Pressure cooking.

I have a small one which is saves water & time,cooks artichokes perfectly! The handels detachable when it becomes a serving dish, long handels get in the way.

Its 8 inches across and 5 inches high not large at all,makes great soups and allows the cheepest cuts of otherwise tough meat to be served as the best.

With a press pot time is very important.

In the hot days of summer potatoes for potatoe salad can be made more comfortably.

By chance on wensday i saw a large British type press pot in a junk shop it was far to large for my boat but at just 5 euros a bargin!(more so when i was told they cost 150 euros new!!)

Amazingly the woman looking at was English! She thought the weight was missing untill i translated a note stuck on it saying weight and seal at the cash desk.

when she saw my boat which was not far from theirs my invite for a cup of tea was canceld,i had told her id gone along to look for a new pullover.She told me they live beside the river in London.

11.00 am is an odd time for tea anyway,and i noticed she had bought a white sliced bread in plastic wrapping "toast bread" its called and costs 30/40 cents which i wasent happy about trying!

I said good bye and stepped in to my cockpit,the day was a bit overcast but the air smelt of spring arriving,so i went below remembering a bottle of white wine id been given a "cuvee blanche de peissy" 2004.

I cut some boat made whole wheat bread took a chunk of Italian parmisan type cheese some olives and 10 cms of Ardeche sausage poured a glass of the wine and sat in the cockpit enjoying the day while i wondered why the others drank their tea below?

Lots more press pot recipies hear: http://www.gopresto.com/recipes/pressurecooking/garlicstuddedpork.php

The food dose not have to be over cooked! Wonderful dishes can be produced from even the most economic ingredients
 
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I read a recipe somewhere for making bread in a pressure cooker - anyone tried it?

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Yes and recommend it. used to bake regularly on long passages; it's very cheering to have fresh bread in the middle of the ocean...even better if you stick freshly fried flying fish between a couple of slices!
 
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I have a french SEB pressure cooker which does not have a sticky out handle and has a simple pop-on weight. Can't recommend it enough! All the UK available ones seemed to have complicated pressure control systems and a bloody great handle instead of two wee lugs.

[/ QUOTE ]You are person of taste and distinction. I was about to make same post after reading through this thread. We bought ours in France as well. We have a (very old) prestige pressure cooker at home.

The SEB one on the boat was measured carefully in the Hypermarket to make sure it would fit on our boat cooker!
 
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