Combining a TMX with a pressure cooker

[Merlin]

I still thInk that the book by Juanita Phillips titled "A pressure cooker saved my life" is compulsory for any decent cook to purchase. It totally invigorated my love of pressure cooking ( obviously I have a passion for my TM as well) and now I can't live without either appliance.

[EmeraldSue]

I looove my PC, and use it in combination with my Thermo Chef all the time. In winter, I don't even bother putting my PC in the cupboard as it's in constant use along with my TC. I make lots of soup - I chop the veges in the TC, sauté them in the PC, add the soaked beans and the ham hock or other meat and cook them in the PC.
I make bolognaise sauce in the PC, but chop lots of veges to go into it in my TC.
I make lots of casseroles/stews in the PC , but use the TC to chop the veges.
I also cook curries and dahls in my PC, but grind the spices or curry pastes in the TC as well as chopping the veges in the TC.
I definitely use them to complement each other.

[stacelee]

I do a chicken in my pressure cooker regularly for sandwich/salad meat.  20 to 25 minutes gives the most moist tender meat.....and you get the bonus of chicken stock.  I normally dump about 500ml of water into the bottom and get my first lot of stock.  Without washing the pressure cooker, I strip the chicken meat from the bones and then pop the bones back into the pressure cooker with whatever herbs and vegetables take my fancy with about 1 litre of water and cook it on high pressure for about 30 minutes to get my second batch of stock.  The only disadvantage with doing a chicken this way is that it has soggy skin, but I don't really want the skin for sandwiches, so I normally dump the skin or feed it to the dogs if I'm feeling nice.

I have both an old prestige aluminium pressure cooker and a cuisinart electric.  The only way that I know to do silverside/corned beef is in a pressure cooker.  My grandmother taught me years ago...20 minutes per pound, plus 20 minutes extra.  Meat covered 2/3 with water, a splash of malt vinegar, peppercorns and bay leaves.  Serve with cabbage cooked with more pepper and a little butter at the end....if you are really decadent (and not kosher... ) add a little chopped up bacon to the cabbage. YUM. Apparently according to my family you have to have mashed potato as well which I do under protest (I don't like it very much)

[obbie]

I have my thermomix, and i bought a Nu Wave 5 in 1 about 2 months ago.
I love them both.

I made a pea and ham soup in the PC yesterday in 25 minutes, then whized it in the thermomix.
About 4 litres of soup.

Robyn

[CreamPuff63]

"The Pressure Cooker REcipe Book" by Suzanne Gibbs, "Womens Weekly Pressure Cooker" and "Food for Friends" by Womens Weekly has some scrumdedidellydumptious recipes. I upgraded last year and bought a really large Kuhn Rikon PC. If it ever gets to the point where its just DH and I sitting at the dining table  I will get a smaller one. They are brilliant (and safe).

[fundj&e]

i do have PC that i have never used its about 20 years old, how can i tell if it still safe to use 

[Wonder]

Creampuff I've bought the Suzanne Gibbs book and just waiting for it to arrive

[stacelee]

i do have PC that i have never used its about 20 years old, how can i tell if it still safe to use 

The major concern that I would have would be if the seal had perished.  If it has, the pressure cooker may not come up to pressure.  I had to replace the seal on mine because it was hissing out of the side of the seal....it would come to pressure but you risked burning yourself on the steam leaking out the side.  That was on my manual one....my electric one has also had a new seal but that was because my husband thought washing his fdick knives at the same time as the seal was a good idea and managed to slice into the seal.  I believe that the Pressure Cooker Centre in WA carries a lot of parts for different brands of pressure cookers.  They may also be able to tell you whether it is safe.

[CreamPuff63]

i do have PC that i have never used its about 20 years old, how can i tell if it still safe to use 

uni, why not call the Pressure Cooker Shop and they will be able to help you.

[stacelee]

by the way ...I wasn't being rude about my husband's knives...they really are f.dick knives....that's the brand...and the blasted things are extremely sharp!.  I can also recommend the Suzanne Gibbs and Women's Weekly cookbooks.  I find them so useful that I have actually scanned them in so I have them electronically.  I wish that more publishers would start releasing cookbooks as epubs or pdfs...I love being able to browse through my books on my ipad.

[Merlin]

I have the women's weekly and Suzanne Gibbs books as well as the one by Lisa Loveday- The pressure cooker cookbook and the one by Dale Sniffen- all great books and I have made most of the main meals out of all of them. The only thing I haven't tried yet on the PC is desserts eg steamed puddings etc.  I can't wait for winter to fully arrive so I can start doing my PC lamb shanks again.

[CreamPuff63]

by the way ...I wasn't being rude about my husband's knives...they really are f.dick knives....that's the brand...and the blasted things are extremely sharp!. 

think thats the brand that Lorena Bobbitt used 

[mcmich]

 

[stacelee]

by the way ...I wasn't being rude about my husband's knives...they really are f.dick knives....that's the brand...and the blasted things are extremely sharp!. 

think thats the brand that Lorena Bobbitt used 

I very seriously considered doing a Lorena Bobbitt the night that I discovered what he had done to my pressure cooker.  It was one of those bad nights when you are in a rush to get dinner on the table and the pressure cooker just would NOT come to pressure.  I was not a happy camper when I discovered what had happened to the seal and even less happy when I made a mess transferring the casserole from one pressure cooker to the other.  His precious knives were nearly used against him   Luckily he has many redeeming qualities.

[Merlin]

I don't  blame you Stacelee! I think we all would have been furious, just like when my DH used metal cutlery to SCRAPE out mashed potato from the TM bowl- he has only ever done it once as I keep reminding him about it!