OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote in
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>
> All modern pressure cookers have a safety valve that blows out first.
>
> It makes a hell of a mess, but it's pretty much harmless. I just make
> sure that that vent is always aimed towards the back wall behind the
> stove as there is a scalding risk if the valve blows which releases
> the boiling hot contents that spew like a volcano.
>
> The one time it blew for me, I had over-filled the cooker (cooking
> beans) and ended up having to move the stove to clean behind and under
> it. ;-)

I've never used a pressure cooker myself - don't have one. I just have
vivid memories of my mother cleaning stew off the kitchen ceiling <g>.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia