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jlw
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Common uses for pressure cookers?
#7764780 - 12/16/07 10:00 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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My mom's got a pressure cooker in her house somewhere that she doesn't use much, and I'm actually pretty sure it's an AA. So I want to ask her to borrow it, but obviously saying "to sterilize substrates for my mycology hobby" requires a little more explanation that I would want to give.
So my question is, what the heck kind of normal food items require a pressure cooker? I cook all the time, so if I have a food-related explanation, I'm sure she'd let me borrow it. Thoughts?
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7764789 - 12/16/07 10:05 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Tenderising meats. I put a brisket in for about 1/2 hour then bbq.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: KaptKid]
#7764792 - 12/16/07 10:06 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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boiling peanuts. cooking wbs smells a lot like it.
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Asante
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7764868 - 12/16/07 10:30 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Making jelly (the stuff you you make sandwiches with)
You buy gelling sugar at a well-stocked food place, mix it with lets say mashed strawberries or other fruit on a low fire, you put it in jars and give it a 1 hour PC cook and presto: little jars of all-natural strawberry jam
Make some of those too and give em to your mother. She'll volunteer to let you use her PC as often as you'd like, provided the goodies keep on coming.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7764887 - 12/16/07 10:35 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
jlw said: My mom's got a pressure cooker in her house somewhere that she doesn't use much, and I'm actually pretty sure it's an AA. So I want to ask her to borrow it ...
You could possibley use it while she's not around. Maybe bring it to a friend's place and use it there?
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7764989 - 12/16/07 11:04 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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A pressure cooker cuts down the cooking time of corned beef by quite a bit.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: fapjack]
#7765747 - 12/16/07 02:15 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I use mine to can spaghetti sauce.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7765756 - 12/16/07 02:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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dont tell her that your going to use it and then you wont have to lie to your mother.
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jlw
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: LayYouIn]
#7765817 - 12/16/07 02:30 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Eh, I really don't have that big a problem with it to tell you the truth. Hah.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7765852 - 12/16/07 02:43 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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SPAGHETTI MEAT SAUCE
Yield: 4 Servings
1 lb Ground beef 1 lg Onion, chopped 1 clove Garlic, minced 1 Green pepper, diced 2 tsp. Salt 1 cup Water 1 8 oz can tomato sauce 1/8 tsp. Red pepper 1 tsp. Parsley flakes 1/2 tsp. Oregano 1/2 tsp. Sweet basil 1/2 tsp. crushed Fennel seed 2 tsp. Sugar 1 16 oz can tomato paste
Heat cooker and brown beef. Stir in remaining ingredients except tomato paste. Close cover securely. Place pressure regulator on vent pipe and cook 8 minutes with pressure regulator rocking slowly. Cool cooker at once under running water. Stir in tomato paste and simmer, uncovered to desired thickness.
Serve sauce over long spaghetti.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: jlw]
#7765859 - 12/16/07 02:45 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Canning anything for long term storage. The pressure cooker I use was an AA that was my mom's and she used it for pear preserves mostly. She also canned some spicy pickles, green beans, and other shit. She used to have a pretty nice sized garden so she used it quite a bit, but doesn't anymore.
I got it from her by telling her I was growing button mushrooms.
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: RipVanWinkle]
#7765866 - 12/16/07 02:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I got it from her by telling her I was growing button mushrooms.
The least you can do is grow her some
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Re: Common uses for pressure cookers? [Re: Asante]
#7765932 - 12/16/07 03:03 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I actually have been wanting to try growing some lately. I just havn't been able to order the spores yet.
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