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

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I've had different teachers and different advices - but 50 minutes seems to be the more generally agreed on one. Again mb cooking isn't the same as other kinds of cooking, we aren't doing it just from it gets done or tastes fine angle, but from yin and yang and energetics kinds of ways of looking at things. So you can cook a different kind of rice in the morning than you do in the evening, or different in summer than you do in winter, or different for you than your cousin Joe the construction worker. I remember being at one of my teacher's homes and we were divvying up the rice, and she told me to save the bottom part for her husband who needed more yang. So now sometimes I cook less than 50 minutes and just let it sit, thinking perhaps that would make it less yang (more cooking = more yang). Also no one has mentioned using the flame tamer underneath the pot - I'm not sure of its yin/yang influence (guessing more yin as not in contact with so much fire) but I can't

even imagine cooking rice without it. The instructions in a pc are not coming from a mb perspective. and no, pc is not in order to cook less time but to give more energy to the food. And NOTHING works as well with certain beans to make them wonderfully soft - they just never get that way boiling. otoh, some things just don't need pc, as I mentioned before, the lentils. Also a teacher mentioned never to pc azuki beans, not sure why. Klara Sarrett wrote: 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. leslieanneashburn wrote:> I was taught to cook my grains in the pressure cooker for only 25 to> 30 minutes and it comes out perfectly.>> > >> > > 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> water> > > 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.)> > >> > > Thanks!> > > > > >> > >> >> >> > --> >> > Ilanit> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------> -----> >> > Little Tree Pty Limited, Melbourne,

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Happy new year everybody.

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.

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.

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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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.

leslieanneashburn wrote:

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

> 30 minutes and it comes out perfectly.

>

>

> >

> > > 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

> water

> > > 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.)

> > >

> > > Thanks!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

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> >

> > Ilanit

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Interesting Klara...I didn't realize that. But it makes sence based on

everything behind mb. That's interesting, most mb resources I've

looked at have pc recipes which include azuki beans. In fact 's

chart does include them. I guess it's the energy thing.

One thing I'm working on getting a handle on is finding a way to

efficiently get mb meals on the table or packed for work. I realize

that's not the point in mb cooking but it is a practical point in

implementing a mb diet, at least for me. I figured out breakfast that

I can pack and go. Still looking at lunches. I'm thinking left overs

is a good option....uses it up quickly and is easy. I also have

tortillas which I can use with tempeh or bean pastes.

Thanks for your input!

Klara LeVine wrote:

> I've had different teachers and different advices - but 50 minutes

> seems to be the more generally agreed on one. Again mb cooking isn't

> the same as other kinds of cooking, we aren't doing it just from it

> gets done or tastes fine angle, but from yin and yang and energetics

> kinds of ways of looking at things. So you can cook a different kind

> of rice in the morning than you do in the evening, or different in

> summer than you do in winter, or different for you than your cousin

> Joe the construction worker. I remember being at one of my teacher's

> homes and we were divvying up the rice, and she told me to save the

> bottom part for her husband who needed more yang. So now sometimes I

> cook less than 50 minutes and just let it sit, thinking perhaps that

> would make it less yang (more cooking = more yang). Also no one has

> mentioned using the flame tamer underneath the pot - I'm not sure of

> its yin/yang influence (guessing more yin as not in contact with so

> much fire) but I can't even imagine cooking rice without it.

> The instructions in a pc are not coming from a mb perspective. and no,

> pc is not in order to cook less time but to give more energy to the

> food. And NOTHING works as well with certain beans to make them

> wonderfully soft - they just never get that way boiling. otoh, some

> things just don't need pc, as I mentioned before, the lentils. Also a

> teacher mentioned never to pc azuki beans, not sure why.

> Klara

>

> */ Sarrett /* wrote:

>

> 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.

>

>

>

> leslieanneashburn wrote:

>

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

> > 30 minutes and it comes out perfectly.

> >

> >

> > >

> > > > 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

> > water

> > > > 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.)

> > > >

> > > > Thanks!

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > > --

> > >

> > > Ilanit

> > >

> > > ----------------------------------------------------------

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> > > Advanced Diploma Healing with Wholefoods

> > > PhD Holistic Nutrition (candidate)

> > >

> > > Little Tree Oriental Healing Arts

> > > Helping you grow to new heights of wellbeing

> > > with Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition

> > >

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