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Does anyone use a pressure cooker for home cooked?

Dana

Posted : 7/15/2006 4:29:51 PM

I have been eyeing a pressure cooker for months, for chicken thighs and things of that manner. Does anyone here use one? I was just hoping to get some information about them.

I heard a horror story from my Grandma about one when she was cooking beans, and it blew a hole in the ceiling. This was also in the last 1930's. Maybe they are safer now! [

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papillon806

Posted : 7/15/2006 4:37:53 PM

I have one but I haven't used it yet (lol). I am curious to know this as well....

cavowner

Posted : 7/15/2006 4:52:49 PM

The general rule of NOT feeding cooked bones stands but.

2 to 2½ hours at 15 lbs pressure will turn small bones soft like tinned salmon ones, great for weaning pups and old toothless dogs. Chooks, ducks, fish are all good, beans are not, they foam up.
Please don't overfill or leave the pressure cooker to it's own devices, the safely valve can get blocked and then the soft metal safety seals will melt. Messy but no holes in the ceiling.
Pressure can be reduced quickly by running cold water over the sealed lid.

Mine died of old age after 40 years so I'm looking for a new one.[

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shamrockmommy

Posted : 7/15/2006 4:56:46 PM

Back when I had time to cook for the dogs, I put 2 chickens in my big pressure cooker (got it off ebay since I couldn't find a huge one around town). 15lbs pressure for a good 2 hours makes all the bones soft. I would then run it through the grinder attachment of my kitchenaid (or you could just chop/mash it well) then mixed equal parts chicken to rice (or barley or oats, etc) plus 2 cups mixed cooked/ground veggies.
That I froze in the cheap glad containers and used as needed. I added a multivitamin once a day and occasionally yogurt and such. They did well and man do they love it! That way I didn't have to worry terribly much about calcium/phosphorus, etc.
Hope this helps!