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Offline diablita

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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #20 on: September 08, 2013, 08:35:17 PM »
3 minutes for corn on the cob????


I'm intrigued now about pressure cookers.  I don't have space in my kitchen for more items that aren't used often.  Can someone recommend a cookbook they like for pressure cooker usage?
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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #21 on: September 08, 2013, 08:37:42 PM »
do you eat mushy corn on the cob?

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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #22 on: September 08, 2013, 08:38:09 PM »
no, but I don't like it to taste raw and starchy
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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #23 on: September 08, 2013, 09:28:42 PM »
i'm surprised to hear you use a pressure cooker for corn on the cob, nadra.

i steam mine for 3 minutes in a regular stock pot and it's perfect every time.  is there a benefit to using the pressure cooker?

Yeah, I'm with diablita here, I prefer my corn cooked for longer.  If I were to boil it, I'd do it for 15-20 minutes.  Keep in mind that I live at 7000 feet, so boiling everything takes a few minutes longer than at sea level. If you like it steamed for 3 minutes, there really is no benefit to the pressure cooker.

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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #24 on: September 08, 2013, 09:38:27 PM »
We steam corn for about 15 minutes.
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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2013, 09:52:02 PM »
I like my corn on the crunchy side, I could never cook it in a pressure cooker cuz I have to worry at it so I don't cook it too long. 
Diablita pressure cookers are great for cooking things you should have planned for.  I can make a chili or stew that tastes like it's been simmering all day in less than an hour.  I don't like canned beans but I never remember to soak dried beans - the pressure cooker lets me whip up beans and rice quickly as well as those random dishes that have no name.

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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2013, 08:19:19 AM »
We cooked the corn with the beans for two minutes and the corn was still crisp as were the beans; just the way I like them.  I was worried about mush, overcooked, but they turned out perfect.
If I steam corn I do it for <10 minutes because I don't like it mushy.

Re. a cookbook, DH got this one as it had good ratings on Amazon. 

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Re: Pressure cooker favorites?
« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2013, 12:56:35 AM »
made a vegetable soup for sick dd1 - 25 minutes from taking stuff out the fridge to ladling into a bowl.

 

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