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Skriven 2016-01-21 20:52:30 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35360 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
Ärende: Pressure Cooker was:Cabinets                             [1]
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Hi Dave,

 DD> I have my mother's old Mirro pressure cooker with the rocking jigger
 DD> valve (I finally found the jigger) but haven't used it as a pressure
 DD> cooker for twenty or more years. It's a decent enough large sauce pan,
 DD> though - if things don't need covered.

 RH> I could have had my mom's old (don't remember what brand) ressure
 RH> cooker but decided it was not worth it. Hers had the dial pressure
 RH> gauge, something I never was too impressed with. My canner cooker has a
 RH> weighted pressure gauge; I trust it a lot more.

 DD> I don't understand how weight can be a gauge. Are you sure you don't
 DD> mean pressure relief. I've bought big (25-30 quart) former pressure

Not sure if they call it a weight or a gauge--it's out in the water
heater room & I'm not going to get it--but it has holes for 5, 10 and 15
pounds of pressure.


 DD> cookers from the various Op Shops around - they are no longer useful
 DD> as pressure cookers unless one can mold rubber to make a new gasket
 DD> for each one. But, they do serve nicely as chilli pots when cooking
 DD> for a chilli supper - each one can hold a 10# of meat batch od chilli
 DD> w/beans.

Sounds like a good deal to me--big pot, low price--can't lose either
way.


 DD> Anyway - most of these had a pressure gauge and a separate (and
 DD> adjustable) pressure relief. The one which didn't have a gauge also
 DD> didn't have a lid .... just the toggle bolts to clamp one down.

 DD>     8<----- EXCISION DONE ----->B

 RH> OK, hardest part will be the dried celery leaves as we don't go thru
 RH> that much celery.

 DD> My current supply of celery leaf came from the Odd Lots store. I've
 DD> also bought it from the spice aisle at regular grocery stores, etc.
 DD> I'll bet your Whole Foods or Penzey's has it was well. One could, I'd

 RH> OK, I just grabbed a Penzey's catalog. They offer celery flakes, salt
 RH> and seed. They say that 1 TBSP of flakes equals one small fresh stalk
 RH> of celery--think it'll work? We were in Whole Foods the other day; I
 RH> should have looked. Also, The Fresh Market chain has a good herb/spice
 RH> section; I'll check it out next time we go. Nearest ones are in Raleigh
 RH> so it may take a while tho.

 DD> Stalk or rib? One of my pet peeves is people who refer to a stalk
 DD> (bunch) of celery in a recipe when they really mean an individual rib
 DD> from the stalk.

I suspect they mean one rib. Next time we go to Penzey's, I'll ask and
get it clarified--if I don't totally confuse the sales staff. (G)

 RH> Have to do some further checking but I suspect they mean one TBSP
 RH> equals one rib. I know, I can get annoyed too.

 DD> I wonder how many beginning cooks have been caught out by ambiguous
 DD> directions like that.

More than you or I can count, I know that much.

 DD>       Yield: 8 Servings

 RH> Different, but looks good.

 DD> Now that I have a useable kitchen again that one will probably
 DD> transition from "Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives" to "Uncle Dirty Dave's
 DD> Kitchen". But, not this week - Humphrey's has fresh chicken leg
 DD> quarters priced @ 49c/lb in a 10# bag. I'll be busy making noodles for
 DD> chicken and noodles, Jewish penicillin, rendering schmaltz, making
 DD> stock, etc.

Busy, but good to do before you need such. We're in for a major blizzard
this week end so I'll stay in, and probably bake. If I can find a deal
on chicken like that after pay day, I may do the same thing as you are.
Taking advantage of a bigger kitchen lets you be more creative in the
kitchen. (G)

 DD> This recipe was halved from the original chilli supper recipe. To make
 DD> it for a large group or fund raiser get a big pot like I was talking

I've got a stainless steel 12 quart stock pot, does that qualify? It's
got a cast aluminum bottom.


 DD> about above, a LONG spoon so you can stir the stew, and double the
 DD> quantities called out. And enjoy - your guests certainly will.

Got the long--wooden--spoon as well.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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