Re: Re: Question about pressure cooking....

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Happy 2007 to everyone as well!

I'm all for soaking grain and even just an hour of pre-soaking is

enough to begin the germination process that breaks down the phytates

that inhibit absorbtion. Pytates are no big deal if you soak most of

the time but even if you don't soak all the time it is just great.

Remember there is no " Right " ! Be creative and playful and get some

good food into you. Everything changes. Sometimes I like to dry

roast the grain before cooking instead of soaking. Sometimes I like

to make a rissotto and just don't have the grain soaked. Much of the

time I soak overnight and then cook up one thing for breakfast and one

for lunch and dinner. Find systems that work for you. The success

journal on my site has some handy tools to keep you organized and

moving forward.

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> Happy new year everybody.

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> It is important to soak whole grains for at least five hours as this starts

> a fermentation on the skins of the grains that breaks down the outer

> structure. If you do not do this there is a risk you will not absorb

> sufficient iron and zinc. Soaking also makes the grains more digestible and

> you can cook them for a shorter time.

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> Cooking under pressure mean you can raise the boiling temperature of the

> water, so rather that cooking at 100c you may be able to increase this to

> 105c. From an energy perspective the macrobiotic thinking is that the

> pressure drives the heat into the grains more deeply. I find pressure cooked

> grains are more sticky and glutinous than boiled.

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> If you soak the grains you can cook for less time if you wish. Soaked brown

> rice can be boiled for only twenty minutes and still be digestible. I do not

> think there is any rigid time to cook the grains it really depends what you

> want. The longer they are cooked the higher they are in the GI but more

> digestible and sweeter they taste. It is probably best to have a variety of

> cooking styles and times depending on your mood and the weather.

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> All the best,

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> It looks like from 's chart a number of grains and even sweet brown

> rice are in that range. What surprised me most was the other types of

> rice...how long the recommended cooking time is both in both a pot and

> in the pc. I'll be curious what the book for the pressure cooker I have

> on order has to say.

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> leslieanneashburn wrote:

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> > I was taught to cook my grains in the pressure cooker for only 25 to

> > 30 minutes and it comes out perfectly.

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> > > > I've been experimenting with my old pressure cooker and made

> > lentils

> > > > last night and kalmut (been sitting in the house for a while so I

> > > > decided to cook it up) tonight. In both cases there was a lot of

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> > > > left over when I was done and I had to drain it. Is this

> > normal?? I

> > > > cooked the kalmut for 12 minutes as per the instructions on the

> > > > missvickie site and they were chewy but edible (my understanding

> > is it

> > > > should be chewy.)

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> > > > Thanks!

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