HOW DOES A PRESSURE COOKER WORK?
A pressure cooker has a lid that seals to the pot with rubber-sealing gaskets, has a pressure regulator and pressure release valve.When water in the pot begins to boil it remains trapped inside the metal pot. This steam pressure usually cooks at a temperature hotter than if the ingredients were just boiled in a normal pot. This hot steam speeds up the cooking process considerably. Pressure Cookers and Canning Ever since the early 1900 the US Department of Agriculture has stated the only safe way to can low-acid foods is with pressure canning. All commercial canning companies were then required to be equipped with pressure canning equipment. It wasn’t until later in the last century that the home-use pressure cookers were advanced enough to eliminate the drawbacks of pressure cookers. I’m sure you have heard to horror stories of ruptured units and lids flying off. Only companies that dedicated themselves to developing safe pressure cookers survived into the modern times. Fagor is one su
