pressure cooker
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pressure cooker
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- An airtight metal pot that uses steam under pressure at high temperature to cook food quickly.
- Informal. A situation or an atmosphere of difficulty, stress, or anxiety: "placing children into social, educational pressure cookers" (Fred M. Hechinger).
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pressure cooker
A special cooking pot with a locking, airtight lid and a valve system to regulate internal pressure. Pressure cookers operate on a principle whereby the steam that builds up inside the pressurized pot cooks food at a very high temperature. This reduces the cooking time by as much as two-thirds without destroying the food's nutritional value. Newer pressure cooker designs feature built-in valves and indicator rods that indicate the pressure. Traditional models are equipped with detachable pressure regulators that can adjust the pressure for low (5 pounds), medium (10 pounds) or high (15 pounds). The more pounds of pressure, the higher the internal temperature and the quicker the food cooks. Pressure cookers have a safety valve, which will automatically vent the steam should there be a malfunction. There are many styles of pressure cookers on the market today, most of which are made for stovetop cooking. But there are also small pressure cookers that can be used in a microwave oven. Some of the newer pressure cookers have built-in pressure regulators. Pressure cookers are useful for foods that would normally be cooked with moist heat such as soups, stews, steamed puddings, tough cuts of meat, artichokes, etc. They can also be used for canning, and there are special pressure canners made specifically for this purpose.
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categories related to 'pressure cooker'
- Cookers - pressure cooker: airtight, steam-pressure cooking pot, usu. of reinforced steel or aluminum; autoclave
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Pressure Cooker (band)
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Pressure Cooker is a nine piece reggae/ska/rocksteady band from Boston. The group writes, records, and performs original songs in the styles of 60's and 70's Jamaican music. The group formed in 1997.
Pressure Cooker has released six full-length CDs. Fronted by lead singer Craig Akira Fujita and backed by a core of Boston-area musicians, the band has played to audiences at clubs and festivals spanning from New England to Chicago. Over the years, Pressure Cooker has opened locally for notable artists of roots reggae music including Toots & the Maytals, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, The Wailers, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, The Skatalites, Culture, Laurel Aitken, Eek-A-Mouse, Julian Marley, and Sister Carol.
Pressure Cooker music has reached audiences worldwide through DJs, distribution outlets such as CD Baby & iTunes Music store, niche CD compilations in the U.S., Japan, France, Germany and Poland, and the Chicago label Jump Up Records for the 2004 album Burning Fence.
Their newest recording, "What She Wants", was released by Jump Up Records in late January 2009.
Lineup
- Craig Akira Fujita - vocals
- Michael O'Connor - tenor saxophone
- Brian Thomas - trombone
- Jeffrey Eckman - drums
- Dan Hawkins - bass
- Adam Dobkowski - guitar
- Zack Brines - keyboards
- Robin Teague - tenor saxophone
- Louisa Gelfuso - trumpet
Discography
- Pressure Cooker S/T - 1999
- I Want to Tell You - 2001
- Committed - 2003
- Burning Fence - 2004
- Future's History - 2006
- What She Wants- 2009
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