At 15 psi, to be exact. :-)
Tomorrow morning I will visit a young mom I've been helping out
occasionally (broken hip, 2 littles, husband who has been home taking
care of her and the littles for 3 months). Her sister will be there,
too.
Early on after her accident I delivered a meal of beef stew. My Alex,
you'd have thought I'd brought in the crown jewels! <g> Yesterday she
asked me for my recipe for the stew. I just laughed at the word,
'recipe.' I offered my services with them tomorrow and will show them
just how handy a pressure cooker can be. I'd be in a jam (or possibly a
pickle) without mine and I know how some people are squeamish around
them.
I thought I was onto something when I hit Target this morning and
noticed they have USDA Choice boneless chuck roasts available for $3/lb.
I was set to put three into my cart and then read the fine print about
the meat including up to 12% "patented solution."
DammitallToHellAndBack!! I will not knowingly buy injected meat. I've
pretty much made up my mind about it. And why does USDA Choice need it,
please? It doesn't. The dirty rat*******s! So I went over to
Rainbow (considerably out of my way) and discovered that they have their
boneless chucks on sale for the same price and without a "patented
solution" that makes up 12% of the weight of the slab of meat.
Hoo-rah!
I bought three roasts there, one weighing more than 6# (i have not seen
a chuck roast that big in 30 years). We''ll use that one for our
tutoring session and we should have enough meat for at least four to six
meals for two persons.
When I make my beef stew I cook the meat separately, under pressure,
before cooking the vegetables in some of the broth (stovetop cookery
here), then adding back the meat, thickening the juice, and serving it
up. I would bet that in the long run it's faster than cooking
everything together on top of the stove for a couple three hours and has
the added benefit of providing cooked beef chunks available for other
use.
So there.
--
-Barb, gearing up for more pictures of soap bubbles. I've brought the
brass monkey in.
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; check the second note and
tell me if you knowwhat it is.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!