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In article >,
(TammyM) wrote:

> On 2 Oct 2006 16:15:30 -0700, "merryb" > wrote:
>
> >As I read yall's postings, pressure cookers keep coming up in the
> >topics. I have never used one- when I was younger, I remember hearing
> >about how they can explode. Is that something of concern, or is that
> >just the older ones, or what? It sounds like many of you use them, and
> >I would like to hear what you have to say. Thanks!
>
> If you have one of the old style PCs (like I do), it's important to
> make sure that the stem is not clogged. I use a pipe cleaner for this
> purpose, having long since lost the little brush gizmo that came with
> the PC. Mine did "explode" once -- the safety valve popped, scared
> the beejeezus and at least two lives out of my cat, Norman Bates, and
> vesuviused black bean juice all over my white ceiling. I deduced that
> it did so because someone (pointing finger at self) neglected to clean
> the stem. I've become right religious about doing so ever since.
> Norman is pleased. The ceiling still has faint BB juice stains.
>
> TammyM

You also may have overfilled it. ;-)
Beans are famous for that......
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Peace, Om

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