"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> On 7/17/2012 7:54 PM, Kent wrote:
>
>> Do you need the pressure? Would you lose anything if you steamed in a
>> steamer, like an oriental bamboo steamer? We have a huge steamer for
>> Dungeness Crab we picked up at Ranch 99 for less than $30.
>
> One thing I learned about pressure cooking, there is a good deal less
> shrinkage of meat. It's also faster and uses less energy.
>
> I learned to use a pressure cooker when I was about 11 years old. Still
> use one all the time.
>
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>
>
Is it a Presto Pressure Cooker? It was developed near the beginning of WWII
and was sort of a standard during those difficult times. I haven't seen one
in years. The Presto plant was very near where I grew up. I think it's
dormant now.

Kent