On Apr 22, 9:27*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Dee Dee wrote:
> > I've been reading the reviews on electric pressure cookers. *I guess
> > the best one is
> >http://missvickie.com/library/electric.html
>
> > After reading this, I decided to get my old stove top pressure cooker
> > out of storage and try it again. *After reading the MissVickie site,
> > I'm wondering if my Presto would be large enough to cook dried beans.
> > I filled it with water and the first mark is 3 qts.; the second mark
> > is 4 qts. and full to the brim is 5 qts. 2 cups. *I'm not sure whether
> > this is a 4 or 5 qt. cooker.
>
> > I'm only going to be using it for dried beans, and I seem to remember
> > a caveat about the foam, so I'm concerned about the size.
>
> > Any comments would help.
> > Thanks.
> > Dee Dee
>
> As others have told you, don't cook beans in a pressure cooker. The foam
> is a problem. Never fill a pressure cooker more than 2/3 full. The food
> *is* under pressure and needs to expand.
>
> You might want to go to Presto's web site and find a manual for your
> pressure cooker.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
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Thanks.
No manual for mine -- too old, I guess.
I went to the Presto site and looked at a 4 and 6 cup pressure cooker
info on beans.
They recommend soaking 4-8 hours, 3 cups of wter to 1 cups of kidney
beans 1-3 minutes.
Pinto beans 3-6 minutes. This seems to me like really too small
amount of water.

I have two fill lines; one at 3 qts.; one at 4 qts. Since they say
don't fill over 2/3 and mine is 5 qt. 2 cups, guess I'll have to do a
little revision math.

DH reminds me that cooking beans in this pressure cooker was not fun
at all.

Dee Dee