Pressure Cookers

[Yorkshire Andy]

Sitting next to explosive devices is not to everyone's taste

RIGHT. And scraping lentil soup off the kitchen ceiling either.

Would make a change from wood chip

[GillyBee]

It is like everything - risks versus benefits. If a cooker is correctly maintained and used appropriately it is no more of a risk than any other house or garden appliance.Explosion risks are managed by multiple failsafes in the design. To my mind frying chips the old fashioned way is a lot more dangerous as is using a chainsaw.

The biggest risk I have experienced is that the contents are extremely hot if you open the cooker as soon as the time is up, constituting a scalding risk. My aunt did manage to paint the ceiling with mashed potato - she ignored the instructions and removed the weight from an old style cooker before it had been cooled down.
The big benefit is that I can rescue "old" beans and lentils which would stay hard with traditional cooking which lets me use my stores more easily and with current energy prices, the shorter cooking times are also good news.

[shocker]

Another p cooker plus is being able to make class to authentic KFC.

The recipe is easy to find online now but the final trick is that they use pressure friers. So, oil in p cooker, job done

[GillyBee]

Now that DOES frighten me!

[shocker]

As the old chestnut goes..."what could possibly go wrong?"

no

[pseudonym]

https://www.youtube.com/c/SORTEDFood/se ... %20cookers

Types and recipes.

[Medusa]

Love mine, I bought a steamer a few years ago and then went back to the pressure cooker. Mines an old Prestige one. Mostly do veg in mine, it saves the kitchen being filled with steam from pans boiling. It makes a great corned beef hash too in only 8 mins from getting up to pressure.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Thinking of investing in one. Yay or nay? Any recommendations?

Small ones in Lidl soon

[jennyjj01]

Thinking of investing in one. Yay or nay? Any recommendations?

Small ones in Lidl soon Screenshot_20220121-083252.png

Aldi Had some in this week. No idea if they are any good.

Did you know: Aldi specials are left out until they sell, but Lidl return their special buys to their warehouse at the end of the offer period. Which is why we can seldom just drop on a Lidl special buy by the time it's been mentioned on a forum

[GillyBee]

Smaller ones are too short to take Kilner jars for small scale pressure or steam canning but make good quick stews and casseroles. Mine has 2 bottoms and a normal lif as well as the pressure lid. The small bottom lives in the loft as I only ever use the bigger one