I don't think you can get the Bluetooth one anymore, but that's the one I have. I have heard that the WIFI one is tricky to set up but that it works after that first not very accessible experience. If I needed to buy one now, I might even call the company and see if they know.
-----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Lisa Belville via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 10:13 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Lisa Belville <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CnD] Matches and irrational fears Hi.?? What kind of Instapot do you use??? I'm looking for the one I can control with an iPhone app.?? I know they used to make one that was Bluetooth and now it's WiFi.?? There are several options and it's really confusing when browsing Amazon. Lisa On 8/5/2020 9:11 AM, meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark wrote: > I used to have to light my burners with a match back when I lived in > Ecuador. I had to work with a friend to light them because I was so > afraid of them. She spent several hours with me getting me over my > fear. I'll never forget it. > > I had to light the match and then light the stove with the lit match, > which all my sighted friends said was more scary than lighting the match itself. > I had to do this or go hungry. It was that simple. > > But guess what? Now that I am back in Texas, I am just as much afraid > of lighting matches as I was before. I am also afraid of my Instant > Pot. Even though I used a regular pressure cooker in Ecuador almost > every day. In fact, I may have used the regular pressure cooker two > or three times on some days. But now, I am terrified of even my very > safe Instant Pot. I guess I am going to have to make myself use it a > few times to get over this. And I will have to keep using it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Ron Kolesar via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2020 10:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Ron Kolesar <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods > > I don't use the oven top as well. > With the island that came with the house. > The gas admitter burned out. > So, to use the oven these days you need to strike the stove with a match. > So, that's out for me and the toaster oven and microwave is over used. > SMILES. > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Immigrant via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 17:02 > To: [email protected] > Cc: Immigrant > Subject: [CnD] Preferred cooking methods > > I use the oven and the microwave for my cooking, trying to avoid > stovetop cooking as I don't trust myself boiling and especially > frying. And I cannot think of any foods that I would prefer boiled anyway. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Karen Delzer via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 3:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Karen Delzer <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker > > We use Success rice sometimes, and it's great! You just boil the bag > for about ten minutes, and then you're done. They've got different ones, too. > > Karen > > At 12:44 PM 8/3/2020, you wrote: >> As I said, my rice is minute rice, so it is partially cooked. It >> comes in 4-ounce cups, and it is meant for microwaving. I don't buy >> regular rice because I don't feel the need for a bag of 5 or more >> pounds of rice for just me, and all that stovetop cooking for just >> one person when I can cook a couple of those cups for a minute and a >> half and they are ready. To rinse or not to rinse is not a question >> as this rice is prepackaged and I cook it in its cup. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On >> Behalf Of Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2020 11:30 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Deborah Armstrong <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [CnD] Cooking Brown Rice in a rice cooker >> >> Well I prepare rice completely differently but I mostly eat brown. >> >> I have read that it is important to rinse rice, but packages in the >> U.S. and cookbooks published in America advise against it. >> >> Turns out after further reading, I found out why; rinsing originally >> removed field debris. Now that rice is prepared in factories, rinsing >> removes excess starch which can make it sticky. The reason they >> advise against rinsing is given is that here in America, rice is >> fortified with spray-on vitamins and minerals which rinsing removes. >> >> If you eat plenty of vegies you don't need the spray-on nutrients, so >> go ahead and rinse it to remove the starch. >> >> I put my rice in my cooker with 1 cup of rice to 3 cups of water for >> brown and 2 cups of water for white. I sprinkle in a little salt; >> that's all. I then let it sit an hour or two. I've read this makes >> the rice better absorb the liquid and this works especially well for >> brown; > makes it less chewy. >> I let the cooker do its thing; there's a sensor that knows when the >> water is almost gone. Once it is back to just warming, I turn it off >> and let it set ten minutes. Then I stir and cover again so it won't >> dry out and put it in the fridge when it's cool enough. >> >> I generally flavor it when I add other things -- for example I might >> microwave it with garlic or curry and vegies. Or I might mix it with >> cumin and add it to enchiladas. Or I might make a salad with cold >> rice, mayo, vegies, spices, pickles -- yum. >> >> I have tried flavoring it in the cooker, but especially with brown >> rice, the hull is so thick that most of the flavoring is lost. >> >> --Debee >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > In the good old days of Morse code Shorthand, 73's AKA Best Regards > and or Best Whishes,From Ron Kolesar Volunteer Certified Licensed > Emergency Communications Station And Volunteer Certified Licensed Ham > Radio Station With the Call Sign of KR3DOG > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
