Luuucy!!!!!!!!!! or Cooking While Manic

I should be a tester for electronic equipment because I am a complete idiot when it comes to devices. Today after I made oatmeal in my electric cooker I decided wow, that was fun. I'll do it again! But the second time I forgot the insert because it was washed and in the dish drainer. So as I poured water over 2 cups of groats, water and groats went everywhere. Then I immersed the cooker in the sink and shook it. And then shook it some more and plugged it in. (Yes I am crazy). Its little digital eyes rolled back into its robot head. It is dead. I am so ashamed I packed it up in the box it came in. Out of site out of mind. Sort of. Agitated, I took a walk in the Nor'Easter's hurricane-force winds to soothe my nerves. There were a dozen police cars passing me one at a time over the downtown hour. Perhaps they're making sure people are not out walking in the storm, getting struck by tree limbs. I was hoping a tree limb would strike me unconscious. But then I'd worry about my dog. I wanted to tell one or all of the nice policeman what I did but instead I just waved and smiled in my yellow slicker and red boots. Ten Four, here comes the 57 year old lady dressed like a kindergartner. While entertaining the fantasy, my dog chomped a dead squirrel carcass. By the time I noticed he had it locked in his jaws. I screamed and tugged. And cursed. He finally let go. When I got home I stripped naked and dumped the leash, gloves and his collar into the washing machine. I set it to extra soiled. Whew, I feel better already. Thanks for listening. This pressure cooker was a gift from a friend who loved it and then bought a new one twice the size. The moral of the story is: My husband can fix anything. I can destroy anything.

I just read a forum to feel better about my incompetence:

Oops! I poured water in my electric pressure cooker.

I have Emeril’s T-Fal Electric Cooker and love it to death. Absentmindedly
this morning I did not have the insert in the pan and poured a cup of
water. Instantly I knew what I did and dumped it out. Blew a fuse! Thought
I ruined it…………all is well.

Should that happen again – or to anyone reading this. Un-plug the cooker immediately and place it up-side down on a the balcony, covered windy spot or next to a fan and let it dry for 24h before plugging in, again.

Whew… glad that all is well!

Ciao,

Thank you Laura. Immediately I did turn it upside down and let it
drain. No porch airing here as it was snowing! So later on in
the day I did
plug it in with some water in the liner on simmer. I thought the heat
might dry out anything left behind. So far so good.

I have heard that Europeans really really use pressure cookers alot.
Is that true?
I wish Americans would get over the pea soup syndrome! I always say
that was then and here we are now……..with safer sleek pressure
cookers. Amen.

I just did exactly the same thing. It is sitting upside down right now drying out. Oh dear.

If you put a bowl of dried rice in it for a day or so and wrap with plastic the rice will suck up any moisture. I have rescued an MP3 player that went through the laundry and was totally non-functional , a keyboard with spilt coffee and a DVD player that got left in the rain.

UPdate:
We left the cooker upside down on the metal housing of the boiler. This morning Bill took the ass off the cooker and fished out the remaining groats and it works fine now!

I feel relief and gratitude.

Love to all,

Emily