Food with an ATTITUDE! (an invitation)

[RobertSWade]

If I may weigh in here. Without ever having tried it, it just seems to me that pressure cooking veggies is like fishing with hand grenades.

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I don't think I'd even consider it unless I was wanting to do at least a pound of taters and/or carrots. And even then I'd do it without any weights on the steam vent.

All of that assumes that you're cooking for immediate consumption. Canning is a whole other discussion.

[Mairzie Dotes]

Robert,
Like "Fishing with hand grenades" ? Busting a gut laughing here !!!
Love your whimsey !

Pay him no mind, D Akey,
Not sure just how long you are pressure cooking your vegi's,
an hour is way tooooo long ! LOL ! No wonder you are
ending up with mashed "Pocarrots" I also prefer them al dente.
Just a minute or two is all that is necessary. Also, do not cut
the vegi's in too small of pieces. "Chunky" cut pieces or the
whole vegetable should be the preferred size to steam. Let me
know how you do with these suggestions, oh great "pressure
steamer of the range" !

[RobertSWade]

Let us open our Holy Hand Grenade Book of Pressure Cooking and turn to the Epistle of Saint Julia Childs wherein it is written that "Only the most rotund of veggies (whole artichokes, potatoes, beets ... and therein and likewise) shall be allowed to cook for 15 minutes. And 15 minutes shall be the maximum cooking time, and the maximum time for cooking shall be 15 minutes. Neither shalt thou cook for more than 15 minutes unless thine veggies be reduced to mush and rendered unto soup ingredients. Fifteen minutes shall be the cooking time and the cooking time shall be 15 minutes. Sixteen minutes is acceptable if you have loose dentures. SEVENTEEN MINUTES IS RIGHT OUT!!!"

[Mairzie Dotes]

Robert,
Someone has been in the pressure cooker (gas flames on HIGH)
for 15 minutes and it isn't D Akey and I !!! LOL !

[juliediane]

Peeks in and whispers......... I can give you a whole list of restaurants that do veggies wonderfully.


LOL

by the way....... are we actually supposed to take the pressure cookers off the shelf and use them? Shoot I thought they were there for dusting practice.

[cahitgulden]

A brush I found technical some thin

[D Akey]

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

Ms. Pan, is not only a great kitchen Pan (sorry Peter), she is also my favorite Child (sorry Julia) (who never grew up), not to mention my food heretic of choice.

When I want hell fire and cayenne, I refer to the Book of Bob.

And JD takes more of a peaceful Ghandi approach -- she just lets is be. She uses no pressure whatsoever.

Actually, I think we're all in agreement about how we like out veggies to turn out, not overcooked. It's just that in the pressure cooker, if I don't need to worry about getting it hot enough to hiss, then I ain't got a pot to hiss in.

[Mairzie Dotes]

D Akey,
Flattery will get you everywhere. You are my favorite shoot 'em up, rider
of the range. (who also never grew up)
No pot to "hiss in" ? LOL! Oh, why do we feel a new painting about to surface?
juliediane ? Are you listening ?

Re: the "Book of Bob" and cayenne pepper, must admit that I even use
cayenne in scrambled eggs, sooooo invigorating !

[irishrose]

Gosh, I feel like I'm missing out on all the fun. Stupid mail server!

You guys have me laughing so hard...

No more talking of pots and 'hiss', okay? I have it rough enough this week! Geesh! Mair knows what I am talking about.

Ms. Childs used to be my favorite to watch on tv... she didn't BAM it all around like Emeril...

No pressure cookers in this house, just my head when I get angry. It's the IRISH!

Actually veggies sound good right about now, Bob, I believe Ms. Childs was right!

[Mairzie Dotes]

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There was some gossip circulating that she was out hunting gators
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