Re: pressure cookers was Re: Need recommendations on security

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> On 12.05.2006 12:25, Ellen wrote:

>> For the life of me, I can't figure out why I didn't buy one of these years
>> ago -- I guess some memory of hearing people talk about having the old
>> fashioned ones "blow their gaskets" all over the kitchen. The new models
>> seem to be easier to deal with. I vaguely remembered my mom having one when
>> I was very young and then she stopped  using it and so I finally got around
>> to asking her a few months ago why she stopped.  She said that the jiggle
>> thing broke or something and she couldn't afford to buy a new one at that
>> time and then somehow never got around to it and still regrets that she
>> never did :-)

> From very deep down in Cajun Country ... "People actually COOK with
> those things?" 8-)

Pressure cookers are just an earlier version of the microwave.  Try using
one to cook chicken or pre-cook it for a short trip to the grill.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1839,146170-238207,00.html

They are also handy for turning chuck roast into something actually edible.

Oh.. and the little wibbly thing on top should never be removed by, lets
say, a small child that thinks it's fun.  Don't think gramps ever got that
stain off the ceiling. :]


-- 
DougW