Summary: When you boil potatoes on the stove top, it can take half an hour to cook them 'til tender. However, when you boil them in a pressure cooker, presto, they're ready in about five minutes. What's the difference? What makes pressure cookers cook so quickly? Learn more on this Moment of Science.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?i=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?i=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?i=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?a=Wr4NxZXpcwY:GtYKV0J1x7Y:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WfiuAMomentOfSciencePodcast/~4/Wr4NxZXpcwY" height="1" width="1">
