On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Doug Kanter wrote:

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> "Elaine Parrish" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> >> > >>> anybody know what a pressure cooker is?
> >> > >>> got one for christmas a little 4 quart job
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Whoever gave you that gift is trying to kill you. Get rid of it
> >> > >> immediately. Pressure cookers are very dangerous. Hundreds of people
> >> > >> are
> >> > >> killed by pressure cooker explosions each year, but the government
> >> > >> keeps
> >> > >> it a secret.
> >> > >
> >> > > ROTFL!!!!!! DDDD
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > At the very least, you should wear a welder's mask and body armor when
> >> > using
> >> > the thing.
> >> >
> >
> >
> > Well, if you need someone to instruct you in blowing the thing up, I'm
> > your gal. I have a talent for it. geez.
> >
> > Elaine, too
> >
>
> Don't be silly. Others here say it's either unlikely or impossible. My
> actual take on them is that they have no known purpose to a skilled cook.
> There is nothing on earth that MUST be made in a pressure cooker.
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Silly? Are you nuts? I blew one up. It is not hard to do. With enough
pressure and a bit too much liquid, that "safety valve" will pop right out
of there and you will have "Old Faithful" right on your stove ..and walls
...and ceiling.

Skilled cook? Are you Mr. Arrogant Purist or who? This group is not
Chef's R Us. It's for people who like to cook or want to learn or learn
more about cooking or investigate cooking from others' perspectives or
several dozen other reasons.

My precious little grandmother, may God bless her 88 year old self,
married when she was 13, had four children, and cooked every meal her
family ate. Yes, she used a pressure cooker - a lot. After she put in a
full shift at the garment factory where she worked in wool during the 100
degree summers with no air conditioning and with silk and light cottons in
an un-insulated, snow covered building in winter, she went home to cook.
She went out in the back yard and caught a chicken, plucked it, cleaned
it, and YES, cooked it in the pressure cooker. It cut her cooking time in
half and allowed her put a meal on the table for her kids before she
hand-washed the dishes, helped with homework, bathed the kids, did some
laundry, got clothes ready for the 5 of them for the next day.

Skilled??? The Skilled cook is the one that works all day, does all the
parent stuff, and still cooks. May God bless them all.

Elaine, too