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KyKid
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pressure cooker info
#3353696 - 11/12/04 09:47 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey a friend gave me a mirror pressure cooker for free but it only 4 quart and only fits half pint which is fine with me for free but it is automatic and it only gets to ten psi. is this fine for brf jars i know i need 15 but will this still be better then steaming them, could i do it for like a hour and a half or something. thanks ahead
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: KyKid]
#3353704 - 11/12/04 09:49 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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that's fine for BRF, it is better than boiling them. It may be good with grains if you go a little bit longer, the difference is what 8 degrees or so. If you begin using grains I would try 1 or 2 jars like that and see how they come out.
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KyKid
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: derx]
#3353711 - 11/12/04 09:51 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks man i appreciate the help and info man.
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lesstutrey
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: KyKid]
#3354312 - 11/13/04 12:23 AM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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out of my first 24 jars with that 4.2l mirro 0 contams PC for 70 minutes or so..
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KyKid
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: lesstutrey]
#3357027 - 11/13/04 06:28 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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hey since you got the exact pressure cooker could you tell me about the water level i need in it. i didn't get no instructions with it.
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KaptKid
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: KyKid]
#3357073 - 11/13/04 06:38 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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At 10 psi go 90 min.I read that just recently, somewhere here.
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KyKid
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: KaptKid]
#3357105 - 11/13/04 06:50 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks kapt, hey if that's the time for 10psi can i do half Pinter's of rye berries at 90 min of 10psi because i have some liquid culture and with rye's tendency to have a speedy colonization time and liquid culture to give it a jump start and the half Pinter's to cut down on colonization time, i think it'll lower the amount of contams to a minimal during the colonization period
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AnonymousNewbie
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: KyKid]
#3357322 - 11/13/04 07:49 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm sure your 10psi would be fine for whatever you need to pressure cook. I read that a way to test if your pressure cooker is hot enough (250 F.) or so - is by running the pressure cooker, and when the weight is wobbling dropping a few drops of water on the lid of your pressure cooker and if the water drop immediately boils like crazy and vaporizes then your all set to use your pressure cooker just as if it were at 15psi.
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KyKid
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thanks guys
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discman1
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Quote:
AnonymousNewbie said: I'm sure your 10psi would be fine for whatever you need to pressure cook. I read that a way to test if your pressure cooker is hot enough (250 F.) or so - is by running the pressure cooker, and when the weight is wobbling dropping a few drops of water on the lid of your pressure cooker and if the water drop immediately boils like crazy and vaporizes then your all set to use your pressure cooker just as if it were at 15psi.
That's no way to test anything. Of course the water is going to boil. It would boil if the pressure cooker was 212?F.
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: discman1]
#3359278 - 11/14/04 09:54 AM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wouldnt waste your time on half pint grains. Just Pc for longer and do a test run.
The reason grains are great is the volume of substrate you can colonize in a quick time.
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djred
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well i found me apressure cooker from way back in the day its a solid one but doens't have a psi valve...so i was wondering if i should still pick it up for a few dollars for the amount it is..then it would be hard to know what range of presure im cooking at..
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ticktock
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: djred]
#3359408 - 11/14/04 10:30 AM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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Djred,
What brand is it? It has a rocker right? There are numbers on the rocker. It's typical that the numbers will be 5 10 and 15. You want 15 PSI if possible.
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AnonymousNewbie
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Re: pressure cooker info [Re: ticktock]
#3362214 - 11/14/04 10:46 PM (19 years, 4 months ago) |
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discman1 - what i just said about the water droplet boiling is in a FAQ on the shroomery. Its under the "correct pressure cooker use" http://www.shroomery.org/index/the/default/par/23526 in a link called "Pressure cooker test" http://www.fungifun.org/pcooker/.
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lesstutrey
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in my mirro i put about 1" 1.5" of water... almsot ran out of water one time, so uped it to 1.5"
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