Pressure Cooker sale

[funlvnman]

The Macy's in town is having a 1/2 off sale on pressure cookers this coming weekend. The sale is Fri from 9am - 1pm, and Sat from 9am - 1pm. The one I want is only $20. I am assuming that the sale is going on in all the Macy's stores.

[piperdbh]

Make sure you don't cook dried beans in your pressure cooker. My aunt did that once and it didn't end very pretty.

[Bugbear]

I cook beans in a crock pot. I also put all the seasoning in at the beginning and cook them for a whole day. It takes longer, but OH! the beans taste so much better.

Hope you get the pressure cooker you are looking for.

[Pleater]

One of my mother's sisters got a pressure cooker for a wedding present and the first time she used it she pebble dashed the kitchen ceiling with rice.

I thought beans needed to be boiled for a little while during cooking - otherwise they are somewhat poisonous.

Maybe it is only some types - or maybe only if they were dried - I'll check.

My mum used to make wonderful stew with suet dumplings in her pressure cooker.

Remember that pressure cookers were designed for use with a small heat source - putting them onto a blazing camp fire or barbecue grill will simply result in the seal in the lid being melted. The pressure escaping by blowing globs of burning rubber and embers from the fire is not the recommended method of depressurisation.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Bugbear]

That would be red beans and kidney beans that need to be hard boiled for a while to be sure they are safe. Soy beans are similar, but I think there are more steps than just boiling.

That sounds like an electric pressure cooker, so I'm not sure you would be putting it on a camp fire.

I prefer black, or turtle beans, and pinto beans. We have native, desert, tepary beans, but they are a bit chewier and tuffer than the black or pinto beans. On the other hand, they are extremely drought resistant...

[Panache]

Assuming one reads all the instructions before using one, pressure cookers can do some really neat things (like cooking artichokes in less than half the time then boiling)

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[Pleater]

Electric pressure cookers!!

Whatever next!!

Yes - I was thinking of red kidney beans, which need soaking if dried,then draining, washing, and then boiling for about ten minutes, again in fresh water.

Apparently half a dozen fresh kidney beans cooked in a slow cooker at 80 degrees Centigrade for a few hours are likely to put you in hospital.

At various times I have been very glad of the properties of the pressure cooker. Cooking times are short and it actually does better with cheaper cuts of meat, though some flavourings alter unfavourably, so it is best to add them at the end of the cooking. I tend to add, stir and then just put the lid back on for a few minutes, without heat - that tends to give maximum impact.

The sort I have can be adjusted to 5, 10 or 15 pounds pressure, so they are very useful.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Bugbear]

I suppose it's a little like cooking bamboo shoots ...

I recall my mother, as well as, my grand mothers using pressure cookers all the time. My grandmother still does.

[funlvnman]

One of my mother's sisters got a pressure cooker for a wedding present and the first time she used it she pebble dashed the kitchen ceiling with rice.

I thought beans needed to be boiled for a little while during cooking - otherwise they are somewhat poisonous.

Maybe it is only some types - or maybe only if they were dried - I'll check.

My mum used to make wonderful stew with suet dumplings in her pressure cooker.

Remember that pressure cookers were designed for use with a small heat source - putting them onto a blazing camp fire or barbecue grill will simply result in the seal in the lid being melted. The pressure escaping by blowing globs of burning rubber and embers from the fire is not the recommended method of depressurisation.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

How does one make a suet dumpling? And is suet the same as lard?

[McFarkus]

How does one make a suet dumpling? And is suet the same as lard?

Suet is beef fat, usually from around the kidneys. I use it near Christmas when I make the Archbishop of York's Flaming Plum Pudding.