Is it worth getting a pressure cooker?

Marktheshark

For taste on veg, the multi tier steamer pan is king.
Pressure cookers get the job done fast, but things have that school dinner pressure forced bland taste to them.
A 3 tier steamer and get the times worked out so there is still some texture to the veg and the favour really stands out that you boil out with traditional saucepans.

dandy-candy

Mojisola wrote: »

Whether you would use one regularly depends on you. Do you eat the kind of meals that you would use the cooker for?

Tbh I had thought they were only for steaming things until I looked online and saw they can make loads of stuff! We don't have stews an awful lot, but I do love soup and would like to try some pulses recipes.

Captain_Bluebear

helcat26 wrote: »

Hi

But these days I am having to make a lot of bulk casserole style meals for elderly relatives and so splashed £50 and bought an electric one.




Hi Helcat 26...I'd love to know which brand you have as I'm looking to buy an instant pot at £120! I'd love to get one for £50!

suki1964

I'm using a pressure cooker today for the first time in my life

It's mums, been sat in the cupboard for years but today I'm soup making so I pulled it down to make the turkey stock

It's one of the new style ones that you can open and close at a whim so not too scary ( I was always petrified of the dome ones when one exploded when I was a child)

I don't think I would use it for stews as I remember the meat always being over cooked and stringy and I love my cast iron pot on the hob which cooks everything lovely

But ATM I'm rather liking the fact my kitchen isn't steamed up

Mr_Singleton

suki1964 wrote: »

It's one of the new style ones that you can open and close at a whim

I hope not as if its under pressure..... nasty!

Money_saving_maniac

They scare me. I used to use one, then decided I didn't want to be afraid when cooking, life's too short!

Mojisola

Money_saving_maniac wrote: »

They scare me. I used to use one, then decided I didn't want to be afraid when cooking, life's too short!

My Mum had a stove top one and it was like a fearsome beast, hissing and spluttering away, and I was scared of it - always imagined it exploding and wrecking the kitchen!

The modern electric ones are quite different and I was converted after seeing my son's one in action.