PRESSURE COOKERS

Remember when your mother got out the pressure cooker and everyone ran for the hills? That appliance scared me more than anything I can remember.  It had a habit of going off and and blowing everything to the ceiling.  Very  dangerous appliance.  My mother learned to control it, but it was like, alive. and just waiting to send us all to Kingdom Come. It whistled and jiggled and snorted.  It was like the devil.

Now I am thinking of buying one: an all in one appliance that pressure cooks, slow cooks, rice cooks, steams, sautes, makes yogurt and warms. I have done my research but pressing the buy button makes me nervous.  My battery of six crock pots has served me well although one bit the dust recently. Can I get by with only five?  None of them do the things I have listed other than slow cooks.  Are my crock pots retarded?  Are they behind the class? Should I put them on Ritalin?

I can't seem to pull the trigger on Amazon.  I have a month or two before another big party, but I probably need to practice using it.  Oh, shoot.  Maybe I'll just have the events catered from now on.  Now you know that is never going to happen.  I have it picked out.  It has five star reviews.  It is well loved and adored by many.  It is whispering buy me, buy me.

Kitchen sink over rice

I am the soup queen this year.  I have made a soup or had soup of one kind or another almost every week for sure and it seems like every day there is a pot burbling on the stove. One can be very creative with a pot, some broth, a little wine and things from the fridge that need using pronto.  Today was clean out the fridge and bring out the lovely left over fresh vegetables.  In a pot I browned Bob Evans zesty sausage with peppers and onions.  I adore Bob Evans zesty sausage.  It has the right kick and it is so good in a soup.  When the meat was slightly browned I added some red wine, a pouch of dried onion soup, some broth, a can of Ro-tel, tomato paste and then the vegetables.  If I named them all you would think I had completely lost it, but they are in there.  I also made a pot of rice for under this thick lovely stew like dish.  Andy has already had a wide dish of this brew and found it to be good.

Since all of the vegetables were gone from the fridge Andy and I went to Kroger, two Kroger stores actually.  He wanted to get me some orchids because Kroger had just gotten in some beauties.  David bought us one when he was here for Easter.  Today we found three.  I am giving one to Beth when she gets home; she does so much for us and we enjoy her company too.

I am over my snit now that I am back in control of my computer.  We have heard from Matt and he is safe in Japan on business, and I am ignoring the snow which is flaking outside on this the 9th of April.  I have put off the pool opening again and now they say they cannot open it until mid May due to everyone waiting to see what kind of weather we are hit with next. No problem, no snit.