On Tue 29 Jan 2008 02:14:10p, Melba's Jammin' told us...

> 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.

You're a good soul, you are, Melba!

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Date: Tuesday, 01(I)/29(XXIX)/08(MMVIII)
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