/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>stefanie being a useless bitch as usual.

what a pussy

>>13446409

the instant pot revolutionized pressure cooking how the crock pot revolutionized slow cooking. people will calm down about them in 5 years but they will always have a place in the casual kitchen. I use my slow cooker more than my instant pot, but I use both.

>>13446428
>the instant pot revolutionized pressure cooking
Nigga what? It's literally just a pressure cooker with a timer.

>>13446409
>...the "Instant Pot" is convenient, but it really isn't cooking.

Yet there are constant InstantPot and Nipknife threads here 100% of the time.

The root cause of the problem is those areas I mentioned are overpopulated. If those areas were depopulated we could talk more about cooking and less about MemePots.

>>13446456
deport yourself then faggot

>>13446409
people who can't afford a fucking $50 instant pot aren't reading faggy food blogs, stephanie kill this nigger

>>13446460
>deport yourself then faggot
Why would I do that? I don't hawk useless kitchen gadgetry to over-wealthy brainless drones.

>>13446464
I agree the part about not affording one is a little gay, I just dislike instant pots in general and the gay fucking marketing and blogging about them. Pisses me off. Anybody who trashed instant pots are ok in my book

>>13446468
>over-wealthy
instant pots are like $60

>>13446464
Yeah because everyone needs an appliance they will use 20 times then let gather dust on their counter.
They'll be too guilty to throw it away, but eventually they'll get sick of moving it around and dusting it, so i'll go in the cupboard.
Eventually they'll get sick of moving it around to get to the Crockpot, so it will make it's way to the back of the cupboard.
Even then, they get sick of walking down to the basement to get their Bundt Pan so the next time they make their bi-annual Bundt Cake, they take the Instant Pot down with them and set it on the shelf.

Just like every other kitchen appliance hawked around here.

>>13446468
Bro you are so far up your own ass

It's an electric pressure cooker with a timer. If people want to waste money on it let them. At least some of the people buying it are attempting to cook something instead of ordering out. Though I expect most of the 'mommy blogger' recipes are cans of x with meat of y.

>>13446439

And the crock bot is just a slow cooker with temperature options.

Instant pot also has multiple electronic safety measures and a plethora of cooking options

>>13446409
>based

>>13446533
>safety measures
Every basic pressure cooker made in the last 60 years have had pressure valves.

>>13446409
I never read such a butthurt post.

Instant Pot is a trend, nothing more. People either loved the original pressure cookers, or their parents put the fear into them blowing up their kitchen and couldn't get over that anxiety to ever use or buy one. And, the original Presto! brand pressure cookers and the like were nearly as pricey as a Le Crueset for their time period. They were heavy solid beasts. So there always was this segment of society that simply didn't own one, til they fell so far out of use outside of ethnic families that swore by them for fast beans.

My cuban friends swear by their microwave pressure cooker devices for perfect rice. I was like eww hot plastic, but the results were delicious.

Then cheap pressure cooker brands fell victim to the Aluminum-causes-alzheimers era.

So, indeed there are 2 distinct generations that are marveling at throwing together food after a commute and getting slow food faster. Being a new thing it spawns cookbooks to give people ideas wtf to do with it.

>>13446409
Jesus Christ it’s a crockpot
Why is instapot even a thing?

I didn't realize /ck/ was so butthurt about pressure cookers for some reason

>>13446409
So you actually gonna share us the recipe or?

>>13446584
https://pinchofyum.com/sunday-chili

It's pretty good, I make it a lot. I usually don't include the bacon though.

>he doesn't have a stove top pressure cooker in the family for decades
Anyone who cooks can see the advantages of having a pressure cooker, for stock, beans, stews, etc. Stove top reaches a higher pressure iirc.

>>13446575
I dare say the 'butthurt' is the fact people are fawning over it like it's something new when pressure cookers have been around for a while.

>>13446605
Ones that you could put a time to cook on and walk away from?

>>13446409
I wonder how he feels about air fryers then

>>13446470
Especially considering they are the go-to "what do I buy this person?" gift and you can find them marker down and in thrift stores. The only people who couldn't get their hands on one or
a similar product from another brand are probably 3rd worlders.

Just made some chickpeas for hummus in my Instapot, seethe harder poorfags.

>>13446409
yes, putting things and leaving them alone for hours is not cooking.

>>13446571
you realize crock pot is a brand right

>"incredibly privileged"
It was on sale at $60 brand new on black Friday. If you can't afford $60 for a machine that can make practically any food you want, I got bad news for you

Instapot is based for being a space saver, replacing several different machines, and incorporating the best parts of these machines into an easy to use package. Only autists don't like them

>>13446428
Both a slow cooker and an instant pot produce subpar results. A Dutch oven is just better. The sear you get at the beginning, the proper reduction of sauces and the caramelisation and depth of flavour is just superior in every way.

Only lazy plebs with no taste use slow cookers and instant pots. Enjoy your watery, bland and pale stews.

>>13446845
instant pots can sear

>>13446456
>>13446409
>Instant Pot isn't cooking
>pressure cookers aren't cooking
Consider suicide.

>>13446409
You need to calm down.

>>13446409
ITS JUST A FUCKING ELECTRIC PRESSURE COOKER

KILL YOURSELF

>>13446845

Instant pot is the easiest swar I've ever done in my life what the fuck are you on

>>13447044

A slow cooker is just an electric dutch oven

>>13446409
Grug not like food from shiny heat vase
think food smashed between two rock better. rock dust bring out flavor
ook ook
new thing bad

>>13446409
>You need to calm down.

