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As an American, I've heard that this can happen but have never heard of a specific example of it happening accidentally (sadly, there are multiple examples of t
by 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
As an American, I've heard that this can happen but have never heard of a specific example of it happening accidentally (sadly, there are multiple examples of them being deliberately used as weapons). I suspect it's an old wives' tale, possibly an exaggeration of poorly-made or damaged cookers somehow being opened at pressure and the "explosion" actually being rapidly venting steam.
- mythrwy 9y agoI once tried to pressure cook a large pot of habanero peppers (to make hot sauce). (While doing this I was drinking with friends... bad idea) I wanted to open the pot and so put it in the sink and ran a little cold water on it until I could just get it open. The resulting steam hit me in the face and hands. My face turned all red and hands swelled up and I could barely see. No real damage but it was very intense pain for a few hours and completely sucked. It also made me not like spicy food for about a year thereafter (fortunately that went away). Off topic but just a word of warning about pressure cookers and hot peppers.
- TwelveNights 9y agoWhen you do something with the pot in a way it wasn't meant to be used, I guess all bets are off.
- mythrwy 9y agoThis was actually a normal pressure cooker (early 90's in college, there were no Instant Pots way back in those primitive days). Not sure it was necessarily contrary to "how it was meant to be used".
- throwanem 9y agoI don't know. The next pressure cooker cookbook I see with a recipe in it for pepper spray will be the first.