Regular cooking pans, pressure cooker or crock pot?

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Fagor Splendid 6-Quart Pressure CookerPersonally, I prefer a pressure cooker for cooking tougher cuts of beef. It saves time, gas and the trouble of looking in on the meat while it cooks.

There are a lot of superstitions about pressure cookers. A number of “old people” I know swear them off because they are “dangerous”. According to them, pressure cookers may suddenly explode and cause death or injury. Well, if you don’t read the pressure cooker’s instruction manual, or don’t follow what it says, an accident may not be far-fetched. But if you know how to use a pressure cooker properly, it is very much safe. I have been using pressure cookers since I was 10 years old and never had an accident with it.

Rival 64451LD-C 6.5 Quart Round Slow Cooker with Bonus Little Dipper Slow CookerIf the cost of electricity is no object, a crock pot is a wonderful thing to use. My mother-in-law prefers it over the pressure cooker and uses it for cooking anything from callos to kare-kare. It is true that there is nothing like slow-cooked meat. Juicy and tasty and just downright wonderful. But, in our house, power consumption is something we try to control. And, as far as I know, there are no stove-top slow cookers; they all have built in heating mechanisms powered by electricity.

In the end, whichever cookware you choose, it must be something you’re comfortable with and something that suits your lifestyle.

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6 Responses to “Regular cooking pans, pressure cooker or crock pot?”
  1. dexie says:
    March 1, 2006 at 8:58 pm

    i love my crock pot. :)

  2. Connie says:
    March 2, 2006 at 8:30 pm

    I’m tempted to buy one, power rates aside. :wink:

  3. Rin says:
    March 3, 2006 at 2:32 am

    Back in Toronto. I have “retired” my pressure cooker since somebody gave me a slow cooker. I now have 3 (different sizes). For sinigang na baboy with buto-buto, dumped everything this morning, went shopping and threw in the spinach when I got home. Yum! yum!.

  4. Connie says:
    March 3, 2006 at 3:23 pm

    Now, I’m even more tempted. :razz: But, you know, Rin, I can’t do that here… leave the cooker on and go out, I mean. I don’t know what it is about electric connections here. But leaving a cooker unattended here is a no-no. Maybe, it’s part of being a Third World country.

  5. Steve says:
    May 24, 2006 at 12:34 am

    I find that the crock pot is ideal for cheaper cuts of meat because the crock pot will tenderize the meat and keep it moist.
    Regards-Steve

    http://www.easy-crockpotrecipes.com

  6. therese says:
    July 27, 2006 at 9:13 am

    i have just been given an electric congee cooker (rice cooker) can i use this like a crock pot? I would like to be able to add meat and vegies all together or do i need an actual crock pot?

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