>>13446771
crock pot is a generic term for any slow cooker, just like kleenex is a generic term for facial tissue and charmin is a generic term for bathroom tissue and coke is a generic term for soda or pop

>>13446409
instant pot is great for soups and rehydrating dried beans/lentils etc. Beyond that I don't use it too much these days. Even for making stocks I've found it to be meh.

It takes the vegetables past the point of imparting flavor and actually starts to make the stock taste bitter if you let it go too long. I made some turkey stock on the stove after thanksgiving and let it go all day. Vegetables were obviously depleted, but the stock just kept growing in depth. If you put the same ingredients in an instant pot for and hour and a half or so you would get a nasty, brown mess instead of a yellow, flavorful stock.

it's great for taking the brains and skin off a human skull

>>13447458
Great for deer taint stew.

lol arent these things like 20 dollars

>>13447474
i eat it every wednesday, good for the liver.

>>13446439
which makes an entire fucking world of difference if you're gonna be at work when it finishes cooking

>>13447488
Three pigeons can roost on my pecker,third ones hanging on by one leg though.

>>13447081
If grug is crushing his food with two rocks of salt then he is right. Checkmate futurists.

>>13447081
If grug is crushing his food with two rocks of salt then he is right. Checkmate futurists.

>>13446468
>>13446490
>hawk
you're a massive faggot LOL

>>13446409
>socializing over food
>socializing for 8 hours while slow cooking
Sounds boring. No wonder they have time to write all that shit.

>>13446490
i use my instant pot every week to make chicken thighs. it obliterates absolutely any other method of making them.

>>13446409
>Throwing meat in slow cooker = cooking
>A $60 appliance is privileged
>you a poor
The rare whitoid nigger.

>>13446490
Memepot does slow cooking too so there's no need to keep the crockpot. I've used mine at least 200 times. It's the 2nd most useful kitchen appliance after the microwave oven.

>>13446845
Based and redpilled. Dutch oven is the best tool in my kitchen by far. I own an instapot and a crock pot and they both suck ass in comparison.

>>13446914
The point of searing is to create fond for deglazing. It's a nonstick surface. A cast iron dutch oven is simply better and doesn't turn your vegetables into liquid.

>>13448178
>It's a nonstick surface.
Genuine memepots are stainless steel.

>>13448181
Explain how to keep my potatoes from becoming liquified. Keep in mind that I refuse to follow recepies.

>>13446409
>you need to calm down

based stefanie

>>13448187
Shorter cooking time, or bigger chunks, same as every other cooking method.

>>13448194
The thing just does what it feels like when you hit pressure cook. The thing seems like it is for recipe people who just follow instructions. What are the actual rules for the thing that doesn't ruin everything you put in it.

>>13446409
>you need to calm down
based wine aunt stefanie
going american history x on harrison

>>13446418
first post worst post, flush yourself.

>>13448196
I never follow recipes with mine. Just read the manual and apply some common sense.

>>13447081
If grug is crushing his food with two rocks of salt then he is right. Checkmate futurists.

Don't get the craze or the hate. It's an electric pressure cooker.

>>13446571
It's also a pressure cooker and unlike your slow cooker has more setting than high low and off.

>>13448205
I don't follow recipes. I follow basic rules of cooking. I don't know the rules of the pressure cooker and just need to know them. I've watched all 8 seasons of A Taste of History with Walter Staib and know the basic rules of cooking with cast iron, baking, and braising traditionally. As long as you follow the basic rules everything tastes amazing. I have had short ribs in an instapot once when my fat sister in law made them but she didn't appear to follow a recipe and just made it in the thing. I guess short ribs braised can't really be fucked up because it's such an amazing ingredient but I would like the thing to just make stews faster.

>>13447439
>coke is a generic term for soda or pop
Only in the most moronic of US states.

>>13448229
The only tricky part is knowing how much liquid to include. If it's too dry then it can stick and burn, but you don't want it too wet because it doesn't reduce (pressure regulation is much better than traditional pressure cookers so almost no steam escapes). You probably should follow a recipe for this until you learn the correct feel.

>>13446409
>that's not REAL cooking
>that's not REAL music
>that's not REAL art

>>13448224
it just werks and that makes luddites angry I guess

I mean, I have an insta pot. It has its place. I like that it has a timer so I can walk away and forget about it. The cringe is that mommy cooks just throw a bunch of shit in and cook it and BAM a full, "meal" is done.
Use it as a tool only not for a whole meal. Cooks brown rice in about 20 minutes compared to 2 and a half hours. Cooks beans in a half hour. Rehydrated dehydrated products real fast. Helps cook things quick.

>>13446914
It can sear poorly. Doesn’t get anywhere near hot enough.

>>13447054
Sure, it’s convenient and easy to just be able to leave it, but again, it’s a subpar end result. The sear function simply isn’t powerful enough, and the end result will always be a watery, bland tasting dish.

There are positives to pressure cooking, in that it’s fast, but even as a pressure cooker it’s simply not as good as a traditional stove top version, which can sear on higher and then be reduced over the same higher heat. The end result however will still not be as good as a Dutch oven though.

Again, cooking in a Dutch oven just allows food to develop flavours that you can’t get in a pressure cooker. The caramelised, roasted flavours that an oven imparts, the reduction of sauces, also the fact you have far more control over the cooking process and thus can stop at the perfect doneness. Pressure cookers turn food to mush quite easily.

>>13446409
>B-but pressure cooking isn't MY definition of cooking! WAAAHHHHHHH
Goddamn, what a faggot. You too OP.

>>13446409
>implying you can’t slow cook in the instant pot
Just made stew last night in it and it turned out great