On Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:41 -0700, "Brian Christiansen"
> wrote:

> Would this be possibly what you are looking for:
> Begin heating with burner set on high heat. Electric stove users please see
> note below. When the steam comes out of the automatic valve for first time,
> lower the heat to maintain a gentle, steady stream of steam. At this moment,
> the COOKING TIME STARTS. It is recommended that a kitchen timer be used to
> monitor the exact cooking time.
>
> That is copied and pasted from the fagor express pressure cooker manual. It
> is on page 8 of the manual I found. If you have a differnt model or manual,
> where different things might be on different pages, the heading that it is
> under is "Cooking Time Control".
>
> According to another passsage in the manual that I found: "Indicator:
> Indicates whether there is pressure inside the cooker. As the pressure
> cooker heats and pressure builds, the pressure indicator (the yellow tipped
> rod, located on top of the lid handle) will raise automatically and there
> will be a slight amount of steam coming out of the lid handle." So, at
> least, on this model, the steam starting to come out and the yellow button
> popping up should happen at the same time (ie, it is the steam that makes
> the button pop up).
>
> I don't know if what I found it is exactly the same model or manual that you
> have, but if you are interested in a searchable PDF copy of the manual, it
> is located he
> http://www.fagoramerica.com/content/...s%20manual.pdf

Found and highlighted it. Thank you - thank you - thank you! I must
have stopped reading at "electric stove users" because I have gas.

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