I ate black beans for lunch every single day for 18 months (and actually never tired of them!) and they cooked up in mere minutes because of those handy pressure pots. It’s the standard way of cooking the unofficial national food, beans, among other things. I lived in some extremely poverty-stricken areas, and even when families could fit everything they owned into a single box, there was a pressure cooker in that box. Everyone in Brazil has a pressure cooker it’s pretty much standard kitchen equipment. It was one of the greatest adventures of my life, and the culture definitely influenced my culinary loves (hello lime, coconut, and black beans.) One thing I quickly learned was how to use a pressure cooker. When I was 21 I packed my bags and spent 18 months living in Southern Brazil.
