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What do you use a pressure cooker for?
"j Burns" > wrote in message
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> On 6/30/13 10:36 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Assuming that you do use one. My mom used to have one but used it
>> rarely.
>> She was always afraid it would explode. And I've read countless old
>> timey
>> stories where they did explode. I gather that the new ones don't do
>> that.
>>
>> I can't remember what my mom used hers for. I think they are supposed to
>> be
>> good for beans and I do make a lot of beans but... They don't take long
>> to
>> cook on the stove.
>>
>> I probably won't get one because don't really need another large thing
>> taking up space that I don't have. But if the food would come out in
>> some
>> way as better tasting or better quality or something, I might consider
>> it.
>> For me, time isn't really a factor. There are plenty of quick meals I
>> can
>> fix if I need to. Like pasta or bean tacos.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
> In the 1950s, my mother had a pressure cooker with a heavy aluminum pan
> and a springy stainless-steel lid. Once spaghetti sauce ended up on the
> ceiling. I think the whole lid flew off.
>
> Beans is the biggest thing I cook. Often I cook them with brown rice.
> Bring up to pressure, turn off the heat, wait an hour, then cook 3
> minutes. Before the 3-minute part, I can add veggies, meat, or sauce I
> want to cook with the beans. If I don't want them mixed, I can put a rack
> on the beans.
>
> Once when I was cooking beans and rice, the pressure valve stuck. The
> safety plug is supposed to blow when that happens. Instead, the pressure
> unstuck the valve and tossed it away. Steam shot up to the ceiling,
> discoloring it. Since then, I've learned that when I cook certain foods,
> I should add a little oil to prevent foaming, which can clog a valve.
>
> http://www.foodrenegade.com/pressure-cooking-healthy/
> This page cites studies saying pressure-cooked food is the most
> nutritious. Pressure cooking is also good at destroying some things in
> beans that are bad to ingest.
>
> A pressure cooker is helpful with chicken bones. Instead of gnawing the
> meat off the bones, cut off servings and pressure cook the rest. That
> makes the meat easy to remove and gets nutrients out of the bones.
Thanks!
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