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Instant Pot vs Crock-Pot [chat]
Eddy
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I got my first instant pot, and I'm now realizing how deceitful recipe cooking times are what with the pressurization and depressurization times, and you also have to go to the store, which means you have to have money, which you have to have a job for, which you need an education for, so really it will have taken your entire life to create a sausage and peppers dish.
Anyway do people prefer Instant Pot, Crock-Pot (for you slow cookers out there), or the Promethean Flame Eternal (stovetop/other)?
Anyway do people prefer Instant Pot, Crock-Pot (for you slow cookers out there), or the Promethean Flame Eternal (stovetop/other)?
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Instant Pot vs Crock-Pot [chat] 107 votes
Instant Pot
25%
27 votes
Crock-Pot
15%
17 votes
The Secret Fire of Prometheus
43%
47 votes
Delivery
14%
16 votes
+5
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I do want to try some legit recipes, hmm
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Japan's weird in that onomatopoeia is very, very... important is the closest word I can think of, though it's not correct. It's everywhere. They have like a hojillion different words for the sound of rain depending on how hard it's raining. It's part of why there is so much noise in the background of manga. BUT, the language is impoverished in terms of actual available sounds. The actual Japanese alphabet is pretty restrictive because consonants and vowels are bound together.
I think that particular combination probably leads to some weird-sounding onomatopoeia (though in the language's defense, I don't know how I'd do what they're trying to do with gashapon. Grrchkt-thk?). Though I am also super fond of some of it. Doki-doki is way better than lub-dub for hearts.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
It also results in tons of words that are two words repeated
Yeah but then you get to use that cute weird kanji that's all "I'm the same thing repeated!"
it's working p well so far
Like the proper name for one of these is a kerchunker:
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
But the instant pot also has a slow cook setting, so it wins anyway.
gonna be honest if the proper name isn't "date stamp" i wouldn't know the difference anyway
these are both bomb:
* https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/09/pressure-cooker-butternut-squash-risotto-sage-brown-butter-quick-easy-recipe.html
* https://pipingpotcurry.com/punjabi-chole-instant-pot/
e: it looks like I also have this recipe saved, which means I've made it and liked it, but I don't remember it...: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2015/01/quick-and-easy-pressure-cooker-chicken-lentil-bacon-stew-recipe.html
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Or go with whatever the cutest possible onomatopoeia is, a la the Japanese
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Starship Epidemic
I was like
what did you just say
She wanted me to hand her the AC adapter for the usb cable she was holding.
Apparently 'gazinta' is what my parents call something that another thing 'goes into'.
I had never heard them use that term in my life. Another Berenstain Bears thing I guess.
so presumably your dad's wang
No and also thank you
well unless he's into docking i guess
I was just thinking that the disadvantage of Japanese is that things never make noises humans can replicate, so human language is shit for the task. English is SLIGHTLY better, because you can write things that you can't actually speak (which you can't in Japanese), but you're still dealing with trying to replicate the sound of someone cranking a lever or whatever.
I have thus changed my mind and decided that onomatopoeia will henceforth be judged purely on cuteness. Ten points to Japan.
Instead of "The Goblin's turn. They run up to you and attack with the longsword. They rolled a 14, does that hit?" He does more of a "The goblin charges at you with his sword raised above his head! He shrieks and swings it down at your chest! Does a 14 hit?" Part of it is just the tone, part of it is the better descriptions of the action. He's very fast to roll with whatever the players try to do and narrates that basically every time anyone does something which seems to work very well.
I know, matt mercer effect and all, but as a DM it seems like a good thing to crib off of a bit. More animation, more energy and excitement in combat to keep players engaged. And viewers, since I stream this thing after all.
But like, the bad kind.
I'll get back to you when I can figure out what a bad kind of witch is.
I haven't used my instant pot in a while, but it's my preferred way to make Mac n Cheese now.
I was tempted to just select delivery, because, honestly, if I could eat healthy and not have it impact my financial state, I would probably order out for every meal.
While you never actually do it, in the event of an apocalypse you'll at least have that option before you pack it in and give up.
but the leftovers got weirdly congealed from the beans maybe sucking up more of the liquid or something? but it's not a soup any more which is really disappointing
My assumption is that I will survive 5-10 minutes of an apocalypse, so I don't worry about planning for it.
I think the best way to DM is how you are comfortable and keep your players having fun and you having fun. Matt is really animated because I think that is how he has fun. Though he cheeses it up for the camera now. He starts that animated though.
I love Matt and think he is great. Actually for some stuff I think that is a great way to improve your DMing is watching Matt Coleville's videos that Riemann linked. Dude is actually a huge Crit Role fan but he is also a DM with like 30 years of experience and has really good videos on how to build out encounters and explainers and such. Really great ideas and stuff on how to build interesting fights.