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ok, cooking nerds. pressure cooker?
who has one, and uses it. i think it would trump the crock pot. i have been thinking of getting one for months.
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09-13-2005, 09:58 AM
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Great for stews! only thing I've ever used one for. My mother always cooks lamb shanks in one.
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BOOM!!! Corned beef on the ceiling!
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09-13-2005, 10:15 AM
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Some of the best indoor cooked chicken was made here in NJ with some type of deep fryer pressure cooker. Sounds kind of dangerous.
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09-13-2005, 10:26 AM
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They're great. Risotto in 12 minutes, polenta in 20 minutes w/o stirring. They do not blow up, to blow one up you'd have to do the equivalent of driving your 911 into a cinderblock wall. Much much more than stews are possible, though stews are great. Stovetop ones are the best to use, and fairly cheap. If you cook, you'll figure out how to use pressure cooker instead of long braising time etc. What were you planning on making?
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I've wanted one for a long time. Any recommendations?
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Spend the extra for the best. Fagor and Kuhn Rikon have good reputations. My Fagor takes a beating and keeps on steaming. The Italians generally make good ones.
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Used one for years, turns cheap meat into the most tender stuff you have ever seen!
Get a good one and do not play with the pressure regulator and it will last you a lifetime. JoeA
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Got 2. Had one since '76, the other since '80. Use them almost every day to cook most anything I dont grill.
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09-13-2005, 07:13 PM
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This reminds me of the turkey fryer thread
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09-13-2005, 07:17 PM
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Here is a good spanish recipe for using a pressure cooker, it's a bean dish:
Start getting ready the night before, with soaking dry white beans (or garbanzo beans) with warm water in a container. The water does not have to stay warmed, but make sure the beans stay covered in water as they soak. Next day. Prep time is about twenty minutes and allow 1/2 hour for cooking time. Add your beans. Add potatoes that you 'tore' (not cut) into small chunks. Add carrots. Add beef chunks. Add onions. Add garlic, fresh and cut into slices or cut in halfs. Add a couple of basil leaves. Add a bulion cube. Add salt and pepper. Add paprika. Add a good squirt of olive oil. Fill cooker with just enough water to cover over all of the ingrediants. Cover and cook on high until the pressure cooker valve is jumping around and then lower the heat to keep it just 'dancing'. In 1/2 hour it is done. If you notice smoke coming out of the vent hole, either your flame was too high or you didn't put enough water in it. If it is like a soup, you put too much water in. This dish is really good. If you wanted to cook garbanzo's, you should add cabbage to the mix. You can thank me later.
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