By Kathy Keene
I recently headed to the Conway Public Library to get an Instant Pot cookbook. At our recent staff Yankee Swap, I had the misfortune of receiving a brand-new Instant Pot that I had given away at a swap two years ago. It is still brand-new. What is that old saying? What goes around, comes around?
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