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What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« on: April 17, 2013, 07:37:39 AM »
Neither my wife nor I are accomplished cooks.  We have fry pans (various sizes), pans for boilin' stuff (various sizes), a flat pan for pancakes, a slow cooker, and a microwave, and we use them all and manage to make some decent foods.

Both of us know what a pressure cooker is, but neither of us can think of what we would cook in one or why pressure is part of the process.

Would somebody enlighten us, please?
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2013, 07:38:56 AM »
We also bake (cakes and cookies).
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2013, 08:27:09 AM »
I don't have one.  I want one, for canning, but I have a glass top stove, so I can't use one.  I know people that use them to quickly cook meals that normally take a long time, and I know other people who use them and swear by them for making tough cuts of meat tender.
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2013, 08:53:04 AM »
I have several in varying sizes, including a 6qt! I like them for beef/pork roasts and ribs mainly, and pork shoulder or ribs with kraut is one of my favorites. The big advantage of a pressure cooker is the greatly reduced cooking time and the moist/tenderness of the meat.

The danger with pressure cookers is the pressure (DUH!). Always make sure the latches and gasket that restrain and seal the lid are functioning and in good condition. BUT MOST IMPORTANT is to make sure that the pressure relief valve is functioning properly. I failed that last one once, and spent a day cleaning pork roast off the walls and ceiling of the kitchen when the cooker exploded from too much pressure.

BTW, the pressure cooker at the marathon was used only as a steel container. Not a pressure cooker as some are theorizing. It was just a super "pipe bomb".
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2013, 08:56:29 AM »
For cooking tough meat cuts, which one works best? Has best flavor?

Pressure cooker or crock pot? 

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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2013, 09:04:41 AM »
Watch my new reality show on A&E, Road Kill Gourmet. I use a pressure cooker regularly.

Moose and Squirrel Balls is a simple pressure cooker dish.

You can also drop a whole raccoon (or two possums, or six squirrels), skin and all, into an 8 quart pressure cooker with some onions and garlic. It'll come out pull-apart tender and taaaaasty!

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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2013, 01:16:11 PM »
What about the fur?

I think GOBUCKS mentioned once, cooking squirrel in a pressure cooker.  He was serious, though.  Those Tennessee boys! 

I've never used one, and am not really interested in trying.  Too much can go very wrong. 
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2013, 01:26:55 PM »
Quote from: Karin on April 17, 2013, 01:16:11 PM
What about the fur?

Some like it natural, some like it trimmed, and some like it with the fur removed.

<Insert shaved beaver joke here>
« Last Edit: April 17, 2013, 01:47:15 PM by Big Dog »
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2013, 01:40:27 PM »
Quote from: Dori on April 17, 2013, 08:56:29 AM
For cooking tough meat cuts, which one works best? Has best flavor?

Pressure cooker or crock pot? 




Crock. Best for 7 bone chuck roasts or any other "tough" pieces of meat.
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2013, 09:27:55 PM »
I use it for very lean cuts of meat, like some wild game, beef and some cuts of bison.  I also use it for meal that include dry beans after I've soaked them. 

I only had one pop the top once in decades of use. 
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2013, 02:54:19 AM »
I've never used one....they've always scared me...  :o
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2013, 03:51:05 AM »
I just bought an electric one last week. I don't have much experience with it yet.

I've used it for an Indian lental dish (dal) and beef dish. 
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2013, 04:25:05 AM »
Cant can without it
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2013, 06:13:25 AM »
Thanks all for helpful replies (and funny ones too!).

In the latter vein,

I can't can, or can-can*. I'm not canny about canning.  Can he?

*Not that you would ever want to see that.
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2013, 02:52:23 PM »
I like the sound of one rattling rhythmically while it's cooking.  Something homey about that.

I really like the reduced cooking time during the summer when it's hot inside, but we need a real meal!
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2013, 02:53:47 PM »
The only time I remember my mother using hers was for cooking vegetables (we ate a lot of turnips).  Never used one myself.
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2013, 03:38:11 PM »
Quote from: catsmtrods on April 18, 2013, 04:25:05 AM
Cant can without it

My parents did a lot of canning and had one of the big ones that held 5 or 6 quart jars, and had 6 wingnuts to hold the lid on.
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #17 on: April 18, 2013, 04:05:49 PM »
My mom used hers for corned beef.
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #18 on: April 18, 2013, 04:15:04 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 18, 2013, 03:38:11 PM
My parents did a lot of canning and had one of the big ones that held 5 or 6 quart jars, and had 6 wingnuts to hold the lid on.

Did your parents have to pay them to do that??
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Re: What is the proper use of a pressure cooker?
« Reply #19 on: April 18, 2013, 04:21:12 PM »
Quote from: njpines on April 18, 2013, 04:15:04 PM
Did your parents have to pay them to do that??


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