"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2008-11-23, Christine Dabney > wrote:
>
>> Do you use yours a lot?
>
> Not always for p/c cooking, but I do use the vessel part a lot, it being a
> handy 5L model. I'd recommend you buy a p/c no smaller than 5 l/qt,
> despite
> K-R having an 3.5L (3.6qt) annaversary model discounted for about $140.
>
> I would probably use the p/c more often if I liked it for dry beans, but I
> don't. I do like it for lentils and split peas. Beans seem to come out
> cooked OK, but have a more gummy, less pithy, texture than beans just
> cooked
> at rolling boil on stove top. I don't know why.

Interesting. This hasn't been my experience. I cook beans in the PC more
than any other item.

> There can be no doubt it speeds cooking times. Root veggies like carrots,
> turnips, etc, and tough veggies like cabbage cook in mere mins and you
> must
> be carefull to not overcook.

Artichokes are great in the PC as well.

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TammyM