—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1979 102 People have weird about pressure cookers , but... By LYNNE lIERSHEY University of Delaware NEWARK, Del. - More and more modem cooks-in a-hurry are depending on microwaves to get dinner on the table in a flash. Ac cording to market research, there’ll be a microwave oven in one out of every four homes by 1980. Maybe so, and maybe my home will eventually be among them - but not quite yet, thank you. I have absolutely nothing against microwave ovens. Anything, that will get you out of the kitchen faster is O.K. in my book. But ever since I was a tender bride who didn’t know a biscuit from a brisket, I’ve been cooking good things m a hurry with an appliance you don’t hear much about these days - a pressure cooker. You may not have one, but I’ll bet your mother or grandmother did - not the big pressurized monster used to process home canned fruits and vegetables, but the smaller pressure saucepan that can get fresh snap beans tender in less than three minutes, and cook a beef stew in twenty. My sturdy, reliable four quart Wear-Ever is like Mae West - it may be an oldie but it’s still a goodie. It was one of the first gifts my husband ever gave me. His mother depended on hers, so naturally our kitchen had to have one too. The vent that spouted steam like a geyser, and the jiggling, sputtering metal weight made me nervous at first, but after a few trials I fell in love with the pan and GRAIN ■ Original taper—formed Goose neck design patented ■ High Flotation Tites-10 ply, 12 x 16.5 (Go where others won’t) ■ 20-ton Twin Telescoping Hydraulic Cylinders (Guaranteed to raise and dump any gram load) ■ 18” rear clearance when trailer is fully raised ■ Bear Trap Hitch®-Laborsaving, one man hookup LIVESTOCK ■ Rugged Steel Frame Steel Front and Top ■ Heavy Duty, Slipper-Spoon Suspension ■ 8 ft. wide hauling capacity ■ Removable side and front panels for Extra ventilation See your area Tri-Star Trailer Dealer Today * Go Tn—Star - You’ll Go STRONGER KAUFFMAN AGRI TRAILER SALES Box 655 RDI Elizabethtown, PA 17022 717-367-3550 have used it almost daily ever since. It has required no maintenance except for an occasional new rubber gasket. Oh yes, the heavy handle finally split after about 18 years. However, my husband replaced it with a short length of copper pipe he happened to have lying around, so my pressure saucepan is just as ser viceable as ever, although it does look rather peculiar. People have some weird notions about pressure cookers - mainly that they are going to explode any minute. Nonsense! Used correctly, a pressure saucepan from a reputable manufacturer is as safe as a steam iron. In fact it was designed with safety in mind. It’s not going to blow up, and you can only burn yourself if you’re really careless. I’m certainly no Julia Child in the kitchen. She’s an artist and I’m a klutz. The only food-related activity I’m an expert at is eating. Nevertheless, I have never had an accident or a near miss with my pressure 'ft* TRISTAR Trailers... More Hauling Capacity for Less Money ideas saucepan. I’ve never burned myself or the food. And the walls and ceiling of my kitchen do not look like a chemistry lab. That should be proof enough for anybody. A pressure cooker has lots of advantages. It’s won derfully fast. You can cook a beef pot roast in about 45 minutes that would require three hours in the oven or on top of the.range. A large roast chicken will be done in half an hour, baked apples in about four minutes. Less expensive cuts of meat become tender and moist in a short time. Because pressure cooking is quick, it saves fuel.. Ex tension home economists also point out that it con serves nutrients and flavor because only a small amount of liquid is used. There’s one more big plus - - cost. You can get a pressure saucepan for 15 to' 20 dollars. That amounts to less than a dollar a year in my case, and my saucepan has a lot of good years left. You can’t beat an in vestment like that! 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