Re: pressure cookers was Re: Need recommendations on security

"DougW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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| User did pass the time by typing:
| > 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. :]

Which is better than what I did as a kid. My dad had worked two 12s and I
was worried that the steam pop noise would wake him so I managed to jam the
relief valve.   Ever see the effects of red beans strained through a 1/16
inch hole?