tjr wrote:Any thoughts on making ham stock in the IP? I have a nice double-smoked ham bone with a tiny bit of meat plus a slightly meatier shoulder bone. Pressure cook for an hour or so? Longer? Shorter but let stand in the hot water?
Thanks for any advice or experiences.
tjr wrote:I made ham stock as Ron suggested. 3 hours pressure cook followed by reducing. The pressure cook certainly got all the meat and flavor out of the bones. The porous bone ends were pretty soft and punky.
Took the lazy route on reducing. I just removed the lid and set the cooker for slow cook at 212F. Left bones and fat in. But after about 10 hours, there was only a slight change in volume. I set the cooker to saute and boiled rapidly until I had roughly half the volume including the bones and fat. Cooled slightly and drained through wire mesh. Then cooled completely and scraped off the fat. The result was very rubbery and had reasonably strong, pleasant flavor.
I wonder if I should have removed bones and fat before reducing. Did the coating of fat on the surface impede evaporation? And I might strain through a coffee filter next time. There was some dusty precipitate in the finished stock, possibly from the bones.
ronnie_suburban wrote:What was rubbery? The stock itself?
tjr wrote:Took the lazy route on reducing. I just removed the lid and set the cooker for slow cook at 212F. Left bones and fat in. But after about 10 hours, there was only a slight change in volume. I set the cooker to saute and boiled rapidly until I had roughly half the volume including the bones and fat. Cooled slightly and drained through wire mesh. Then cooled completely and scraped off the fat. The result was very rubbery and had reasonably strong, pleasant flavor.
ronnie_suburban wrote:An overnight stay in the fridge before reducing will make it super easy to remove fat from your stock and save it, if desired.
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G Wiv wrote:Seems I'll be making chicken stock in the next day or two. First I have to blow the dust and spider webs off my IP.
lougord99 wrote:Did you do anything with the meat of the thighs after cooking ?
G Wiv wrote:lougord99 wrote:Did you do anything with the meat of the thighs after cooking ?
Geeeeze Lou, kind of personal there.
Not really, I saved it though thought it tasted a bit washed out. I might make chicken salad, might just leave it in the fridge pretending I will do something with it then toss on garbage day.
I've been thinking of buying a Zojirushi rice cooker, though have heard IP's do a good, or poor, job, depending on what you read, with rice. So I thought since I had it out I'd make some rice.
Took out the pot insert, added rice, washed the rice, measured out the correct amount of water and poured it in the IP. Problem was, idiot me, forgot to put back the pot insert and I poured the water directly on the electric heating element. Needless to say it did not work after that.
I read if you let the IP air dry for 72-hours it should work again. We'll see.
G Wiv wrote:I read if you let the IP air dry for 72-hours it should work again. We'll see.
G Wiv wrote:I've been contemplating a Zojirushi.
ronnie_suburban wrote:Anyone know how 'fixable' the control panels on the 8-quart instant pots are? The LED panel on my 2017-purchased unit is on its way out -- working only intermittently and somewhat randomly. There are times the screen says "NO PWR" even as it's clear that it's on and pressure is building (but still has to be fully pressure-released and power cycled before proceeding). Other times, it fails to launch at all and also has to be power cycled a few times before it starts up correctly. Meanwhile, they seem to be one of the few things that have decreased in price since 2017. New ones are selling for under $100 on Amazon, which is considerably less than I paid for mine back then. Do I endeavor to have the current one fixed or do I just move on?
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thetrob wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Anyone know how 'fixable' the control panels on the 8-quart instant pots are? The LED panel on my 2017-purchased unit is on its way out -- working only intermittently and somewhat randomly. There are times the screen says "NO PWR" even as it's clear that it's on and pressure is building (but still has to be fully pressure-released and power cycled before proceeding). Other times, it fails to launch at all and also has to be power cycled a few times before it starts up correctly. Meanwhile, they seem to be one of the few things that have decreased in price since 2017. New ones are selling for under $100 on Amazon, which is considerably less than I paid for mine back then. Do I endeavor to have the current one fixed or do I just move on?
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While I hate that we have become a "disposable" society, and more frequently replace things as opposed to fixing them, with current ones selling at prices under $100 AND the cost to repair most likely costing more than a new one (a search for replacement parts reveals that a replacement lid alone runs around $50, I would expect electronics to be even more), a new one is probably the right choice.
I'm guessing if you wait until Prime days on 7/12-13 there will be Instapots to be had cheap.
ronnie_suburban wrote:Anyone know how 'fixable' the control panels on the 8-quart instant pots are? The LED panel on my 2017-purchased unit is on its way out -- working only intermittently and somewhat randomly. There are times the screen says "NO PWR" even as it's clear that it's on and pressure is building (but still has to be fully pressure-released and power cycled before proceeding). Other times, it fails to launch at all and also has to be power cycled a few times before it starts up correctly. Meanwhile, they seem to be one of the few things that have decreased in price since 2017. New ones are selling for under $100 on Amazon, which is considerably less than I paid for mine back then. Do I endeavor to have the current one fixed or do I just move on?
ronnie_suburban wrote:Anyone know how 'fixable' the control panels on the 8-quart instant pots are? The LED panel on my 2017-purchased unit is on its way out -- working only intermittently and somewhat randomly. There are times the screen says "NO PWR" even as it's clear that it's on and pressure is building (but still has to be fully pressure-released and power cycled before proceeding). Other times, it fails to launch at all and also has to be power cycled a few times before it starts up correctly. Meanwhile, they seem to be one of the few things that have decreased in price since 2017. New ones are selling for under $100 on Amazon, which is considerably less than I paid for mine back then. Do I endeavor to have the current one fixed or do I just move on?
Thanks,
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ronnie_suburban wrote:Thanks, Peter and Jen. I definitely want to try to fix this, even if only for the sport of it. I'll pursue that avenue first.
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Once you figure it out, you can give me pointers on replacing the LCD panel in my car.ronnie_suburban wrote:Thanks, Peter and Jen. I definitely want to try to fix this, even if only for the sport of it. I'll pursue that avenue first.
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Xexo wrote:Once you figure it out, you can give me pointers on replacing the LCD panel in my car.ronnie_suburban wrote:Thanks, Peter and Jen. I definitely want to try to fix this, even if only for the sport of it. I'll pursue that avenue first.
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Thanks! I'll have to check that idea out.ronnie_suburban wrote:Xexo wrote:Once you figure it out, you can give me pointers on replacing the LCD panel in my car.ronnie_suburban wrote:Thanks, Peter and Jen. I definitely want to try to fix this, even if only for the sport of it. I'll pursue that avenue first.
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LOL - if it's anything like my son's Hyundai Santa Fe, pulling a few fuses and putting them back in may work wonders. We now keep a needle-nose pliers in the glove compartment for that very purpose. On those occasions when the system won't shut down after he turns the car off, he pulls a fuse, waits a few seconds and puts it back in. Seems to work every time! We figured out which fuse after watching a few youtube videos on the subject.
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Coogles wrote:ronnie_suburban wrote:Thanks, Peter and Jen. I definitely want to try to fix this, even if only for the sport of it. I'll pursue that avenue first.
If the problems are intermittent it could just be a loose wire from the control panel or some corrosion on the circuit board. I haven't taken one apart myself, but from what I've seen they're built in a way that makes them pretty easy to take apart and service. Might be worth removing the bottom plate to see if any connections are loose and if there are any areas of green corrosion that's pretty easy to remove with some q-tips soaked in isopropyl alcohol.
lougord99 wrote:You cannot, or it is difficult, add bay leaf flavor later.