Showing posts with label pressure cooker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pressure cooker. Show all posts

Friday, January 21, 2011

Invasion of the Gadgets

This Christmas was the Year of the Gadgets. When the dust settled, our kitchen had acquired a pressure cooker, ice cream maker, bread machine, and wine making kit. We also received what appeared to be an electric knife which I then regifted without first looking in the box--oops! Luckily that was to Wife's mom, who thought it was funny.

Anyway. With all of these new contraptions around, I've been having a series of minor failures in the kitchen lately. The bread I made had a mushroom top that collapsed. I've made some amazing ice cream, but also some not-so-good ice cream. But I have repeatedly tried and failed to get a handle on this pressure cooker thing.

The shiny menace!
I have successfully used it to cook potatoes, but that's been the long and short of it. When I've tried to use it to actually prepare a dish, I've ended up with something soggy and not at all appetizing.

Norwegian Surprise: as delicious as it sounds.
So, dear reader, I am asking you for assistance! Do you have a pressure cooker? Do you have a recipe you always like to make with it? I'm all ears!

I know there is the potential for deliciousness in here.