Pressure cooker favorites?

[diablita]

3 minutes for corn on the cob?


I'm intrigued now about pressure cookers.  I don't have space in my kitchen for more items that aren't used often.  Can someone recommend a cookbook they like for pressure cooker usage?

[witchypoo]

do you eat mushy corn on the cob?

[diablita]

no, but I don't like it to taste raw and starchy

[nadra24]

i'm surprised to hear you use a pressure cooker for corn on the cob, nadra.

i steam mine for 3 minutes in a regular stock pot and it's perfect every time.  is there a benefit to using the pressure cooker?

Yeah, I'm with diablita here, I prefer my corn cooked for longer.  If I were to boil it, I'd do it for 15-20 minutes.  Keep in mind that I live at 7000 feet, so boiling everything takes a few minutes longer than at sea level. If you like it steamed for 3 minutes, there really is no benefit to the pressure cooker.

[merigayle]

We steam corn for about 15 minutes.

[gebuh]

I like my corn on the crunchy side, I could never cook it in a pressure cooker cuz I have to worry at it so I don't cook it too long. 
Diablita pressure cookers are great for cooking things you should have planned for.  I can make a chili or stew that tastes like it's been simmering all day in less than an hour.  I don't like canned beans but I never remember to soak dried beans - the pressure cooker lets me whip up beans and rice quickly as well as those random dishes that have no name.

[Honey Badger]

We cooked the corn with the beans for two minutes and the corn was still crisp as were the beans; just the way I like them.  I was worried about mush, overcooked, but they turned out perfect.
If I steam corn I do it for <10 minutes because I don't like it mushy.

Re. a cookbook, DH got this one as it had good ratings on Amazon. 

[gebuh]

made a vegetable soup for sick dd1 - 25 minutes from taking stuff out the fridge to ladling into a bowl.