Re: pressure cookers was Re: Need recommendations on security

Mike Easter did pass the time by typing:
> DougW wrote:
>
>> Pressure cookers are just an earlier version of the microwave.
>
> The only thing similar about microwaves and pressure cookers is that
> they both shorten cooking time and they can both easily overcook food --
> but the science of the cooking is entirely different as is the nature
> and process of the cooking and overcooking.
>
>> 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
>
> That link is for a cooker prepared lemon herbed chicken, but it doesn't
> have any advice about pre-cooking chicken prior to grilling.

Yea, that was for fully cooking in the pressure cooker.  If I'm going to
move food to the grill for finishing it is usually just to put grill marks
on the outside.

>> 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. :]
>
> Eek!  I can't imagine a child 'getting away' with removing the 'wibbly'
> at pressure without experiencing severe burns.

I got very lucky and was poking at it with a stick.

> That risk should be totally circumvented somehow by a responsible
> pressure cook.

People tend to forget how fast they were as children.

Thankfully the more modern pressure cookers no longer have the wibbly
thing.  The one I have just has a pop-up button/interlock and vent built
into the handle.  The old cooker doesn't even have a safety catch.

-- 
DougW