So I was watching a \u201cPower Pressure Cooker XL\u201d infomercial as I was cleaning up the kitchen, and, well, they did market the item well \u2014 all manner of stews and roasts cooked lightning fast, and pasta casseroles cooked from raw pasta, and the item doubling as a rice cooker and a slow cooker too. \u00a0Supposedly the Instant Pot does this all, too.<\/p>\n
But I picked up an electric pressure cooker from Aldi some time ago, and read the instructions, and returned it, because it seemed like a lot of work to pressurize and de-pressurize it, which also added a lot of time to the promised super-low cooking times \u2014 on top of which, the electric pressure cookers seem to take a lot more time than traditional ones. \u00a0And, since I work at home and can easily get a crock-pot started at breakfast or lunch, that works well for me when cooking, say, round or chuck steak or stew \u2014 and it\u2019s actually the hour or so before dinnertime that\u2019s more of a hassle, when I\u2019m taking kids to a karate or an art class or a band practice.<\/p>\n
But, on the other hand, if the pressure cooker actually produces meat or stews that are more flavorful than what you get from a crock pot, well, that would make it worthwhile even so.<\/p>\n
So \u2014 what do you think?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I was watching a \u201cPower Pressure Cooker XL\u201d infomercial as I was cleaning up the kitchen, and, well, they did market the item well \u2014 all manner of stews and roasts cooked lightning fast, and pasta casseroles cooked from raw pasta, and the item doubling as a rice cooker and a slow cooker too. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n