Originally Posted by Almost Naomi
Silly as it may be, I have a life-long aversion to pressure cookers.
From what I've read and heard, the old time pressure cookers could be dangerous. I had an uncle who was apprehensive around pressure cookers from one such experience. However, I've used pressure cookers for over 30 years. The modern ones are quite safe. I've had only one "bad" experience,which was my fault. I was pressure cooking collards on high heat, momentarily left the kitchen to check something on-line, didn't pay attention to the time or even hissing sound, and Kaboom! The pressure blew out the safety plug on the lid. Since I didn't witness it, I can only guess that it was a straight green stream to the ceiling. I spent half the day cleaning and repairing the green ceiling. Unless you did dry wall, you wouldn't even notice it.