[2aberro]

Dry beans: hot soak one hour, drain, add cold water, bullion cube, cayenne pepper, onion power, ketchup, cumin. Bring to pressure, cook 7 mins, take off heat and put in sink of cold water to cool, done. Store in frig in the pot for a week of easy meals ;-)

Read instructions on over filling,,, DON'T!

[rstrahan]

I use an electric one that I can set the temperature.

[mylife]

SIL was using the pressure cooker yesterday to make chile beef as a quick snack for guests.

[mad_as_he$$]

BTW best not to buy a pressure cooker at a yard sale that has a bulge in the bottom.

[outofsalt]

Mostly beans? Maybe there is a reason your single?

[Brad from Tennessee]

I haven't used one for 30 years but I may go out and buy one today. I forgot about how versatile they are. These were the microwaves of the 1920’s or ‘30’s.

[Gadsden1st]

Great for making Cheese!

http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G9550

[Tijeras_Slim]

Always buy one that will fit 2 possums or armadillos, depending on your location.

[70th Division]

Try a Korned beef in one. Delicious. I do my pea beans in a pressure cooker before I bake them. Really tender.

[cripplecreek]

I use mine for canning.

[Krankor]

If you put coal in one of them, it’ll turn it into diamonds

[aft_lizard]

If you have an extremely well built pressure cooker you can even fry chicken or other meats in it such as chicken fried steak. Your fried meats have never been as tender and as flavorful. And they take 1/3 the time as normal frying. I will caution you though that your must have an extremely well built pressure cooker and preferably an airvent, frying in a pressure cooker can be very dangerous if done wrong due to explosions or if not properly aspirated or cooled before opening the oil can shoot out and cause fires.

[smokingfrog]

Tried cooking lentils in a pressure cooker once. The steam release valve got plugged and it blew up all over the ceiling.
Not a pretty sight.

[Thermalseeker]

Yes. It’s a lost art. I can do a roast in 45 minutes that is fall off the bone tender, just like it cooked all day. Same thing with beef stew. I wouldn’t take a gold monkey for my pressure cooker (or my pressure caner either, for that matter).....

[Momto2]

Last night, I found a store bought rotisserie chicken that was half eaten and 6 days old in the frig, most would throw it out.

Well.... can't believe no moms on here commented on this. As a home economist (retired) I must say that was living dangerously. It is recommended that you only keep cooked chicken 3 or 4 days (USDA). The pressure cooker would not do anything to change that fact. It is hard for a single person to eat an entire rotisserie chicken - so I would recommend that when you get it home - you immediately cut it in half and place half in the freezer. You can thaw and re-heat in the microwave or oven. It will keep 2 or 3 months in your freezer. Good luck!

[Nailbiter]

ping

[dila813]

Baby sat someone and they had split pea soup in the pressure cooker.

The pressure release blew off the top. Ever since, I have had a sort of awe of the pressure cooker others don’t understand.

I never though split peas would be able to make a hole in the ceiling.

[PJ-Comix]

A pressure cooker is how Colonel Sanders got his start. He used a pressure cooker to fry up chicken at his gas station in Corbin, KY and then handed out samples to people who were gasing up and invited him to eat more inside. And the rest is food history...

[jdsteel]

Try putting ribs in the pressure cooker, low heat until it starts to sizzle just a bit. Cook at the low simmer for 5 minutes, turn the heat off and let it go down by itself. Finish off on the grill, and you’ll have some good eatin’ bro!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Bought my wife one of these a few months ago. She loves it.

[JoeProBono]