On Jan 29, 1:14*pm, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> 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!

How nice of you to do that for them- more people should follow in your
footsteps!