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Pressure cooker?? Naff or cool??

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RiojaLover75 · 18/12/2008 22:09

My FIL is always going on about pressure cookers being brilliant and I always thought yeah, yeah have another sherry love!

BUT I saw something on the TV that said you can cook a chicken stock in half an hour compared to the 1 1/2 to 2 hours normally.

Anyone got any tips?

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RiojaLover75 · 19/12/2008 11:23

Anyone????

Come on, someone must have one!!!

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RiojaLover75 · 19/12/2008 20:46

Hmmm, am I to assume throughout the entire population of MN no-one has one of these!!??!!

Nah you must all be out on your Christmas parties!!

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NotBigJustBolshy · 19/12/2008 20:50

I've had one for years and yes, you can cook a chicken stock in a relatively short time - I would say 40 mins. Also good for cooking joints of gammon, Christmas puds etc. Excellent piece of equipment.

pinkbubble · 19/12/2008 20:51

They scare me!

I much prefer my slow cooker TBH!

My Nan talked me into having a pressure cooker when we got married, even thou I had asked for a slow cooker.

The slow cooker is a fabulous heavy sauce pan but honestly I have only used it properly a couple of times. Admittedly meat very tender. Just hated the noise, thought it would blow!

Use my slow cooker much more, in fact on 2nd slower cooker!

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RiojaLover75 · 19/12/2008 20:59

Hmmm is the noise that bad pinkbubble?? I've never used one yet but I'm not good with old fashioned whistling kettles or popping corks etc. A bit skittish some might say .

Am loathed to shell out £80 on a decent one that I'll be too scared to use!

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pinkbubble · 19/12/2008 21:01

It hisses fairy loudly! (mind you my Nan bought mine 17 yrs ago) But I do use the saucepan a lot without the lid!

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RiojaLover75 · 19/12/2008 21:01

NBJB I always make chicken stock and it takes ages!!!! A pressure cooker would save a lot of time and a kitchen dripping in condensation .

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wrinklytum · 19/12/2008 21:01

My mum swears by hers.I think she has had the same 1 for about 20 years or so.The sound of it hissing brings back childhood memories

NotBigJustBolshy · 19/12/2008 21:02

The noise is pretty loud. But not it's not scary, honestly.

ClausImWorthIt · 19/12/2008 21:04

Pressure cookers are brilliant!

I made a beef casserole last night - I had forgotten that I had planned to make that.

Chopped two onions, 3 carrots and 4 sticks of celery. Fried the lot, with the beef, till it was soft, then added some red wine and cooked for 15 minutes in the pressure cooker. I then let it carry on cooking normally (i.e. with the lid off) whilst I made the mashed potato and cooked other veg, so altogether it probably cooked for 30 minutes.

It would normally have taken 2-3 hours to get the meet as tender.

NotBigJustBolshy · 19/12/2008 21:04

Yes, wrinklytum, I can relate to that coz my mum always had a pressure cooker when we were growing up (still has the same one, I think) and she gave me mine about 15 years ago. I have to replace the rubber seal every so often (just a few quid), but otherwise it's still going strong and saving me loads of time, money and condensation!

harpomarx · 19/12/2008 21:05

very cool.

I have one.

larahusky · 20/12/2008 23:06

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nooka · 20/12/2008 23:20

I miss mine for steamed puddings and stocks, and potatoes and stew. Must buy a new one now I'm an everyday cook, instead of an every now and then one.

moondog · 20/12/2008 23:21

V cool
I want one but am a bit scared.

littleducks · 20/12/2008 23:25

i have four!
excellent for curries, we use mutton instead of lamb

moondog · 20/12/2008 23:26

Four?!
Why?

moondog · 20/12/2008 23:26

Four?!
Why?

sallyhollyberry · 20/12/2008 23:31

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moondog · 20/12/2008 23:34

I always think of you as slow cooker queen Sal. I was eying them up today in Wilkinsons (whgat a fab shop-have never been before!) thinking 'Strawb has one of these..'

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littleducks · 21/12/2008 22:16

mil brings them back from pakistan for me, i have two large which i use together (curry and rice) one small for small dsishes and one spare

bessiebighead · 21/12/2008 23:15

Pressure cookers are the big guns. I think they are the mark of a woman who isn't going to let the sound of third degree burns get in the way of a family meal. They're the business. I want one. Gotta lift more weights before i get one though.

GrimmaTheNome · 21/12/2008 23:23

Definitely cool not naff - very green, you know, saving loads of energy.

I don't have one but keep thinking I should ... the ones I've seen seemed rather expensive. Hm, MIL usually gives me some dosh with the instruction 'to spend it on something frivolous' (aren't you all at a MIL like that? ) but I might just go for this exceptionally sensible item instead!

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RiojaLover75 · 22/12/2008 13:47

Me too Grimma my Christmas money, (ahem should I get any ) will be going towards a pressure cooker I've decided.

I narrowly missed out on getting one from Freecycle last night so I'll have to buy one I guess .

Now, anyone got any good recipes??!

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