Refried Beans recipe - Pinto Beans

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14. For safety reasons, best leave grannies ancient pressure cooker on the shelf

and go checkout today's new, modern, and totally safe, goof-proof models. Any vintage pressure cooker from Grandma's day, lacks the safety features and efficiency of what is in use now. More than likely those old relics from the past were actually pressure canners , not pressure cookers, that were doing double duty to cook meals instead of canning.

Things have changed remarkably since the olden days, and the sleek pressure cookers available now are totally terrific and so versatile you can cook delicate recipes like a flan, cakes, seafood, or steamed veggies, to heartier foods like a beef pot roasts, pork roasts, and corned beef. I also use mine to cook one-pot casseroles, and three course meals with a main entree, a couple of side dishes or a dessert.

A whole roast chicken, a large turkey breast, meatloaf, a spiral ham will cook in about 12 minutes. Perfect rice is ready in 4 minutes, the same for potatoes ready for mashing or a potato salad. Pressure cookers are great for summer meals to precook meats for the grill, BBQ beans, fresh corn, hotdogs, brats, hardboiled eggs, baked potatoes... anything is possible!

I've published two pressure cooker cookbooks, so if you have any questions just ask or PM me.