Do you use a pressure cooker?
#62
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Utah
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I got one for my first xmas after we got married, soon to be 45 yrs ago. I use it all the time mostly for vegies. I don't use it for meat but I know people who do. I love mine. Just follow the directions and you will be safe.
#64
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Central Minnesota
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I have a Presto Cookere also and use it all the time, especially in the summer to cook my beets. No more splattering all over the stove. I also have a pressure cooker I use for canning. You just have to watch it and not set it on the stove and walk away. When my petcock on the Presto cooker starts jiggling I turn the temp down to medium and know it won't blow. My mother got burned from a waterless cooker she used one time to cook corn. Never used it after that.
#65
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: western australia
Posts: 1,793
I had just bought myself a new one when hubby burned the house down, I guess I will have to buy a new one when the insurance comes thru. STILL waiting but they asure me it is nearly here. maybe I will buy 2 an electric one and a normal one for when we have a power failure they happen quite often where we are. I do miss it, as said in prior posts it does a wonderful roast and the gravy you can make from the juices is so tasty
#67
I have had a pressure cooker blow up on me. Literally. I was raised around them and was cooking beef stew. I had put whole frozen tomatoes in it. I have always cooked on really low heat. The pot had cooked the amount of time it needed to and I had turned it off and waited for it to cool some. I touched the "dinger" with a long knife to see if there was any steam left in. NO hiss. I started turning the handle and it blew all over me. I had instant blisters on my upper body where food landed and steam burns on my hands & lower arms.. DH inspected the lid and there was a tomato seed stuck in the exhaust spout. Thank God I had made the kids leave the kitchen or they would have been burned also. I still use one but am very cautious and it will sit for hours to cool before I will open it. I make sure everything is de-seeded before I put it in the pot.
#69
I love my pressure cooker. It is great for beef roast, potatoes and carrots. Mmmm. I also love it to cook a turkey breast. It comes out so tender and very moist. Also green beans are great cooked with some ham.
#70
From what I have heard slow cookers use a lot of electricity and pressure cookers are more economical. Read directions carefully and start with recipes included in the accompanying book. My mother used one, she raised eight kids, and I used one when I was raising my three. Never had an explosion.
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