I’ve had a pressure cooker my entire adult life. \u00a0I inherited an old one from my grandmother. I only used it for beans and the occasional swiss steak. I don’t ever recall being told how to use it so it always held a bit of mystery.\u00a0About 10 years ago, my parents decided I needed a new one and purchased one for me, complete with a manual. \u00a0What a concept! \u00a0I still used it mostly for dry beans but stews and soups snuck onto the menu as well.<\/p>\n
Google became the bearer of great information. Pressure cooker recipes abound on the net. \u00a0My mother had a great laugh about how popular slow cookers and pressure cookers had become. “You grew up with many dinners in the slow cooker. You’d think that someone had recently discovered something magical.” \u00a0It’s true. \u00a0Slow cookers, pressure cookers and pickling are all the “new” thing. \u00a0What’s old is new again!<\/p>\n
Fast forward…… I’ve listened to my friends expound on the virtues of their Instant Pots<\/a> — an electric multi function cooker. \u00a0I looked at them but I have my perfectly good stove top pressure cooker as well as multiple slow cookers. \u00a0I do not need one more appliance in my small home. \u00a0The slow cooker made a couple trips in the camper and I had every intention of buying one for the camper. \u00a0Slow cookers are perfect for camping, I thought. \u00a0I even had one in my basket when I walked by Walmart’s versions of the Instant Pot. \u00a0I think you probably heard the light bulb pop on in my head!<\/p>\n Amazon has amazing deals on Instant Pots on a regular basis. \u00a0I purchased this one <\/a>which has 7 functions but there is one that has 6 functions. In a small space, multi function devices rule (Thanks, Alton Brown!). \u00a0This Instant Pot, a can be a slow cooker and a pressure cooker. It can saute and do rice. It might have magical abilities. \u00a0If it would only choose something for dinner or do laundry, we might be onto something.<\/p>\n
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This isn’t our type of potato salad (we like sweet pickles), use your own recipe, just cook the potatoes and the eggs in the pressure cooker, at the same time. \u00a0First wash the potatoes, cube, and stack in the steamer basket in the pressure cooker. \u00a0Add 1 1\/2 to 2 cups of water and put the eggs on top of the potatoes. \u00a0I did salt the potatoes as I layered them. I like cooking my potatoes with salt and since these wouldn’t be boiled in salted water, this was my fix. \u00a0Get the cooker up to pressure and set the timer for 4 minutes (I did 5 minutes but we’re at higher altitude). \u00a0Everything came out perfect….. and the eggs — peeled spectacularly and were perfectly cooked.<\/p>\n![\"Cook](\"http:\/\/littlehouseofbig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160731_103731-300x169.jpg\")