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Recommended Tools and Accessories

Pressure cookers are popular kitchen implements among the Heirloom Gardener staff. These heavy pots seal tightly so their contents can cook quickly under pressure. Most dishes cook in just a third of the normal time! Pressure cookers have other benefits as well. Steam pressure will tenderize tough meats, making inexpensive cuts fork-tender, and flavors inside the pot become concentrated because the food cooks in just a small amount of liquid.

, a well-known European manufacturer of pressure cookers, recently redesigned and relaunched its Helix line of cookers.

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