Pressure Cooker

[Ed Anger]

Also, a modern pressure cooker in good repair should be totally safe.  They have pressure relief valve thingies in case there's a pressure buildup.

Yep.

You gotta watch those family hand me downs from the 60's and 70's.

[Caliga]

I make hoppin john in my pressure cooker fairly often.  Black-eyed peas take zero minutes to cook in one.

[Malthus]

When we were growing up, my mom used to cook with a pressure cooker all the time.

What she would do was throw a bunch of vegitables and a dismembered chicken - bones, skin and all, but taking out the guts - into the pot, then cook the hell out of it.

Then, we would eat the stew. There was always much left over. That, together with the bones (which were tossed back into the pot) went into the fridge.

Next day, she would throw *more* vegitables and, perhaps, more chicken, into the leftovers pot, which was then pressure cooked AGAIN.

This process was repeated until the put was, basically, a chicken graveyard, full of vegitables too mushy to identify, and gristly bones - at which point the bones and mush were finally tossed out and the process re-started.

We never actually died from this diet, it was very quick, and it was a very inexpensive way to feed lots of people ... which is about all that can be recommended about it.

[Caliga]

Yep.

You gotta watch those family hand me downs from the 60's and 70's.

Also, I think as long as you're paying attention the thing's not gonna blow.  The little pressure regulator on top of the lid should stop whistling if there's a pressure buildup (I think), so in that case all you'd have to do is take it off the heat and run cold water over the cooker till the pressure drops.

[Caliga]

When we were growing up, my mom used to cook with a pressure cooker all the time.

What she would do was throw a bunch of vegitables and a dismembered chicken - bones, skin and all, but taking out the guts - into the pot, then cook the hell out of it.

Then, we would eat the stew. There was always much left over. That, together with the bones (which were tossed back into the pot) went into the fridge.

Next day, she would throw *more* vegitables and, perhaps, more chicken, into the leftovers pot, which was then pressure cooked AGAIN.

This process was repeated until the put was, basically, a chicken graveyard, full of vegitables too mushy to identify, and gristly bones - at which point the bones and mush were finally tossed out and the process re-started.

We never actually died from this diet, it was very quick, and it was a very inexpensive way to feed lots of people ... which is about all that can be recommended about it.

Isn't that called pot au feu or something in French?  Endless stew.

[Malthus]

When we were growing up, my mom used to cook with a pressure cooker all the time.

What she would do was throw a bunch of vegitables and a dismembered chicken - bones, skin and all, but taking out the guts - into the pot, then cook the hell out of it.

Then, we would eat the stew. There was always much left over. That, together with the bones (which were tossed back into the pot) went into the fridge.

Next day, she would throw *more* vegitables and, perhaps, more chicken, into the leftovers pot, which was then pressure cooked AGAIN.

This process was repeated until the put was, basically, a chicken graveyard, full of vegitables too mushy to identify, and gristly bones - at which point the bones and mush were finally tossed out and the process re-started.

We never actually died from this diet, it was very quick, and it was a very inexpensive way to feed lots of people ... which is about all that can be recommended about it.

Isn't that called pot au feu or something in French?  Endless stew.

In fact, we (my brothers and I) used to call it "the endless stew". I have no idea if this was the official name for it or not.

It was certainly not a culinary delight. 

[Ed Anger]

Lots of chicken souls. Poultrygeists even.

[Admiral Yi]

[Malthus]

Lots of chicken souls. Poultrygeists even.

[Iormlund]

Anyone any experience using them?

How easy to avoid explosions?

Yes, we used ours at least once a week for as long as I can remember.

I'm still here.

[CountDeMoney]

Lots of chicken souls. Poultrygeists even.

You may have to perform an eggsorcism.

[CountDeMoney]

I can tell you all about pressure cookers.  I'm living in one right fucking now.

[Sheilbh]

How can you possibly hate slow cookers? 

I like slow cooking things myself. But I don't always have time and I'm not always organised enough.

Pressure cooking's a way of speeding things up.

[jimmy olsen]

Lots of chicken souls. Poultrygeists even.

I laughed out loud at work

[Capetan Mihali]

I get the impression the pressure cooker has been replaced by the Slo Cooker.

How can one replace the other?  They have totally different purposes (that is one cooks really slowly, and other cooks really fast)?