On Wed, 30 May 2018 16:27:44 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Wed 30 May 2018 07:54:46a, U.S. Janet B. told us...
>
>> On Wed, 30 May 2018 03:24:15 -0000 (UTC), Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue 29 May 2018 07:36:50p, songbird told us...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> did you ever try a pressure cooker?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>No. The instructions that came with my pressure cooker warn
>>>against cooking foods like beans, rice, various grains, and
>>>cereals, in order avoid creating foam that would jam the
>>>valve/gauge. I'm not going to risk having that happen.
>>
>> my pressure cooker says
>> It comes with the instructions for dried vegetables (all kinds
>> of
>> beans), cereals, and rice. It does say that rice is best cooked
>> in a mold or pan set on a rack in the pressure cooker. It does
>> say "Don't cook apple sauce, rhubarb, cranberries, pearl barley,
>> split peas or pea soup in the pressure pan because they tend to
>> froth or sputter and sometimes block vent tubes. With the tube
>> blocked, pressure may appear to be down when the control is
>> removed, whereas, actually a food like apple sauce may remain
>> above boiling point for 40 minutes after the pan is removed from
>> the heat unless it is cooled thoroughly under running water. To
>> avoid trouble, we say -- don't cook the foods mentioned..
>> Don't use high heat to bring up pressure when cooking cereals,
>> spaghetti, noodles, rice, dried vegetables, or other foods which
>> are apt to cause a heavy froth in cooking. Bring pressure up
>> gradually. Don't fill pan over 3/4 full when cooking certain soups
>> or other food combinations which froth and foam when they cook"
>> HTH
>> Janet US
>>
>
>Thank you, Janet. My instructions are somewhat different and they do
>warn abouat dried vegetables including various tpes of beans. Mine
>is a Lagostina Irradial Pressure Cooker made in Italy. I generally
>use it for stews, certain root vegetables, roasts, etc.

Mine is a Mirro stove top 8 quart that I got for a wedding gift. Very
old, very reliable. I tried out a new counter top electronic pressure
cooker and sent it back. I don't want something telling me pre-set
times for various things, I got that figured out.
I always cook pinto beans in it for refried beans. I only fill 2/3
full. I used to put a dab of bacon grease in there to keep it from
foaming but it doesn't seem to need it. I've cooked the pinto beans
the long way around but won't bother any more. By the time I remove
the beans to the cast iron skillet and fry them up with some bacon
grease or lard, it makes no difference. I include onion and garlic
with the beans in the pressure cooker.
I use my pressure cooker for pretty much the same as you except I use
it to wring every little last bit of flavor out of chicken bones, bits
and pieces, whole chicken for stock. You cannot get as good or better
stock by cooking the stuff all day. I know because I did it the slow
way for years. My stock "tastes" like chicken.
Janet US