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Thread Number: 38941
/ Tag: Small Appliances
Old (??) Presto Pressure Canner |
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Post# 413411 9/5/2019 at 01:44 (1,688 days old) by electrolux137  (Los Angeles) |
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 ~ A neighbor up the street had thrown out lot of stuff today. I walked up there to take a look and saw what looks to me like a pretty old Presto pressure canner.
Does anyone know anything about it? It's missing the gasket and pressure release valve. I don't think I'd ever use it because the pot is made of aluminum.
I thought it might make a fun planter! | ||
| Post# 413422 , Reply# 1 9/5/2019 at 10:01 (1,687 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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BEST Canner made, ALL pressure canners are aluminum, As far as I know there is not one made out of stainless, Gaskets and regulators are still available This is from the 70s or 80s Mine is from the 50s but very similar. | ||
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Post# 413427 , Reply# 2 9/5/2019 at 11:57 (1,687 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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~ Thanks for the info, Hans. If I were of a mind to do so, I'd get the replacement parts and become a canning fool! Several issues stand in the way of this, however, such as lack of fruits and vegetables to can and lack of space to store the jars.
When I was a little boy my dad had a huge vegetable garden. He kept us kids busy picking vegetables and kept Mama busy canning them. She had a big pantry with shelves loaded with many jars of canned goods. | ||
| Post# 413430 , Reply# 3 9/5/2019 at 13:44 (1,687 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I still can I made zucchini relish a while back. | ||
| Post# 413446 , Reply# 4 9/5/2019 at 22:09 (1,687 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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Post# 413453 , Reply# 5 9/6/2019 at 02:03 (1,687 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles) |
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| Post# 413880 , Reply# 6 9/16/2019 at 01:56 (1,677 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
This is a pressure canner and not a cooker, yes.
My mother has a pressure cooker, and she always uses it as a giant sauce pot for spaghetti. The lid and other parts to it usually just gather dust in the basement as she never had any use for a pressure cooker and I think she probably forgot how to work it. You can cook in it just like any other pot, not sure what it being made of aluminum has to do with anything? I have seen photos of people that don't follow the directions with a pressure cooker or they sit on their phones and forget about it - it can turn into a bomb!
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Post# 413899 , Reply# 7 9/16/2019 at 11:40 (1,676 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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My late mother was always petrified of them.  | ||
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Post# 414018 , Reply# 9 9/19/2019 at 10:54 (1,673 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640) |
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True. | ||
| Post# 414031 , Reply# 10 9/19/2019 at 21:57 (1,673 days old) by MadMan (Chicago, IL, USA) | ||
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Aluminum has been linked with Alzheimer's. But then some studies have shown that there is no link. The important thing to remember about scientific studies is that if they look hard enough, they will find what they want to find.
That having been said, I'd personally err on the side of caution. The good thing is that most modern aluminum pots and pans are coated with something like teflon, so there's not much risk of aluminum contamination anyway. | ||
| Post# 414053 , Reply# 11 9/20/2019 at 16:53 (1,672 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
My mom cooked with a pressure cooker all the time when I was little. This was before microwaves. Cooking under pressure speeds up the process and makes meats really tender. That's why Col. Sanders started frying chicken in a modified pressure cooker. His customers loved his chicken but grew impatient waiting 30-40 minutes for it to cook. Using the pressure cooker, it took about eight minutes and came out "finger lickin' good".
There was a Mormon family across the street from us when I was growing up and they didn't drink caffeinated sodas so on special occasions like birthday parties, the mom would make homemade root beer in a pressure canner much like that one. She'd mix together the ingredients, pour it in over a block of dry ice and dog down the lid. As the pressure rose, the CO2 from the dry ice would carbonate the liquid. I was fascinated by this process and the root beer was really, really good--and cold! | ||
| Post# 414110 , Reply# 12 9/22/2019 at 09:53 (1,670 days old) by kenkart () | ||
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I HAVE A KFC 16 qt Mirro Matic pressure cooker from the 60s! | ||
| Post# 414492 , Reply# 14 10/1/2019 at 05:27 (1,662 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana) | ||
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I found this stock photo online from the 1950's:
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| Post# 414519 , Reply# 15 10/1/2019 at 23:28 (1,661 days old) by kirbyklekter (Concord,Ca.) | ||
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Like huskyvacs says you don't have to use them as pressure cookers. I use mine as a big old stock pot. | ||
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