Pressure cooking - definitely the cooking method lor the ou a i
t If you think pressure cooker* went
out with grandma'* homemade jam
and highbutton *hoee, think again!
Prtwn cooking wai invented over
500 years ago, but it'a definitely
become the cooking method for the
Ma.
Pressure cooking is ideal for
, preparing fast food, party food, even
cooking froten foods almost in
stantly. Just about anything can be
cooked to perfection and you can
unleash your creative spirit, if you
wish, to adapt your favorite recipes
to thie unique cooking method.
More than any other single cooking
appliance, the pressure cooker an
swer* the needs of the contemporsry
cook. In sddition to great food, the
pressure cooker:
?SAVES TIME - Foods cook three to
10 times fsster than with ordinsry
north Carolina
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SERVICE
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?SAVES ENERGY - Reduced
cooking time helps conserve energy
and lower fuel bills. ?SAVES MONEY
? Super-fast cooking retains
valuable nutrients and turns budget
cuts of meat into succulent, tender,
tasty fare.
?SAVES WORK ? With pressure
cooking's convenience and ver
satility, you can prepare everything
from the simplest entree to a com
plete gourmet dinner in a matter of
minuter
Discover pressure cooking and
you'll discover a world at fast, easy,
delicious meals ? a perfect fit for
today's contemporary lifestyle*.
ITS THE SIMPLEST METHOD,
TOO!
Pressure cooking is really sim
plicity itself. Here's how It works:
When water (or any cooking liquid)
bolls, it produces steam. A tighly
aealed pressure cooker traps this
steaih. which thenm builds pressure
inside the cooker.
Under pressure, cooking tem
peratures can be raised significantly
higher than possible under normal
conditions. The super-heated steam
created by these higher tem
peratures cooks foods quickly,
evenly, deliciously.
By cooking foods fsster, at higher
methods, pressure cooking conserves
both peraonal and fuel energy.
And, became foods cook in an
almost airless environment with just
a little water, flavors don't in
termingle and precious nutrients
aren't boiled away. It's that simple!
PRESSURE POINTERS
Conventional reclpea can be
converted for usage in the pressure
cooker. Experience is the best
teacher. A good rule of thumb to
follow is to decrease the length of
cooking time for a conventional
recipe by two-thirds.
The amount of liquid used may also
have to be adjusted because there is
very little evaporation from the
pressure cooker. Generally,
decrease the amount of liquid so
there Is only about one-half cup more
than desired in the finished product.
Remember, however, there must
alwaya be water or aoa? other liquid
In Um prMiure cooker to form the
?acaaiary ateam.
Savaral foods or a "meal-in-ooe"
can bo prepared in the preaaore
cooker becauae flavor* itay
aeparated. Flavora of fooda are
bteaded when they are cooked In the
aaaae liquid.
When ub tug a preaaure cooker, only
a amail amount of cooking la
required. So, a cooking rack can be
uaed to hold aome fooda our of the
liquid. Thia permits the cooking of
aeveral different fooda at the eame
time without the intermingling of
flavora.
Many different cooking liquida can
be uaed in a preaaure cooker. You're
only limited by your imagination!
Wine, beer, bouillion, fruit juice* and
of course, water, all make excellent
cooking liquida in the preuure
cooker.
Quick cooling of the
cooker if uaually used for
food* such as custsrds a
vegetables. To quick cook a |
cooker, simply placle the
under cold running water or piac
a pan or sink full of cold water.
For other foods, like roasts
?tews, it is usually recomme
that you let the pressure cooker <
of its own accord by setting it i
until the pressure drops.
Glass, metal and eartheni
molds en be used ta tt
cooker. Beautiful desserts and I
dishes can be prepared in
preaaure cooker, using individual |
email molds, glass custard cups,
ounce metal or tin gelatin molda |
earthenware souffle dishes,
molds tw-thirds full to allow
expansion of food, and fit
looaely into the pressure cooker
the cooking rack.
Haste,
Thach
honored
The American Heart Association of
North Carolina has recently
recognized Mrs. Erie Haste, Jr. and
Mrs. Ben Thach (or their continued
dedicated service to the programs of
the Heart Association.
Mrs. Thach. president and fund
chairman for Perquimans County,
along with Mrs. Haste, business days
chairman for Perquimans County,
each received a certificate and heart
pin for their efforts to promote
contributions to the Heart Fund here
in Perquimans County.
Miller graduates
Maureen Miller Nixon of Virginia
Beach recently graduated summa
cum laude with a Master of Arts in
Communication from Norfolk State
University. She was selected as a
member of the National Register of
Outstanding College Graduates for
1983.
Ms. Nixon is the daughter of Doris
and the late Edward W. (Ned) Nixon
of Hertford.
She is also the owner of Pegasus
Enterprises, a Virginia Beach ad
vertising agency.
Local hospital
accredited
The Albemarle Hospital has
received a three-year accreditation
from the Joint Commission on Ac
creditation of Hospitals, according to
hospital administrator Robert G.
Jeffries.
The hospital was recently surveyed
by the Chicago-based peer review
commission, a voluntary process
which evaluates all aspects of
hospital operation, including safety,
building requirements and depart
mental procedures.
"The JCAH accreditation is a
mark of excellence for the hospital,"
Jeffries said.
Stomach upsets
can indicate
serious illness
Ever get "tick to the stomach" and
throw up?
Likely the cause is simple stomach
upsrt that will soon pass. But
sometimes vomiting is a sign of some
more serious ill, says the North
Carolina Medical Society.
Vomiting is common with virus,
infections such as a cold or the flu,
overeating, too much beverage
alcohol and emotional upsets.
! Vomiting may be present with
more serious conditions, such as
appendicitis, bowel obstruction, asth
ma, animal bites, allergic reactions
!to in*ect stings, black widow or
brown recluse spider bies, marine
life ..bites, scorpion stings, snake
bites, withdrawal from drugs, heart
attack, heat exhaustion, shock due to
injury, diabetic coma, food poin
soaiadpd head injuries.
AQf yomiting that is severe or lasts
longer than a day or two seeds
medi^|f attention.
Dehydration or chemical im
balance can occur. This la especially
true in infants, the elderly or
chronically 01 perseas.
Treat simple vomiting with
replacement of lost fluids by frequent
sipping of Mjrida suck a caihoaatad
beverages, tea. Juice, bouillon. Avoid
solid food for a day or two.
' Vomiting is common la infants sad
children. Ia aewfteraa aad infants,
spin lag up load after eating la
vwalii?. It is usually aet aoHout.
most
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Both offer credit at millions of places
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