Hello All,

I'm new here, and love cooking in a pressure cooker. I have two, stove
top and electric. Use 'em both, sometimes both at once. The problem
I've not been able to beat is burning stuff, particularly stuff like
pasta sauces and beans. Miss Vickie has a good site, and she has been
promoting her "Pot in a Pot," cooking method for years. It's been
years since I've been to her site. It's gotten much more commercial.

The directions for the pot in a pot system are very scetchy. She used
to reveal much more, but now I just don't see as much information as I
need.

Has anyone cooked beans and sauces using this method? How well does it
work? I cooked oatmeal this way the other day, and it boiled out of
the inner pot all over the rack (I use a folding steamer basket) I
could retrieve it, but it was a pain.

Any suggestions?

Steve, In Maryland

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> Hello All,
>
> I'm new here, and love cooking in a pressure cooker. I have two, stove
> top and electric. Use 'em both, sometimes both at once. The problem
> I've not been able to beat is burning stuff, particularly stuff like
> pasta sauces and beans. Miss Vickie has a good site, and she has been
> promoting her "Pot in a Pot," cooking method for years. It's been
> years since I've been to her site. It's gotten much more commercial.
>
> The directions for the pot in a pot system are very scetchy. She used
> to reveal much more, but now I just don't see as much information as I
> need.
>
> Has anyone cooked beans and sauces using this method? How well does it
> work? I cooked oatmeal this way the other day, and it boiled out of
> the inner pot all over the rack (I use a folding steamer basket) I
> could retrieve it, but it was a pain.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Steve, In Maryland

I keep from scorching stuff in the pressure cooker by using an internal
trivet so the food does not touch the bottom. I do rice, beans, meats,
veggies, etc. this way.

I took an iris steamer and removed the feet. Gives me about 1/4"
clearance off the bottom of the pot.

I don't make sauces in the pressure cooker. I make those in the skillet.

Oatmeal in the pressure cooker? As much as I like using mine, I have to
ask why??

I use the microwave for oatmeal.
--
Peace, Om

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Can you cook pot this way?

How would you call it? Pot in pot in pot?

Could be he's cooking steel cut or even whole oats. They don't do well
in a microwave in my experience, although I wouldn't do them in a
pressure cooker, either. Slow cooker with a timer is the way to go,
imo. Let the grains soak for several hours, timer turns the crock pot
on at the appointed time, and the cereal is ready to eat when you're
ready for breakfast.

Bob
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In article >,
says...
>
> Oatmeal in the pressure cooker? As much as I like using mine, I have to
> ask why??
>
> I use the microwave for oatmeal.
> --
> Peace, Om
>

In article >,
yetanotherBob > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > Oatmeal in the pressure cooker? As much as I like using mine, I have to
> > ask why??
> >
> > I use the microwave for oatmeal.
> > --
> > Peace, Om
> >
> Could be he's cooking steel cut or even whole oats. They don't do well
> in a microwave in my experience, although I wouldn't do them in a
> pressure cooker, either. Slow cooker with a timer is the way to go,
> imo. Let the grains soak for several hours, timer turns the crock pot
> on at the appointed time, and the cereal is ready to eat when you're
> ready for breakfast.
>
> Bob

That would explain it, altho' I've always pre-soaked those and slow
cooked them too.

I'd not thought about using a pressure cooker for them.

I do use it for rice because I always get reliable results, especially
with the harder brown, red and black rices I like to use.
--
Peace, Om

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