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Microwave pressure cooker

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Am posting here as I think it may get lost on existing pressure cooker threads on OS.

70053_1?$380$

This new contraption is said to save oodles of time, which is great for the busy or terminallly lazy (ie me :o). Imagine making soup in a few minutes without risk of burning, all the smell involved in anything that requires constant stirring etc!

BUT using plastic to heat food to a v high temperature feels intuitively dodgy. Would you use it? Thoughts please.
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  • jinny
    jinny Posts: 1,889 Forumite
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    edited 17 February 2015 at 6:55AM
    That looks great but like you I'm uneasy cooking with plastic at such a high temperature. I have lakeland plastic pans that state bpa free but just use them for heating soup up.
    I bought a stainless steel pressure cooker as had an aluminium one for years dont trust aluminium either.
    I have to say I'm tempted with this though. Hate the hissing and steam from the pc and they are a pain l to clean. Tried slow cooker soup and in an ordinary pan but prefer my pc soup.

    True you could just put boiling water into a conventional pc
    and it isnt really big enough for the appetites in this house.

    the article is worth reading for the funny comments alone
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
    Put on some lipstick
    and pull yourself together”
    - Elizabeth Taylor
  • I too was tempted, but then I have a stainless steel pressure cooker, swapped from aluminium years ago. I use it every week either for soup or stew. Just now I simply could not afford it, and having the pressure cooker, which by the way was sort of free, I shut my eyes and turned the page.
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Thanks Vf, looks nice, but a bit wary. If it did go bang, would damage microwave as well. Maybe would distort over time, and that is what I would be looking for.
  • jinny
    jinny Posts: 1,889 Forumite
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    edited 17 February 2015 at 11:49AM
    Yes I agree it looks good but like i say it wouldn't be big enough for the vat of soup I make every week for our lunches.
    The fact it's placcy even if it's bpa free. I think that's only
    Safe for cold drinking bottles.
    I even use a stainless steel water bottle.
    The fact it's placcy is putting me off as well as the price.
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
    Put on some lipstick
    and pull yourself together”
    - Elizabeth Taylor
  • rosie383
    rosie383 Posts: 4,981 Forumite
    Jinny thanks for the tip about the comments in the article. Gave me a laugh!
    Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
    (he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...
    :D:D:D
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