Pressure Cookers - Dennis

[Guest guest]

Those are the old ones. The Fagor ones have a safety feature that prevents

blowing up.

 

http://www.fagorpressurecookers.com/

 

Judy

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DennSedai

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:59 AM

Re: Pressure Cookers - Karo

 

 

 

 

 

I'm more leery of using one, than afraid. I've grown up with seeing my

grandmother use one, on my mom's side of the family. But I also heard

multiple times about the story of what happened with my dad's side of the

family and my grandmother on that side blowing a hole in the kitchen ceiling

as she wasn't as careful as she should have been...

 

So for me it's always been one of those, love the idea, not to sure about

the reality.

 

Dennis

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I figured they were, as time moves on and almost all technology advances. So

for the moment it's on the 'wish list'.

 

Dennis

[Guest guest]

You just have to be careful you are fully familiar with the directions

before you start. I have been using several pressure cookers and

pressure canners for the last 43 years and have never had any

problems. I even have a great old pressure cooker from the 30's

and 40's called a Minit Maid....it is great. I found the instruction

manual to one in a box of old cookbooks and recipes that Mrs. Gwen

Price (who owned the house when we bought it) left for me. Well,

after reading the booklet, I knew I just had to have one. Found one

on ebay and, if I remember correctly, I was the only bidder. It is very

easy to use but, again, you need to know what you are doing before

you use it. This Minit Maid has two oval, half racks with three inch legs

that fit in the bottom so you can cook food on the bottom and then other

food on the racks. I really enjoy using pressure cookers but for things

like beans, I would much rather use either the Thermowell (deep cooking

well) in my 1950 Chambers range or my late 1970's Goodwill find crock-

pot. I don't like all of the foaming you get with beans.

 

Nancy C.

East Texas