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If you're cooking bachelor chow, an electric pressure cooker is the superior method of cooking to anything else. I used to eat out about 80% of the time, at hu
by Factorium 5y ago
If you're cooking bachelor chow, an electric pressure cooker is the superior method of cooking to anything else.
I used to eat out about 80% of the time, at huge expense, but since buying a pressure cooker its 5%...
There are plenty of recipes where you just throw in the ingredients, add a specific amount of water, set a specific time, and come back in 20minutes to a perfectly cooked meal. Its far less hassle than cooking with a pan etc, and uses less energy and water.
Smaller items like hard-boiled eggs take about 5 minutes in total.
You're also not venting cooking fumes and steam (and combusted natural gas) into your kitchen, so air quality, mold etc. is much improved.
- agumonkey 5y agoI wonder if power usage is also significantly better (rather than open air cooking)
- Factorium 5y agoAn induction cooktop and electric pressure cooker certainly makes a gas connection for the kitchen unnecessary. There's an interesting video from Adam Rageusa on how bad gas cooktops are: https://youtu.be/CcAJ3_-Hou8 https://youtu.be/CcAJ3_-Hou8 I think that gas cooktops and open-air cooking vessels are just used frequently because they're easy to show off on cooking shows... Its hard to make a Youtube video on things cooking in a sealed pressure cooker.
- agumonkey 5y agoI meant watts. How much a pressure cooker saved compared to an induction plate. probably a little. I've seen the gas vs electric argument too when I wanted to make a food truck. Cooks mostly prefer gas because of habits.
- lapetitejort 5y agoI am contractually obligated to hype up electric pressure cookers whenever mentioned. Some other dishes that can be cooked with ease: * Steel-cut oats * Potatoes * Dry beans * Yogurt * Tempeh * Cheesecake You can also sanitize containers for canning, saute, steam, and boil.
- nojs 5y agoCan you share some recipes?