Mini pressure cooker

VicS said:
All I did was post a link to something that i though might be of interest . No recommendations or other qualification, just a link.
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Indeed, perhaps some people will find it of interest. Perhaps they might find the thermal cooker of interest too.

Then along you came throwing your weight around, as usual, with an opening statment like, "Forget pressure cookers or slow cookers for boat use. A thermal cooker is the way to go"

If you wanted to simply post a link to an alternative fair enough, but you decided to approach it in an aggressive manner.
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Where do you get that i was throwing my weight around ? Aggressive ?

I offered an alternative, explained the basics of it's function and provided a link.

Like i said, you don't like any alternate suggestions.Is that your teddy over there ?
 
wully1 said:
Personally I wouldn’t go anywhere near aluminium Cook ware.....
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Do you use aluminium foil?
Do you ever drink a beer that comes out of a can or a keg?
Do you ever eat in a restaurant?
Do you drink water
You have probably been exposed to more aluminium than you realise .

Cling film and plastic products in contact with food and drink is what you should really be avoiding.
 
PaulRainbow said:
Forget pressure cookers or slow cookers for boat use. A thermal cooker is the way to go. It works on the principle of the old hay boxes.
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Quite the most useless piece of carp I ever wated money on. If you're stuck on grey pap without taste and where no flavours intermingle and when it's no better tommrow then Mr D's rubbish is just the thing. I gave mine away. Curries particularly are tasteless, and grey of course since nothing actually gets cooked, just soggy - really the sort of meals which got Brittain its deservedly rotten reputation for food after the 2nd world war - a repuation that's thankfully a thing of the past but no thanks to the 'thermal cooker' (and what else is a cooker if not 'thermal'?).
 
jdc said:
Quite the most useless piece of carp I ever wated money on. If you're stuck on grey pap without taste and where no flavours intermingle and when it's no better tommrow then Mr D's rubbish is just the thing. I gave mine away. Curries particularly are tasteless, and grey of course since nothing actually gets cooked, just soggy - really the sort of meals which got Brittain its deservedly rotten reputation for food after the 2nd world war - a repuation that's thankfully a thing of the past but no thanks to the 'thermal cooker' (and what else is a cooker if not 'thermal'?).
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Let me guess ........... you have a 1-Both-2 switch on your batteries?
 
Aja said:
...surely any 'ordinary person' wouldn't be discussing Brexit on a yachting forum on a discussion about pressure cookers! :o :o :o (with a few emojis added just for luck)

Donald
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Think you are directing your observation at the wrong person!
 
JumbleDuck said:
That's assuming that the products continue to be available in the UK when/if the hassle of customs clearance comes in. Even if they are, the costs of handling and clearance may well make buying from the EU uneconomic.

Of course to the breacherous that's cause for celebration. They either forget that UK businesses sell to foreigners or they don't approve of them doing so ...
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There are all sorts of things that can happen. It has been pointed out that the product in question is made in India, not in the EU, so the original comment is even further off the mark. May even fall in price in the future.

All this just illustrates why people who do not understand such subjects should not make glib statements that are open to challenge!
 
awol said:
I bought my SEB pressure cooker in Euros directly from France as I do with other European produced goods. Sort of makes your waffle irrelevant, doesn't it?
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Unless you have an income from the Euro-zone you will still have to buy said currency at the prevailing rates, which will become steeper as Brexit fuelled inflation, (e.g. currently twice the rate of inflation in Ireland), begins to bite.
 
Spirit (of Glenans) said:
Unless you have an income from the Euro-zone you will still have to buy said currency at the prevailing rates, which will become steeper as Brexit fuelled inflation, (e.g. currently twice the rate of inflation in Ireland), begins to bite.
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Why worry about an unknown factor? Even after the Brexit vote the pound is still better than it was in the winter of 2008, without a vote on anything. Much more worrying to me is the possible effect on personal imports of wine, I don't want to be paying UK duty:disgust:
 
JumbleDuck said:
That's assuming that the products continue to be available in the UK when/if the hassle of customs clearance comes in. Even if they are, the costs of handling and clearance may well make buying from the EU uneconomic.
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A bit like importing goods from non-EU China I suppose.

It's nigh on impossible to buy anything from China, and when Chinese goods are available they're so expensive! :)
 
Greetings,
I have the smallest size Hawkins aluminium pressure cooker. It is well designed and made, and came, (from India), with excellent instructions and a recipe book. It works very well indeed. Cost about £25-30, I forget exactly. Reccomended.

By the way, aluminium cookware is utterly harmless (unless dropped on a toe etc..) and does not cause any disease, let alone Alzheimer's.
 
Medway Matt said:
A bit like importing goods from non-EU China I suppose.

It's nigh on impossible to buy anything from China, and when Chinese goods are available they're so expensive! :)
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Well said. All these comments on how life will be more difficult, or products more expensive etc after we leave the EU are just displaying their lack of understanding about how international trade works. Having been involved in it since the early 1970s (in the days of fixed exchange rates, F/EX restrictions, complicated customs duties and import restrictions etc) it seems clear to me that we have never been better off in terms of choice and value as consumers. This is unlikely to change in the future as we will learn to adjust to the changed environment.
 
JumbleDuck said:
It's a damn sight more difficult than buying from the EU, and import duties/handling charges bump the price up.
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That may be true in some circumstances I suppose but given the proliferation of inexpensive goods made in China and other non-EU countries that are available in the UK, I couldn't resist having a bit of fun!
 
Tranona said:
No, actually the £ is slowly gaining against the euro at the moment. I used to do whole module on the impact of short and long term currency fluctuations on firms' cost and pricing strategies, so would like to think that I do have some knowledge of the subject.

The lower value of the £ does not directly lead to higher prices of all goods, particularly in the short and medium term. Sellers may absorb some of the increase, for example by cutting margins or costs, they may have significant stocks paid for at a better rate, may have long term hedges, or may just decide to ride out the change in value of the currency to maintain their position in the market. Remember the £ has been lower against the euro in the past and nobody then was spouting doom and gloom. Mass market consumer goods prices are generally resilient to fluctuating exchange rates, for exactly the same reasons why there is a delay between a devaluation and an increase in demand for goods from export markets. The last 18 months illustrates this vey well with inflation taking time to actually reflect the higher import prices and exports only recently showing significant increases.

So you hopefully now appreciate why I asked you for something concrete to back up what you said rather than just use a throwaway line. I doubt your cooker has increased by anything like 12% - if at all since 2016, nor that even if it had that it would deter buyers who thought it was just right for their needs.
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Ah Yes, but it will all look different by September:)
 
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