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pressure cooker notes
Friday, May 24th, 2013 11:00 pmNotes to Self:
For using the Fagor pressure cooker:
- to get the lid on, line up the straight mark on the lid with the center of the handle. That way, it should snap down and turn.
- for cooking dried beans, supposedly you shouldn't fill it more than half full with the beans + water
- turn the stove on high. Don't try to heat it up slowly; that takes forever. Make sure to turn the temp down to low (2 or less), once steam starts coming out fairly strongly.
- if steam isn't coming out fairly strongly, it's probably not hot enough. The noise will be annoying.
- the yellow dot thing will pop out when the pot is pressurized. It won't be even with the metal; it will be further out
- after finishing cooking, if you turn the dial on the handle to let steam out, you won't be able to stop the steam by turning the dial back again. Steam will keep coming out.
For using the Fagor pressure cooker:
- to get the lid on, line up the straight mark on the lid with the center of the handle. That way, it should snap down and turn.
- for cooking dried beans, supposedly you shouldn't fill it more than half full with the beans + water
- turn the stove on high. Don't try to heat it up slowly; that takes forever. Make sure to turn the temp down to low (2 or less), once steam starts coming out fairly strongly.
- if steam isn't coming out fairly strongly, it's probably not hot enough. The noise will be annoying.
- the yellow dot thing will pop out when the pot is pressurized. It won't be even with the metal; it will be further out
- after finishing cooking, if you turn the dial on the handle to let steam out, you won't be able to stop the steam by turning the dial back again. Steam will keep coming out.