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I recently bought an instant pot and I decided to try using it for more than regular meals.

I found a YouTube channel of a very nice lady who showed how to use the 3Qt pot at it's fullest.

I saw she had a recipe for blank cheesecake. I followed her recipe but I added some lemon zest and too much lemon juice.

I placed my pan with the cheesecake in my pot for 30 mins at low pressure, as she instructed but mine came out kinda like steamed eggs and very wobbly. I figured out it was undercooked so I put it in the oven for about 30 mins and now I'm cooling it in the fridge.

Now I wonder why mine looked so different from hers. I understand that the souffle like texture is a result of over mixing but I hand mixed it and was very gentle when I incorporated the eggs into the cheese mix.

Has anyone perfected cheesecakes in the instant pot??

When I was little, I was always told that whatever I wanted my parents would provide.

This was a lie, as I literally lived my high school years wearing the same 3 pairs of pants and one pair of shoes. This wasn't because we couldn't afford, it was because my parents didn't like the clothes I liked so they refused to buy me any.

It got to the point where I didn't even have a winter jacket for years.

I was never celebrated or received gifts from my family. The last "Celebration" I had ended with my dad pushed me against screaming at my face, telling me I was nothing because I did not want to cut my birthday cake at 1 pm for an aunt who just happened to come over and had no idea it was my birthday.

When I got to university, once again they told me to focus on my schooling and not worry about money because they would pay for my tuition and other expenses.

It took me about 2 weeks to realize i was wrong to trust their word, everyday I needed to buy a new syllabus, book or whatever else and I would have to beg them for money. It got so bad that sometimes I would skip lunch to not waste money.

I finally started working when I was like 22 and suddenly seemed mad at me for having something. If I bought a new shirt they would comment on it, if I bought snacks they would say something. I remember my dad being furious at me for eating pizza, PIZZA.

It's been years now and I'm financially independent, I pay my own rent and bills. I now realize that money brings you so much freedom.

I have a wardrobe with clothes, I have a fridge full of food, and I can do whatever I want whenever I want.

Today is my birthday and all I got from my father was a text with "congratulations". That's it.

Even tho I am alone but at least I have the peace of mind and whatever is left on my mental sanity. Lol. I guess I am ranting at this point but I feel very blessed to be able to just sit at home, eat ice cream and not worry about anyone else

Sorry if this sounds like a rant but I am getting fed up about this.

Ever since I was little, I could only have relationship/friendship with people in a way my mother felt like it was "correct", but her ideas of correct changed as I got older.

When I was in elementary school, I hung out with my friends nearly everyday in a local park near my house, I was allowed to go to my friend's house and some birthday parties.

When I got to middle school, I was no longer allowed to go anywhere with my friends. As we became older, we did not want to hangout at the children's park and wanted to hang out in malls but my mom would never let me go, even if I didn't buy anything, because she didn't want to pay for the bus fare. The ticket cost was 1,5€.

I also had no way of communicating with my friends because I had a phone but it had no credit or minutes (yeah I'm old lol). So my friends would talk to each other but had no way to have a conversation with me because I couldn't text back. This meant that I would go the whole summer break without talking to my friends if I didn't see them outside.

When I asked her to please put some credit on my phone so I could at least text back, she simply couldn't see why I needed to text back

Then social media came around and we didn't have wi Fi at home because "it wasn't needed" but I spent hours at the library to use their WiFi so I could do my school project. And once again I couldn't keep in touch with anyone.

This control lasted pretty much all the way to university, where I finally got a job and had my own money so I could pay for my own phone plan. At this point the people that grew up with me didn't care about me at all. So I found myself turning into a young adult and friends less.

When I lived with her, I couldn't even open the door to the apartment without her asking me where I was going.

I got fed up with this and other bad things in my household and decided to move out to a new city without knowing anyone.

I've been by myself for years and during this time my mother never came to visit me or even knows where I live because she never asked.

We were talking a couple days ago and I mentioned that I was going to the movies to watch The Odyssey but I never mentioned who I was going with or when I was going.

Movie day comes and I get a call, I feel my phone vibrating like 30 mins into the movie. But I do not pick up. Once I come out of the the theater I realized she called me, left a voice note , and called me a second time BEFORE the movie even ended.

20 mins later, I'm still with the group she calls me a THIRD time. I figured it must be urgent and she literally tells me the reason she keeps calling is because I didn't pick up???

I asked her if I should be available at all times and cannot go out or do something and she answers that she was "worried" about me. This lady is suddenly worried about me because I don't pick up a call, but she's not worried enough to know where I live or where I work. She wasn't worried enough about me when I was getting my ass beat in her house and being starved. It's so infuriating.

I know this sounds ridiculous but it's so embarrassing to be my age and living alone and still having a parent who's calling me because she's worried I went to the cinema with people she doesn't know. But she doesn't care about things that are actually important.

I think this is not a conscious behavior but I cannot seem to understand why she does this when she knows i might be around other people.

And it's too much of a coincidence that I think she did this on purpose to either embarrass me or to make me leave the hang out. And this is a pattern with her.

It's like she doesn't want me to have friends

Hello everyone,

I came here for help on which model of electric pressure cooker I should buy.

