The pressure is on!!

Went and bought a pressure cooker yesterday!! I had been planning this for a while and had been doing online research but the crunch came when it was time to make the annual stock from the turkey carcass. Suddenly the thought of boiling away for 4 hours seemed a silly idea when it would take a fraction of the time in a pressure cooker. Add to that the fact that our house does not like condensation at all (a wall was blistering on Christmas day despite having windows open and the dehumidifier on!) So an emergency trip to Argos later and one new pressure cooker was mine. A quick read of the instructions and hey presto the carcass was in and 1 hour later perfect stock resulted! The wife was/is a bit dubious re the new cooker - scared it will explode but having seen the stock and now boiled spuds in it today is coming around to it!
So why bother? For me it is all about reducing further our fossil fuel reliance - using the Pressure cooker reduces cooking times by about 2/3 so that is an amazing reduction in gas usage also and so less CO2 production. That can only be a good thing! And in an age of increasing fuel bills hopefully the savings will pay back the outlay on the pressure cooker pretty soon(ish!)
It's funny -having read lots over the last few years about reducing your carbon footprint I have no recollection of anyone recommending using a pressure cooker - but I think they are the way forwards. Many folks see them as a thing granny used to use - but that's not a good reason for not using them - we so often disparage traditional things but our ancestors knew a thing or two we need to get to grips with!! And modern pressure cookers are much safer than the ones granny used!! So get out and get one!!