I am so behind the curve. I saw the ads, but didn’t realize it was a new thing. In the world of gadgets with plugs, I am oblivious. I do own a crock pot–but we use it exclusively for processing honey and beeswax. So when my friends all began to rave over insta-pots, I had no idea what that was about.
Turns out it braises, simmers, boils, even pressure cooks. And it’s programmable. Who knew?
You still have to chop and stir. You still have to plan the meal and have the ingredients. I just don’t see its charms.
I have one of these.
It braises, simmers, boils, bakes and even pressure cooks. It has timers and other gadgets. It is not, to my knowledge, programmable. But I am.
tworockchronicles 
I don’t have one of those either. But I do have a rice cooker which I love, because I can finally easily make a tasty risotto. 🙂
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So far, I’ve had good luck with that on the stove.
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It is funny that you mentioned the insta pot, Sharon was enlighten me this spring on said pot, she has had one for years and was surprised that was unaware about it. It is “Canadian” she said, that meaning as our heritage is north of the border, that we would genetically know about it. Alas, I am like you baby Sister, and have no intention of getting one, even though it is Canadian.
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Wait–I’ve never heard of that. I’ll have to Google it. My husband loves cooking. Could this be a gift?
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How sweet of you…
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We dithered about an Instant Pot this winter – I was beguiled by all the bloggers I follow who thought they were the greatest thing ever, and hubby was beguiled by the amazing sale prices around Christmas, but in the end we didn’t get one – of the 7 functions, one seemed a bit of a stretch as a function (keep warm), we already use our crockpot quite a bit, and we don’t cook a whole lot of rice to take advantage of the rice cooker function, which really meant we’d be getting a multi function pressure cooker – what would we pressure cook? We had no idea. And so the idea fizzled and we moved on. Dinner’s in the oven as I type…
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Just another appliance to clutter things up. Years later, you find them stuffed in the back of the bottom cupboards…and you wonder whatever possessed you.
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Sound like a luddite 🙂 We have the Farberware 7 in 1 pot. Can cook ropa vieja or lamb shanks in minutes. Traditional ovens can’t do that. We can put dinner in the pot in the morning and leave the house all day. Please don’t try that with your oven! It is quite liberating actually. Don’t knock it til you try it!
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If you remove the Luddite remark, your post fits perfectly with the title. Clearly you grew up with television marketing.
And yes, probably the Luddite remark fits. (Though, when queried, I always respond that I am an Ammonite.)
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Izzat some kinda sect of the Mennonites? You’re certainly too young and purty to be a fossil! 😉
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It’s the fossil.
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LOL! You’re an Ammonite? Well, why not, hey; you are quite a colourful character; )
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/instant-pot-vs-dutch-oven-which-makes-better-food/2018/01/20/520c05b4-fc66-11e7-8f66-2df0b94bb98a_story.html?utm_term=.c816507a1092
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Ha. Well AV, I made Navy Bean soup a couple of weeks ago and lamb curry two nights ago in my new instant pot. Loved both of them and the time to cook was several hours less… So far I’m a fan. –Curt
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If you use it and are happy with it–well that’s what choice is all about. I come from the position that you can do all this (and more) with a regular stove/range. To often Americans flock to buy weird appliances, only to have them languish in the cupboards.
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It could be a fad, although crockpots and pressure cookers have been around for a long time…
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Time will tell. As I mentioned, I do own a crockpot–but use it for bee products. And, I do own a pressure cooker–a great big one–that I use for canning. I guess it’s the cord and plug that get to me. Mike was right, Luddite.
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I like Luddites. 🙂
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I think I noticed that you have a gas range, AV? There’s too much here that requires hydro already… I TOTALLY get the bit about the cord; )
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A decade ago, I rented a lovely house on a chicken farm. Propane furnace. We had a nearby transformer blow–resulting in no power for a week. No power, no heat. Thankfully, the temperatures were in the high twenties, but no insulation in that old farmhouse. I froze. No power, no water. I resolved that week to buy a wood stove, which I installed, even though it was a rental. When we planned this house, it was planned to comfortably endure a prolonged power outage. We heat with wood (that all comes from the property.) We cook with propane. We could cook on the wood stove, if need be. We have oil lamps in case of an outage. The well does use power, but we have a generator. We’ve even looked into the possibility of a windmill to pump water. All this because of one very cold week without power.
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Oh yeah, Be Prepared! Who was it that said “He who doesn’t learn from his mistakes is bound to repeat them.” Still working out some of the kinks here; but I am SO on the same page with everything you just said (and I totally, truly HATE being cold; ). Really nice to have your own wood lot: )
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When the wood stove went in, we hugged each other and agreed, “We’ll never be cold again!” It’s like something out of a bad movie.
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Also, I’d be curious about the science of cooking dried beans without soaking, as I think this concentrates the lectins in the beans.
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Certainly the beans are as well cooked as they are through other methods, i.e. not hard and chewy. But I don’t know if that has an impact. –Curt
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Lol, you said Ammonite and I was thinking (https://www.gemsociety.org/article/ammolite-jewelry-gem-information/) Ammolite; )
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That would be Ammonites, all dressed up. As in any population, some shine.
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Apparently only found near Calgary AB… (And True Gems are few and far between; )
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The same in any population, the true gems are few and far between. I’m happy to be a lowly Ammonite.
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And, as GranMa often said, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”… ; )
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I’ve never heard of that, perhaps it has not reached this side of the Atlantic. Amelia
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Perhaps I am a Francophile snob, but I cannot imagine this gadget finding its way into the French culture of food.
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They are very “into” their vegetable gardens, much more than flower gardens. Around here there is a lot of interest in “bio” (green) and old varieties.
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Wel! You surely struck some chords here…. 🙂 As a fellow Luddite I am with you. (The other day I had to really hunt online to find a recipe for a regular pressure cooker…) Simplicity! in the kitchen too. Or maybe, especially there.
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