Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
by freehunter on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @09:21AM
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I always find that dismantling, washing, and rebuilding the food processor takes more time than just chopping on a board and then washing the board.
Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
by canes123456 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @10:26AM
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Yep, serious eats has a few videos on cutting that are useful. It only takes a couple minutes to dice an onion or shallot. Much less time than cleaning a food processor.
Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
by tonyarkles on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:40AM
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For sure. For small things, I'll definitely just use a good knife. For making things like stews, I'll probably fill the food processor 5 or 6 times with vegetables (it's on the smaller side), and then just spray down the hopper and the lid with the sink sprayer.
Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
by maccard on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @09:30AM
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Generally learning some basic knife skills made a massive difference to my enjoyment in the kitchen.
Re:How the Instant Pot cooker developed a cult following
by QuercusMax on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @10:45AM
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With both of these, it seems that improving your skills may significantly reduce your perceived time expenditure. If you are proficient with a vegetable peeler it doesn't take much time at all to use, and depending on what you're doing will improve your results.
- small food processor to significantly reduce the chopping time. I picked one up cheap on a whim (I think for making hummus) and now most of the time I just coarsely chop veggies and throw it in with a slicer blade or grater, depending on what I'm making. (By coarse, I mean, I'll quarter the onion so that it fits down the chute)
- Quit peeling! I've got a vegetable peeler that is sitting very sad in the drawer because it hasn't been used in a long long time.