I haven't used mine for awhile. Mostly because I haven't had much experience with it and am unsure how to use it.
I will get mine out in a couple days(after I go to the store) and post what I do.
My mom did stew in it. Basically brown your meat in oil, then put all the stuff in and bring it up to pressure. I don't know which pressure she used or for how long, but it wasn't very long(15mins?).
Like I said...will be back...if I remember. So someone else has to post to bring this up again, k?