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Whether you have a brand new pressure cooker with
all the latest features, multiple safety systems and
improved valve mechanisms, or you possess an aged cooker
that you plan on turning into a treasured family heirloom,
there's lots to learn and plenty of tricks to be found
in this section that will make turn any pressure
cooker into a valued asset in your kitchen.
Pressure cookers. If hearing those words makes you
think of an unwieldy pot that sounds like it's about
to lift off of a launch pad, then you haven't discovered
the new second generation of pressure cookers. Gone
are the days of seeing steam pouring out of a weight-valve
system, the constant hissing and jiggling that makes
you think the thing on your stove is a bomb about to
explode. No more guessing about the pressure (or
lack thereof) inside those hissing pots of old. Instead.
Foods that normally take hours to prepare using conventional
methods take only a third of the time to cook. That
adds up to both time and energy savings. Also, with
the newer, second generation cookers little or no steam
escapes during the cooking process. You can use
smaller amounts of liquid and retain more vitamins and
minerals. This advantage also helps to dispel the myth
that food cooked in a pressure cooker often ends up
soggy or mushy. Use your pressure cooker to steam,
braise, boil, poach, and bake foods.
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