Pressure cooker

[rt49andellis]

Does anyone else use a pressure cooker? What do you usually cook in it?

We mainly only use ours for cooking soup beans. It's so much easier than letting them soak all night and then cooking them for hours. This way it takes about 1 1/2-2 hours. And SOMEHOW it also takes the uhm.... "the gas" out of the beans. That's the best part. LOL

[muslgrl]

I never trusted presser cookers heard to many horor stories of them blowing up

[shannone]

I was making candy with my grandmother and aunt for Christmas. The pressure cooker exploded and my aunt had third degree burns on her hands, face and neck. I have never bought a pressure cooker and will not after seeing what happend to my aunt. I dont want it blowing up in my face.

[phoenyxstarr]

I've never used one, my grandma had one but I don't remember her ever using it either. After reading these posts about them, I don't think I'll be getting one anytime soon either. shannone, I'm sorry about your aunt. I hope everything is all right now...

[shannone]

This happend a year ago and she ended up with no scares. My aunt will not go near a pressure cooker now. When my grandma calls her and asks if she wants to help make candy she says I dont think so.

[barbiedoll1973_tn]

My mom and dad uses presser cookers all the time but I do not trust myself to use this I would blow up the house and kill myself.

[mtmomj]

I've never used one, but my mom has for canning (so have both of my grandmothers). She has never had any horror stories, but I'm scared.

Are there any things you can do to help prevent accidents with these?

[simcooks]

Originally Posted by mtmomj

Are there any things you can do to help prevent accidents with these?

I used to use a pressure cooker to cook soup but I hardly use it nowadays since I switched to using a slow cooker.

To prevent accidents using a pressure cooker, you can cover that steam outlet with a piece of damp cloth so that when you turn the dial to release the pressure, it's not so scary.

I am not sure how the pressure cooker explodes though. Sorry to hear about that.

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[mtmomj]

I'm not sure if she meant the whole thing exploded or maybe a can or whatever was inside the pressure cooker? I've never heard of one exploding as a whole, but have heard of things glass exploding while canning.

[lcsamano]

I never use a pressure cooker. I usually use a crockpot. I wonder if there is a huge difference between the two. What type of pressure cooker is a good type?