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Thanks! I used to see these in the thrift shops all the time but having already having a presto pressure cooker I didnt pay them much attention. I am with you, I like the plastic handles of the last model the best. I like the one you picked out, but the shipping is almost as much as the price. I will look on Etsy, they are usually a lot cheaper.
I will run whatever I find by you first as I do not know what I am looking at or for.
Thanks so much!
Ken
 
Found one!

Hi Jetcone… Found my MinuteMaid cooker today! They wanted $50 for it, but convinced them that it was cheaper on Etsy and Ebay, so got it for $30 with no shipping. This one has never been used. Belonged to the merchants mother. It has the gasket, racks, cookbook, warranty card and instructions still in it. Even still has the sticky spot where the price tag or company sticker was when new!
Mine is not the last one with the plastic handles, unfortunately, but I took a chance because of the shape it was in. I will keep you posted.
Where did you get that buffer?
Thanks, KEn
 
merchant

Hi Jetcone! I bought it at an antique mall going from Scottsboro Ala to Decatur Ala. Have been on the road all week and needed to stretch my legs a little so stopped and went in. It was in a booth and the owner called the woman that had the booth it was in and discussed the price with them. She (the merchant) said it had belonged to her mother and didnt think it had ever been used. I think I can verify that by the condition. Not a stain or mark anywhere.Guess she had stared at it all her life and said she just wanted it gone. The recipe book is funny, a lot of food I have never had or wont eat for sure. So I will give it a try when i get home and let you know. The only thing is the gasket is rock hard and stiff, but the booklet said to let it soak for a minute or two and it would be fine. I just dont think they meant after 60 or so years! i know you said you could cut it out of cork or gasket paper, im just too lazy, so I will give it a try. May have "egg" all over my face AND kitchen when done, but will let you know!
 
You asked….

Jetcone..this is getting to be fun. I do not eat anything I can recognize, unless I have been drinking and dont know the difference, but thats another story for another day.
Sooooo…that automatically rules out the Ox tongue, tails, also, never heard a good word about Gefilte fish. Then there is Kidney, Yuk. But this is all personal preference. Its all about what you were raised with. My mother did not like to cook, and you DID NOT LIKE for HER to cook. Still is true. Unless it involves ground beef, something out of a can or the freezer or box, we did not get introduced to it. But age and travel has improved my pallet. Just dont tell me what it is before I taste it and we will probably be ok.
 
I took 3 of these in good condition to the scrapyard about two years ago. I did not know what they were. They looked to little to me to be a pressure cooker. I thought they were some kind of surgical instrument sterilizer. You live and learn. Bill,
 
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Jetcone! Finally had a chance to launch the new Minitmaid. The meal didnt turn out so good. My whistle never "whistled"! I had to guess at the cooking. Wonder if I have a defective whistle? There was very low change in the sound as it processed. I think that I had the temp high enough?
When it was done, we ate dinner. The remainder was put back in the pot and cooked some more and it finally tenderized. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Ken
 
Jon, is this your first experience with a pressure cooker? I was raised with pot roast, potatoes and carrots from the Presto.

In the 80s, I found one of these in a flea market and have it somewhere.

What type of metal polish did you use to get them so shiny? I have a cast aluminum tea kettle by Wagner that I wish to polish.
 
Wow people have been

busy!

 

Mark I will put that chicken recipe on my try list thanks, my fav so far is the "pigs in blankets" ,but I substitute savory or nutmeg for the oregano/rosemary or whatever it is the book calls for.

 

Louis , yes you can cook a whole meal at once in these. I brown the chicken in the bottom layer, then put the tray in and put the vegetables and potato on that. 15 minutes and its all done and there is no transference of flavor between items.

 

Tom, yes my mom had a 1950 Revere she used and I still have that and use it from time to time. So yes pressure cooking was common in my house.

I used Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish with Mother's mini ball! Can't beat that combo.

 

Ken, if you didn't get to whistle then you never got to pressure. On the beam each division is 5 pounds more pressure than the previous mark. Current cookers only go to 15 where the Minitmaid can get to 35 pounds! A Whomping amount of steam.

 

Did you take apart your screen filter, remove the needle valve and clean the vent hole with a pipe cleaner? It all has to be clean to whistle. I find old grease in there seizes the needle valve and then steam can't get to the whistle to start the timing. If its all clean you can make it whistle by blowing up thru the screen to test it.

 

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