I grew up with the traditional pressure cooker and I must say that I'm absolutely terrified of them but since I've started living alone I've not eaten certain foods because I have no way to cook them.

Because of my frat I decided that an electric cooker is my best option, since I also want to use it as a slow cooker and maybe dive into making yoghurt.

Most of the models I found have the little inside pot with a non stick coating. I do know that stainless steel is better for the longevity of the device but I cannot seem to find one that's not an instant pot.

I don't need anything fancy, I live alone and don't mind cooking several times a week so I don't need a family sized device.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a beginner? I am in the EU so I would prefer something I can get from Amazon or get shipped.

Thank you in advance

EDIT: Added some missing information

EDIT: O TEMPO PARA LEVANTAMENTO JÁ ACABOU

Eu comprei um too good to go mas estou presa no metro que está a ficar 3 minutos em cada paragem e não consigo chegar tempo.

Alguém quer levantar? O café fica no Marquês

I'm posting here about a situation that I'm not entirely sure about.

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For context, I am black and my hair changed drastically. I mean texture, density and it seems porosity.

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I started taking birth control, the mini pill, when I was 19 and around the same time my hair changed completely.

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At the time I attributed this change to a hair product that I changed because it was literally the same week as I started the pill.

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Since then, my hair has never been the same: it doesn't absorb product properly, it's always dry and no matter what, it is much thinner.

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I also believed this was due to highly stressful living environment, which I since moved away.

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When I noticed the change, I went back to my old hair products but my hair never recovered. I thought it could've been a vitamin deficiency so I started eating better and taking hair skin and nails supplements, and nothing.

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Since it was thinner on the ends I cut my hair and it still grows on the same pattern.

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At this point I don't know what to do anymore. Or if it's related to the pill.

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Has anyone else been through this change?

I'm posting here about a situation that I'm not entirely sure about.

For context, I am black and my hair changed drastically. I mean texture, density and it seems porosity.

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I started taking birth control, the mini pill, when I was 19 and around the same time my hair changed completely.

At the time I attributed this change to a hair product that I changed because it was literally the same week as I started the pill.

Since then, my hair has never been the same: it doesn't absorb product properly, it's always dry and no matter what, it is much thinner.

I also believed this was due to highly stressful living environment, which I since moved away.

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When I noticed the change, I went back to my old hair products but my hair never recovered. I thought it could've been a vitamin deficiency so I started eating better and taking hair skin and nails supplements, and nothing.

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Since it was thinner on the ends I cut my hair and it still grows on the same pattern.

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At this point I don't know what to do anymore. Or if it's related to the pill.

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Has anyone else been through this change?

I am a solo player and have been playing this game for almost 2 years now. (Might be longer but I don't remember lol)

Like many people I found myself wanting to play with other but I don't know anyone irl that plays the game too.

For some months I was seeing posts of people saying they were looking for friends to play with and left their IGN. One day I took the chance and messaged one girl and we scheduled a tone to play. We are similar in age and we are on the same time zone.

She added me on discord because she wanted to voice chat, I don't usually do it but thought why not. That day we played for less than 1 hour then we exchanged a couple dms.

During our chat she let me know she was sick, so I messaged her the next day to ask how she was and then I didn't hear anything back.

After a couple days, I go back to check on our chat on discord and I find out she blocked me. I did not "talk" to her for a couple days and this girl who was supposedly looking for friendships just blocks me for NOTHING.

I don't understand why she bothered even posting if she just planned to be weird like that. Granted I am a stranger but I have done nothing that warranted that behaviour.

Because of this I will help any other solo players I see in game but I will never message someone again

I know I come from a low effort family. I have been aware of this since my mother stopped attending my parents and teachers meetings at school because she "didn't have time" but I would get home and find her watching tv.

I don't know why this has bothered me so much but it has.

About a month ago my nephew had a birthday party, my mother didn't get him one single gift or even wished him a happy birthday.

He is about 14 months old and my mom only saw him once despite living in the same city as him and his parents.

Now I live hours away, I have to catch 3 different types of transportation but I still make an effort to connect with them.

After the party, I stayed behind to help them clean and reset their home and they were very appreciative. While we were cleaning my cousin asked about my mom and I was so tired of it and I just told him the truth.

I'm very tired of her trying to maintain a good image while she couldn't care less about the people around her.

I truly do not understand why she's calling herself "the grandmother" while she lives about 1 hour away and doesn't even visit them or talks to them. And she actually has offended the baby (she called him ugly but now denies it).

The next day I was telling her about the celebration and that were were setting something else to do and she promptly said we should do it on a specific day because she's on vacation. So she doesn't want to talk to the people she supposedly wants to see but wants them to consider her schedule???

The low effort doesn't bother me when it's directed to me but being directed at a child is really pissing me off.

I had a difficult relationship with my cousin while growing up so now I want to build a better relationship with him and his family so it's driving me insane how everyone just doesn't care to include him.

It feels very silly but I'm angry about it

As someone who watched this season from day one I definitely was not expecting for the Ziad we witness in the Tell All.

Ziad came to the reunion ready to unleash hell on every single person on that stage. Especially Rick

I must give him a round of applause for standing up to Emma, who seemed so determined to embarrass him on TV.

Big up for Ziad