Although I bought this pressure cooker because I thought my daughter Heather has good judgement and she uses one...I also remember growing up with my mom, Rosalind, cooking so many delicious meals with one.  I have made Italian Beef and a pot roast.  OMG, were they good!  You can use less energy, save time and retain all the vitamins while cooking a warm, comforting dinner for your family. As I write this, I listen to our wonderful Roosevelt-esque president, Barrack Hussein Obama.  I have heard political analysts comparing him to no less than President Lincoln, et al,  Right now we are forced to getting back to basics by our economy.  Let's all use products like a pressure cooker and our inborn, American, common sense and maintain this "basics" way of  cooking and living and perhaps we'll never have to go back to an inflated economy and its subsequent fall.  Ok, I might have gone off track but buy this pressure cooker or one like it and make some warm, quick, family meals and live the good life that we have so much access to but possibly are not appreciating and enjoy your life.