On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:14:10 +0100, "Christina Websell"
 wrote:

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>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message 
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>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:05:00 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>On Oct 22, 9:39 pm, "graham"  wrote:
>>>> "Ophelia"  wrote in message
>>>>
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>>>> > graham wrote:
>>>> >> "Peter Parry"  wrote in message
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>>>> >>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:06 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France
>>>> >>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> I used to have one many years ago but found that in some dishes, the
>>>> >> results were not that good.
>>>> >> In particular, I remember using it to make pork cheese and it brought
>>>> >> out a bitter note in the flavour so I never used it much after that.
>>>>
>>>> > Well I have to agree in my case. I used to use a pressure cooker a lot
>>>> > when the children were young, for all kinds of things. These days, I 
>>>> > make
>>>> > things slowly and it seems to bring out the flavour and texture much 
>>>> > more.
>>>>
>>>> > Still, I have the time these days, so perhaps that is a luxury I 
>>>> > didn't
>>>> > have before.
>>>>
>>>> My Mum's method was to let it simmer all day. She had a pressure cooker 
>>>> but
>>>> after a woman in the village was badly scalded when hers exploded, the 
>>>> top
>>>> was never used again. I tried to shorten the time for making it but it
>>>> didn't work out.
>>>> Graham
>>>
>>>Oh Lor, I am just going to bed, now I shall have nightmares about
>>>exploding pressure cookers.
>>
>> The words "urban legend" come to mind, again. :o)
>>
>> I did about the worst thing you can do with a pressure cooker I overfilled 
>> it
>> the safety valve popped out and the kitchen ceiling was sprayed with pea 
>> soup.
>> -- 
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>Operator error!

Of course.

>Pressure cookers are perfectly safe if you are sensible.  Don't overfill 
>them with solids, don't underfill them with water, don't go out and leave 
>them simmering away, they'll boil dry.

and DONT OVERFILL THEM!

>The safety valve on mine is there just to vent pressure in an emergency 
>(like you forgot it and it boiled dry)  

Eh? It's there for when you over fill it.

> No pea soup could possibly come out 
>of it, the vent hole is about 1mm.

The whole rubber plug blows. 

>Martin is having a joke with you, Judith.
>Get a new gasket for the lid and enjoy your new pressure cooker ;-)
>
>Even if you use it with a leaking lid gasket, it's still safe - it just 
>means the food inside is not under so much pressure and will take longer to 
>cook.
>
>Tina
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Martin