Long ago I was dubbed camp cook. When going to higher altitudes I could never get beans to fully cook. My dad kept asking why I didn't bring a pressure cooker to cook in. Forgot that parents were right most of the time!

When I started to bring the pressure cooker we started to have more stews and such because I didn't have to stay in camp and cook while everyone else hunted.

Here is a great and easy stew for the pressure cooker. I call it 2-fer stew

2# each meat, carrots, taters, celery, onions
2 cans each cream of mushroom and tomoto soup
2 cans beer + one more beer

seer meat add prepared vegetables, soups, and 1 can beer while drinking a beer.

bring to slow shake on weight while drinking the other beer.

25-30 minutes should do it. BE CAREFUL to let the safety go down prior to opening.

Man, I stay away from pressure cookers. The last time we used one, the pop off valve failed and the safety valve released. When I say released, I mean it released every bean in that pot, right thru that small opening and onto the ceiling. We had to have the whole kitchen repainted. In fact, we used the old pressure cooker to mix the paint in. I would not want to be in the kitchen tent if a pressure cooker decided to malfunction. That guy, Denty whatever, makes a mean can of stew and it only has to be warmed.

You can't (shouldn't) cook beans in a pressure cooker. The skins from the beans will clog the port where the weight is used to regulate pressure, then the pressure builds up until the safety lets go.... and you are not the only ones who have painted their ceiling with beans. Pressure cookers are a wonderful thing, but I don't cook in one, we will see what happens after I retire from the Army this year and things slow down a little for us.
Andy

I always pre-cook any dishes that I take to elk/deer camp, like ham & bean soup (and carrots, and potatos, and celery and onions, but that makes for a long name). No pre-cooking of steaks, etc. of course, but you get the idea. It usually stays in a cooler that I have to bust out of the ice when ready to cook.

Never used a pressure cooker. My biggest concern is the individual "pressure cookers" in everyones intestines after they've eaten the dish! We used to have two sleep tents - the "stinky" tent (needs no explanation), and the "loud" tent (the snorer's). You can put in earplugs, but if you put in noseplugs, then you're a mouthbreather.:p

A big pot of chicken and sausage gumbo with a loaf of french bread is our camp favorite. Hard to beat on a cold night. Warms the heart without inflating the lower intestines.

After a rainy monday w/ burned Sauce, we started using the crock pot as much as possible. Now that they have liners available, it's even easier...

Sauce, Chilli, Kolbas & Kraut, ham w/ potatoes & carrots...stews too! Dumplings cook great on top...

A big pot of chicken and sausage gumbo with a loaf of french bread is our camp favorite. Hard to beat on a cold night. Warms the heart without inflating the lower intestines.

But what about the loss of the entertainment value?!!:D

But what about the loss of the entertainment value?!!:D

That's chilli nite! The sound effects are unreal...:eek:

When i was in Texas for lunch one day we had chili. Boy i had about 2 bowls BIG MISTAKE while i watched over the feeder i was at that day. The noise started to happen. In about 15 minutes my guide and i probably had scared away all the freaking deer on that ridge and the next 2 over. After that we just took some naps and got in a farting competition and we were all smilies going back to camp. Thank goodness it didn't smell we would have knocked ourself out