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Default Pressure cooker paranoia


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!


I use one quite frequently. I've canned salmon, I've cooked chicken as
well as other main course meals in it, and large amounts of potatoes at
one time. I've never had a problem with it, no explosions.

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