Our instant pot lid smells like chili, but our yogurt never has had any flavor to it. Since it doesn't seal or pressurize, I wonder if that keeps the smells from getting into it. I'm not sure. My husband said we should start doing beans and chili in the regular pressure cooker and reserve the IP for yogurt. Lol. I like the trying new food segments on your videos. It would be kind of hard to describe some stuff, I'm sure! ;) We have land to do some homesteading, but no time or green thumbs. All of our thumbs are pretty well brown.... ;) Shakes with okra sounds interesting and so does chili! I have really only had it fried or pickled. I had this favorite pickled kind in Texas...one pregnancy I craved it. I would be in trouble if I had that craving here!