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Pressure Cooker
Feb. 12th, 2006 09:35 amI used my new pressure cooker for the first time last night.
Let me say first: "Fast" is relative. Particularly if there is a lot of food in the cooker.
I have been trying for years to make a good roast. Last night, I made a 2-1/2 pound chuck roast with potatos and onions.
The cooker took at least fifteen minutes to come to pressure -- so long that I was beginning to fear I had done something wrong and the pressure was never going to get high enough. Cooking time was 35 minutes (and probably could have gone a bit longer). It took 10 minutes or more for the pressure to come down again naturally after I removed it from the heat.
All in all, including the prep time, it took more than an hour.
Now, for a roast this is a considerable improvement over traditional oven cooking, but I was a bit disappointed by the total preparation time.
Of course, there are a lot of other things that don't need that much time, and the cooker will come to pressure faster and come back down faster with less mass inside. . .
Actually, I should just be celebrating the fact that it worked.
Let me say first: "Fast" is relative. Particularly if there is a lot of food in the cooker.
I have been trying for years to make a good roast. Last night, I made a 2-1/2 pound chuck roast with potatos and onions.
The cooker took at least fifteen minutes to come to pressure -- so long that I was beginning to fear I had done something wrong and the pressure was never going to get high enough. Cooking time was 35 minutes (and probably could have gone a bit longer). It took 10 minutes or more for the pressure to come down again naturally after I removed it from the heat.
All in all, including the prep time, it took more than an hour.
Now, for a roast this is a considerable improvement over traditional oven cooking, but I was a bit disappointed by the total preparation time.
Of course, there are a lot of other things that don't need that much time, and the cooker will come to pressure faster and come back down faster with less mass inside. . .
Actually, I should just be celebrating the fact that it worked.
