SC - quick important note

[Laura C. Minnick]

    Just remember that a pressure cooker is also a steam bomb. I worked at a
BBQ place that did beans in a 20 gallon pressure cooker, and one day, a
mexican worker decided that the relief valve wasn't fast enough, so he set
it in a sink of cold water. The resulting explosion killed him (thank god,
and I'm not kidding), and took out the back third of the prep area. Pressure
cookers are great, just remember the key word is 'pressure!'.

    Sieggy


> The key here is to use a pressure cooker.  We just had this experience
> with some old, dried black beans given to us by a friend.  After
> overnight soaking and 48 hours of almost constant cooking, the stupid
> beans were still not quite tender.  The use of a pressure cooker,
> however, took the time down to and hour and a half.
> Christianna