pressure cookers

LegacyUser

ye just dont see them any more. probably cause they're crap.

Kolodny

My gran had one in the 80s that she used for making stew. Seemed to take hours cook anything although it was supposed to be super fast. I think you can still get them but I suppose microwaves became more popular eventually.

Ruu_Old

My friend still has one afaik!

ciaran76

I have one. I only us it to boil potatoes or cook a stew. It is much faster then normal pots esp. when cooking a stew.

LegacyUser

ciaran76 wrote:

I have one. I only us it to boil potatoes or cook a stew. It is much faster then normal pots esp. when cooking a stew.

i use a combination of the microwave and frying pan to cook spuds, can get em done in around 10min.

whats your top spud speed?

Siogfinsceal

used to be terrified of them things when I was a kid the top used to fly off if they over heated cant understand why anyone would still use one you can microwave almost anything now

Degsy

They definatly had thier uses.You could cook a collar of bacon,potatoes and carrots all in one pot.They were also very handy for stews and stuff like that.I'd imagine though that the steam and high temperature would destroy much of the value of the food though..

arctic lemur

We got one in Roches Stores last Christmas. Probably still have them there!

Nightwish

I think we still sell them in work. Not 100% sure. But I do recall last year that the only people who bought them were people from Eastern Europe, for some strange reason.

kizzyr

My folks used to have one but it was mainly used to cook the rabbits my dad killed to feed to his dogs:eek:

arctic lemur

We use it for Bacon and Cabbage

Mr.Tuttlinghorn

my wife has decided we need a pressure cooker
I too have memories of slightly water steamed spuds in an aluminium tray, stew stuck to the sides , and the hissing - the HISSING - absoloutely frightened the crapola out of me - and the FOG ..... should I resist at all costs. Do we really need aNOTHER pot.
yes I realise this post is 6 months old but there might be life in it yet.

the reason is to cook stuff faster, the mike is apparently not for stews ?
as you can tell I am an avid cook.
I am actually (avid, not good), I just fear things that hiss and threaten to explode.

ixoy

My mum still has one and used it solely for the Christmas pudding. This year she bought her pudding though, so I think it's gathering dust somewhere..

Flukey

We have one, but it is now just used like a large saucepan or pot, for doing stews or boiling chickens etc. The little thing that sits on the top that use to let the steam out is long since broken, and it is never used to cook things in the way it was originally designed to.

JohnK

My mum has one and seems to use it at least once a week.

Rigsby

I seem to be the only one so far in this thread who uses a pressure cooker almost every day. I use it mainly for potatoes and veg and I think it's very practical although I do have a micro wave. I dont regard it as old fashioned (yet !! )

rubadub

Degsy wrote:

I'd imagine though that the steam and high temperature would destroy much of the value of the food though..

No they are very good at keeping it in. It only gets to 121C for a 15psi pressure cooker, nowadays many are only 12psi, a 15psi one will cook faster.

Most cook by steaming rather than boiling which can wash away the goodness.

They are very efficient energy wise, I am surprised you do not hear more about them in these days of enery awareness.

Abdiel

Ah we have one of those as well since the 80's. Only ever been used for the Christmas puddings which only get made about every 3 years now - takes hours to cook the things!

hunnymonster

you also get the most tender meat out of the pressure cooker. The microwave just churns out leather.


I got one in argos a while ago and use it all the time.

kelle

My mother died two years ago, and used her pressure cooker nearly every day right up until she was no longer able to (cancer is a b*****d). I think my brother threw it into a skip.

Thursday*

ixoy wrote:

My mum still has one and used it solely for the Christmas pudding. This year she bought her pudding though, so I think it's gathering dust somewhere..

Give it to Mr. Tuttlinghorn's wife and then if he can't live with it they won't have bought a brand new one.

Fast_Mover

My parents got one as a wedding present(27yrs ago) from my mothers aunt.
Never been used..just gathering dust in the garage.

dodgey69

well unfortunatly my mother just went out an bought a new one the other day as she uses it for stews etc. think ur man in DID nearly fell over laughing when she was looking for one but finally got one in arnotts.

I suppose id would be like asking for a spectrum 48k in shops now rather than a playstation!:)

sioda

I own one myself they are excelelent for stews potatoes and turnip. Hate using the microwave everything tastes crap from it plus the liquid from the PC makes great gravy base