# Bouquet garni bags in pressure cooker?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouquet-garni-bags-in-pressure-cooker/796648 "2017-09-18T16:28:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bouquet-garni-bags-in-pressure-cooker/796648/1 "2017-09-18T16:28:06Z")

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I got an Instant Pot recently (protip: get an Instant Pot) and already love it.

The other night I did an Indian dish that called for things like cardamon pods and whole cloves. Delicious as it was (so delicious) I don’t like picking around stuff like that.

Normally I would use a [bouquet garni bag](https://www.amazon.com/Honey-Can-Do-0760-Bouquet-8-Inches-6-125-Inches/dp/B000QJDD04/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1505751686&sr=8-2&keywords=bouquet+garni+bag) for inedible aromatics,\* but are they okay in the pressure cooker? I only have a vague idea of what’s happening in there, but based on the amount of steam that releases at the end, it seems pretty catastrophic. I don’t want to worry about a bag unraveling or something unwholesome leaking into my food due to the higher pressure.

\*Don’t try and convince me that cardamon pods are edible. Blech.