need advice on pressure cookers!
11-02-2010, 11:31 AM
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Funny story about pressure cookers. My mom used to can tomatoes every fall. (I was only 5 or 6 at the time.) We were in the living room and heard a huge crash. We ran out the kitchen and found tomatoes all over the walls, the ceiling, the floor. It was everywhere! Apparently, the gasket(?) blew. What a mess!
11-02-2010, 12:40 PM
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As with most things you expect to use for many years, get the very best you can afford of any brand. Then use it till it falls apart, and I'll suspect it will last far longer than you think it will.
Just keep an eye on the heat UNDER it, if you use wood then that will be your main concern. I used to live in Albuquerque (a heck of a long time ago) and spent weekends in Taos, where we used wood for heat and cooking. Without the pressure cooker beans were a no-no, so we took cooked ones with us. Heard horror stories about exploding pressure cookers and am still nervous around them. Tried to cook rice in one some time ago, it gummed up the vent, so I gave it away and now don't have one.
Just keep an eye on the heat UNDER it, if you use wood then that will be your main concern. I used to live in Albuquerque (a heck of a long time ago) and spent weekends in Taos, where we used wood for heat and cooking. Without the pressure cooker beans were a no-no, so we took cooked ones with us. Heard horror stories about exploding pressure cookers and am still nervous around them. Tried to cook rice in one some time ago, it gummed up the vent, so I gave it away and now don't have one.
11-02-2010, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by CoyoteQuilts
I have had the older ones (thicker metal, don't know what kind of metal...) and the newer thinner metal one. Mine are Mirro's. I like the thicker ones. The first time I cooked beans in the thinner one they burned and I can still see the outline in the bottom. I was using a glass top electric stove and that may be what caused this. Both work just fine as far as the 'pressure' cooking part goes. My thinner one came from Wal-mart.
Good luck on your search.
Good luck on your search.
11-02-2010, 02:27 PM
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I have used various pressure cookers for 40+ years. I have never had an explosion, even when I taught my children to use it. Follow directions, pay attention, no problems. Use enough liquid, don't use it for thick things that might clog ( I have cooked rice successfully, though), watch the temperature, follow directions for releasing pressure. it really isn't rocket science.
11-02-2010, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DebraK
In regards to the flying chicken...
that happened to me once too. Now I don't feel so bad ;-)
that happened to me once too. Now I don't feel so bad ;-)
11-02-2010, 04:20 PM
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Have both a Mirror and Presto, like them both for different purposes. I lived on the mesas outside of Abq. and pintos did fine in the heavier weighted one. Like 'em cooked with a little onion and green chile, and some more green chile at the table of course!
11-02-2010, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
As with most things you expect to use for many years, get the very best you can afford of any brand. Then use it till it falls apart, and I'll suspect it will last far longer than you think it will.
Just keep an eye on the heat UNDER it, if you use wood then that will be your main concern. I used to live in Albuquerque (a heck of a long time ago) and spent weekends in Taos, where we used wood for heat and cooking. Without the pressure cooker beans were a no-no, so we took cooked ones with us. Heard horror stories about exploding pressure cookers and am still nervous around them. Tried to cook rice in one some time ago, it gummed up the vent, so I gave it away and now don't have one.
Just keep an eye on the heat UNDER it, if you use wood then that will be your main concern. I used to live in Albuquerque (a heck of a long time ago) and spent weekends in Taos, where we used wood for heat and cooking. Without the pressure cooker beans were a no-no, so we took cooked ones with us. Heard horror stories about exploding pressure cookers and am still nervous around them. Tried to cook rice in one some time ago, it gummed up the vent, so I gave it away and now don't have one.
Thanks for your response. Merced is nice!
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