Comments on: The Best Pressure Cookers Of 2010

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:23:14 +0000

evZeny…I had the same expierence as a kid but that was more than 40 years ago. Today I retired my mothers pressure cooker after about 25 years of use. I’m sorry if you feel they are useful just for legumes/beans and meat dishes.
Today I made an Italian dish (many are meat free) potatos & string beans in tomato sauce. I had to resort to the covnentional way, where if I had my pressure cooker, I would have been done in less than 15 minutes. Anyone have any recommendations as to brands?

By: shorinjin

shorinjin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:32:10 +0000

evZeny, I am also vegetarian, and use a pressure cooker almost daily. In fact, we have two of them, and frequently use them both at the same time. I would not want to be without a pressure cooker. They can be used for much more than just legumes.

By: evZeny

evZeny — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:06:12 +0000

when I was a kid we had one that exploded. the whole kitchen was a mess and had to be remodeled.
I also cook dishes, where one keeps on adding the ingredients , as they require different time of cooking.
pressure cookers have only advantage in boiling meat (but I am vegetarian) and boiling legumes, when they have not been presoaked enough.

By: Cookers

Cookers — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:00:21 +0000

Three to ten times faster than ordinary cooking methods. Cookers

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:07:42 +0000

My mother used a pressure cooker years ago. I think it was when she cooked the tongue from the cow we had butchered so it would be tender enough to eat. But I never thought of a pressure cooker as an energy-efficiency device. Thanks for the tip.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:18:06 +0000

I own a large pressure cooker – probably by Presto. I use it often to make broth out of leftover roasted chicken & bones. One thing I’d like to mention: recipes that work well in crockpots also work well in pressure cookers with similar results. The food gets stewed in shorter time than crockpots. It will be cooked completely through – and then some. It’s perfect for something that you would normally leave simmering all day. You could cook it in 30 minutes and it would have that all-day simmered flavor.