Speaking of Faberware . . .

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Sharing something Faberware

This is a modern Faberware presure cooker. Here are some photos of it when I made beef stew in it last night. This thing is GREAT!

 

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[tlee618]

That is a beautiful presure cooker Jim, how long did the entire stew take to cook?

 

[appnut]

First electric pressure cooker i've seen. What brand of dishwasher is that (one of the reasons I hate integrated dishwashers, can't always tell the brand).

 

[danemodsandy]

Jim:

That thing looks like it's coming to pick up E.T., LOL.

Bob:

Presto had electric pressure cookers way back in the '60s. We had a six-quart model in cast aluminium. It was immersible, and used the same temperature control as our Presto skillet. It also had little legs that kept its heating element raised well above the counter. The one we had was Teflon-lined, which didn't last very long- 1960's Teflon was pretty fragile stuff. That pressure cooker did yeoman service for at least two decades.

While the Presto I have now is not electric (it's a six-quart stainless model), every time I use it, I'm reminded of my teens. P.S.: I think Jim's DW is a Kenmore.

 

[spankomatic]

Pressure cooker and stew

I got the pressure cooker on QVC about 5 years ago. It was a great purchase. When I cooked the stew..... I first browned the stew meat. Then I put it in the pressure cooker with beef broth,sauted onions and garlic,celary,red wine. It was about 4 lbs of stew meat that I got at Costco. I pressure cooked it for 53 min. Directions say 17 min per pound of meat. Then the last additional 17 min I added the carrots and potatos. Came out really good. The meat is very tender!

Jim

 

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Diswasher and Trash compactor

The dishwasher is a lower end Bosch. It came with the house. Don't really like it.... It cleans very well,is quiet, but does not load well and takes 2 hours each load. There is only normal wash and rinse hold cycles. NO other choices. No place to put long utensils,silverware basket is in the middle which is right where I like to put my pressure cooker insert,it's dishwasher safe. Wish I had a Kitchenaid KDS-18! Easy loading,good cleaning,sani cycle,dryed dishes all in about 1 hour.

The trash compactor is a Kenmore. Seems to work well for a trash compactor.

 

[stevet]

I went west, young man!

GadgetGary, I did actually mail the old Farberware pots to their California address as per their website. I used to send them da Bronx when they were owned by Kidde Industries and they always returned them looking like new. I have sent many covers that had broken studs on them as well as the 12 inch frypan with broken studs for the assist handle and those always lossening screws on the main handles. Always the same fast, FREE service. It cost me to mail them out but free on the return side.
IIRC, it took about 2.5 weeks to turn it around and back to me here in Florida.
It really is amazing how many people DO NOT take advantage of their lifetime warranties! Stop thinking Throw Away and hold on to those things that work forever.

 

[stevet]

Don't shoot the messenger!

Spankomatic,
Would you be mad at me if I told you I have 2 KDS18's? One in our Kitchen and one in the Garage.
If you lived closer....
Gotta love those short cycle times! And yep! The dishes do come out clean! and DRY!

 

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