Pressure cooking is the oldest way of cooking food fast. It cooks 70% faster than the traditional method. When you're in a hurry but want dinner that tastes like its' been cooking for hours, a pressure cooker is just the right way to go.

Our busy lifestyle seems to hardly allow us to catch up with family meals, much the time to cook a delicious and healthy dish. The pressure cooker offers the benefit of cooking food at a faster pace. It can get a wonderful meal on the table fast. The high temperature trapped inside the cooker keeps all flavor and moisture intact, at the same time retaining vitamins and minerals in the food. Because foods cook quickly, dishes cooked in a pressure cooker are healthier, tastier and more aromatic. Its ability to tenderize even the toughest beans and meats make it more convenient for stews and chunky soups. One good tip for even cooking is to cut food into uniform sizes. Cut food that cooks longer into small pieces, while those that would cook at a shorter time in much larger pieces, this way they cook at the same time more or less.

Old and new model pressure cookers both promote convenience of cooking food faster, but you can't deny the reality of how an old pressure cooker needs to be run under cold water just to bring down its temperature and pressure. If you have been using your grandmother's pressure cooker but you can't let go since it brings back memories of how she and your mother prepare food in it, you need to make your mind up if it's really high time to prefer the convenience of modern pressure cookers.

When you have decided to upgrade for a newer model, always consider one with a built-in timer. This is a very important key to every pressure cooker. Extra minutes cooking may not affect the dish you're cooking, but it can ruin a delicate meal. It is also best to select a cooker with quick release option, the lesser time lowering down temperature and release of pressure is more convenient than the usual way of running pressure cooker under cold water. Choose types that come with detachable pressure regulator for easy adjusting to low or medium.

When you have purchased your new pressure cooker, proper care is essential for its optimum use. The first thing to do it to get familiar with its user's manual. Do not forget to clean the gasket every after use and allow it to completely dry naturally before putting it back within the lid. This will preserve the rubber gasket for a lifetime.

Having a reliable pressure cooker in the house definitely offers home-cooked meals, and although pressure cooker is not a new concept in the kitchen, it is the solution to our time crisis. This is the best cooking vessel busy cooks and lays, demanding jobs and active families need for an economical, fast but healthy dinner.