tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post8304434423628151515..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Your Pal during the Recession: The Pressure Cooker and other reflections.FerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-71643557862126553152011-07-29T13:42:50.820-07:002011-07-29T13:42:50.820-07:00+1 on the pressure cooker. If for no other reason ...+1 on the pressure cooker. If for no other reason than saving on utilities and heating up the kitchen.<br /><br />But it's amazing how many folks are afraid of using them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-52309477117895631502011-07-24T09:04:28.372-07:002011-07-24T09:04:28.372-07:00Old beans too hard to soak and cook otherwise can ...Old beans too hard to soak and cook otherwise can be cooked in a pressure cooker. If only for the cooking of beans, a pressure cooker is a must have. Thrift stores and garage sales occasionally have these cheap, but I'd pay full price if I could not find one cheap. aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-64542404231417024602011-07-22T13:19:05.275-07:002011-07-22T13:19:05.275-07:00Exactly the reason why we got us a pressure canner...Exactly the reason why we got us a pressure canner. We can pressure cook in it and can fill up our food reserves much cheaper. Our initial investment to buy mason jars and the cooker has been well paid off by not having to buy expensive no. 10 cans of long storage food.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16714187029819291999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-29357772504170631722011-07-20T21:55:59.597-07:002011-07-20T21:55:59.597-07:00Yup. We have 2 pressure cookers: one electrical, a...Yup. We have 2 pressure cookers: one electrical, and a larger more basic one.<br /><br />Both have worked great.shambhalanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-41249816605018577152011-07-20T20:36:47.872-07:002011-07-20T20:36:47.872-07:00I still have the pressure cooker my mother made be...I still have the pressure cooker my mother made beef stew in over 50 years ago;Presto, I think, in the basement, not used for a few years. Built like a Russian tank. If you get a new rubber sealer ring and, possibly, a new pressure gauge that you clunk on (on this model), it will probably last forever. Come to think of it, I'm going to bring it up and make beef stew!<br /><br />SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-91519790992131365732011-07-20T18:22:37.204-07:002011-07-20T18:22:37.204-07:00Another way to tenderize beef and deer, but not po...Another way to tenderize beef and deer, but not pork, is to wrap it in a towel and place it in a 40 degree refrigerator for up to ten days. If it gets a mold then just scrape it off. Ya'll have heard of dry aging?DaShuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731696293751625845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-24442643906425930042011-07-20T15:27:47.452-07:002011-07-20T15:27:47.452-07:00There's another thing that recommends pressure...There's another thing that recommends pressure cookers to those of us who are into preparedness. Most long term food storage plans include copious quantities of dried beans.<br /><br />The thing with beans, though, is they ordinarily require soaking overnight and then rinsing before they can be cooked. With a pressure cooker, you can skip the presoaking step and just cook them under pressure. My understanding is they also cook faster this way than in just a pot, but I've never tried it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-33962218810252141142011-07-20T14:44:19.291-07:002011-07-20T14:44:19.291-07:00Pressure cookers used to be a staple in the Americ...Pressure cookers used to be a staple in the American kitchen through the 70's at least. They were used as you have described to cook tough meats faster. Mom used to make beef stew in them because it would tenderize the meat and cook the potatoe and carrots much faster.<br /><br />The slow cooker and acces to tender or tenderized meat mostly did the pressure cooker in. Slow cookers can be ignored (mostly) and left unattended.<br /><br />Another advantage for the pressure cooker is boiling water for sterilization. The sealed high temp high pressure atmosphere will sterilize water much faster than any other heat based method.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176167494666126324noreply@blogger.com