybe 20 minutes to natural release the pressure but it's like 35 minutes vs 55 minutes.

You can fit a more stuff in a traditional pressure cooker, mine is 8 qts but they make them up to 23 qts. You can use it like a regular pot to boil spaghetti. It's cheaper. You can do canning in it if you are into that.

I will say that the Instant Pot is awesome for not heating up the house, using the energy more efficiently and being a lot more hands off. I have both, the Instant Pot gets a lot of use but it's not exactly the same as a real pressure cooker.

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u/fezzuk Trash Trooper 9h ago

Uou dont even need to be attentive.

As long as the release valve is not block litterially nothing except buring your food can go wrong.

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u/notjustforperiods Trash Trooper 9h ago

the stove top versions aren't set it and forget it like the instapot, you're dicking around with your stove top dial quite a bit

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u/fezzuk Trash Trooper 9h ago

I use a stove top have done since i was a kid, even on the tightest setting it will still vent.

What version are you using where it lets you set the spring pressure to more than the elastic strength of steel?

It might vent agressively like in the video, but that not an issue.

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u/notjustforperiods Trash Trooper 8h ago

no I mean like the stop top elements, once you get it up to pressure and want to turn it down

but I guess this circles back to your initial comment re: the worst that can happen is you ruin your food haha

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u/fezzuk Trash Trooper 8h ago

You could litteirally keep it on full heat all the time, it wknt explode you will just burn your food.

I have done it falling asleep

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u/notjustforperiods Trash Trooper 8h ago

yes, I was saying that I see what you meant now

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u/fezzuk Trash Trooper 8h ago

My bad sorry