why use a pressure cooker?

[gredosman59]

are they that good? examples please of what you can cook

[dzug]

One of the main reasons is that they are much quicker with a fraction (half or even a third) of the conventional cooking time.

Virtually anything you can cook in a saucepan or oven will have a pressure cooker recipe.

[jack daniels]

can't live without mine!
cook meat in 15 mins whereas it would normally take a couple of hours.
I'm doing some mung beans in them today for dinner - they'll take 5 mins

[gredosman59]

well j.daniels and dzug, can you recommend a good make of p.cooker? or are they all of a muchness?
thanx

[Clanad]

Agreeing with the other posts, I would add that we use ours in canning vegetables and other home preserved items...

[wilmay]

Prestige or Tower the best makes in my (humble) opinion :)

[Clanad]

Here in the U.S. the leading brands are Presto and Mirro. They come in different sizes. We use a smaller Presto for everday cooking and use the 23 quart Mirro for home canning. They are very reasonable... the smaller Mirro runs about $30 to $40 and the canning cooker is about $110.

I'd advise looking for one that has a dial pressure regulator. Ours have a "rocking" device that works very well but you have to get use to it and sometimes requires a lot of juggling the heat...

[Jugglering]

The modern ones are brilliant - worth their weight in gold.... dried pulses (post soaking) take a fraction of the time to cook and as for curries, stews and casseroles... wonderful. Mine is a Prestige Smart Plus Curry Pot and has two pressure settings, easy to clean and very nice looking.

[angiebaby57]

Saw one used by Jamie Oliver on TV at the weekend...he said they push all the flavours deeper into the food and also save time! He was making soup.

[elcee45]

It cuts down cooking time, I make soup daily in less than 10 mins, I have used one for 40 years ( not the same one LOL)

[jack daniels]

I currently use a Tefal sensor 5 Litre that i've had for quite a while now.
I also have a 4 litre one that I use for lentils/pulses etc....
My mum bought a 7 Litre one from Argos which was quite good too

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumb er/8605782/Trail/searchtext%3EPRESSURE+COOKER. htm

[a-nigma]

I'm always cooking lentils and beans, but hadn't thought of using my aged pressure cooker - thanks Jack D for the tip.
I used to used it on camping holidays as it saved the gas and I could put everything in together.

[Drisgirl]

Had one years ago and was terrified of it -totally irrational I know but I daresay things have progressed because as with slo cookers the food is absulutely much tastier.

Might try one again -then again...........

[jack daniels]

glad to be of help a-nigma

xxx

[joannie10]

my friend used hers for the first time at the weekend - made a lovely tender stew in 35 mins rather than appx 3 hours!

[jack daniels]

see joannie10 - think of the time & money saved!