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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
 Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 11:22:31 AM
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I'm thinking of buying a pressure cooker. Swore I would never do this as they scare me to death! I've looked at Lehmans -- theirs is $200. I found a Presto for $90 at Target.
Would love recommendations from anyone who has one.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 11:38:52 AM
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I have had a Presto for over 15 years and love it..no problems ever!! I would say it is well worth it. Lehman's stuff is always top quality but I can't always afford it on my budget.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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JudyBlueEyes
True Blue Farmgirl
657 Posts
Judith
Spokane
Washington
USA
657 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 11:42:13 AM
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Kay, believe it or not, my mother taught me to cook with a pressure cooker when I was 13! She was working and my dad wanted his supper on the table minutes after he got home at 5 PM. Mom got home at 4:30 PM cause she worked too and I could get home from school by 3:30 PM - so I won the honors! I have a pressure cooker now and it is some French brand, Maitresse, I believe. I have only had one accident with a pressure cooker, and it was due to a faulty rubber ring - I wasn't using them so often at the time and "forgot" the principle of needing a good, not worn out, rubber ring to get a good seal. But no one was hurt, Thank God! I used mine just recently to make some soup from frozen chicken and it turned out just fine. My only concern now is that I have an electric stove - with gas you can instantly adjust the heat...with electric you have to keep a close eye on it. But read the instructions and you should be good to go! BTW, my mom had a Presto for YEARS and even used it after the handle fell off from so much use - it was a wedding present in 1950 and it's the one I learned to pressure cook with. Go for it, Farm Girl! Judy
The Rooster crows, but the Hen lays the egg. ~ Texas Proverb |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 1:44:50 PM
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Kay...are you talking about a pressure cooker, or pressure CANNER???? I assumed canner...but after reading Judy's post now i am not sure!! I use a canner, but I have never just cooked in it. Not sure why. My grandma used one all the time. I think I have a saucepan size one around here that I can send you if you want it..I will search for it. I THINK I still have it. someone gave it to me..new, but without the box and I never have got around to using it. Let me know if you want it and I will look for it. Seems like it was about the size of a 3 or 4 qt. saucepan with handle.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
3579 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 2:11:35 PM
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I just love my pressure cooker - it's an Indian one - the brand name is Manttra - and it's SO handy. I can do artichokes in 20 minutes - no kidding! It's also great for cooking beans when it's hot outside and you don't want something simmering on the stove all day. I don't remember what I paid for it - but it's been in my service for almost eight years and is still going strong... It wasn't that expensive, either. I think, however, if I could, I'd splurge on a Presto.
XOXO, Libbie
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 4:37:59 PM
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Thanks gals! The Presto was the one I was looking at -- it a pressure cooker/canner. I love Lehman's stuff too but can't afford most of the things on my budget. Although I am looking at their deluxe food mill. Will have to save for that one.
My mom used her pressure cooker all the time for roasts, beans, and anything else she could cook in there. I know that the new ones are much safer. I'll just have to conquer my fear!
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2006 : 11:35:08 PM
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| Kay, I have a brand new one I have never used that I would like to sell... interested? |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Sep 25 2006 : 6:37:43 PM
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Diane -- email me and let me know how much you would want.
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Sep 27 2006 : 11:15:42 AM
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| I emailed you! Hope you get it. |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Sep 27 2006 : 4:04:11 PM
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The year I was a student in Spain the lady I stayed with cooked with her pressure cooker EVERY day. Lots of stews made from dried garbanzo beans, for example. She would start lunch in the morning and go to work in her store two floors down, running upstairs every now and then to check, and by lunchtime at 2:00 it would always be ready. It was maybe 3-4 quart size. The advantage is she could leave the stove on really low, the pressure cooks and tenderizes the food much more efficiently than other types of cooking fuel. (Fuel was high-priced in Europe then) I was inspired by her and bought one early on in my cooking career and used it a lot. My 19-year-old daughter has the bottom of it now, I was afraid to give her the top and the pressure gauges... It was a Mirro, I think. The new ones are very safe but if the pressure relief valve blows because the steam valve gets stuck (like with applesauce or something) your ceiling will need repainting. Ask me how I know.....
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 12:06:41 AM
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Kay..........
Did you get my email??? |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Sep 29 2006 : 11:35:52 PM
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Diane -- I did and email you back yesterday. Check your junk email box. Maybe it went in there.
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
792 Posts |
Posted - Sep 30 2006 : 11:39:46 AM
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KAY RUSTIC COTTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
NoPE. I didn't get it Kay. Some how the Mary Janes Connection never connects with me.
Email me direct at monkeysocks@excite.com
I will watch this weekend. |
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