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I have never seen that cookware, before. They look like small pressure cookers. What brand is it?
They are certainly gleaming!
They are certainly gleaming!
Will the theme song be 'Under Pressure'? (ducks and runs)
Are those Broasters for pressure frying chicken?
electron1100
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And Then My Eyes Went Watery And Blurred
They look great jon, it is nice to see the obvious excitement you must have felt with all that wrist action, surely a wipe with a damp cloth to the bottom left of the hob plate would have been in order before taking this picture
They look great jon, it is nice to see the obvious excitement you must have felt with all that wrist action, surely a wipe with a damp cloth to the bottom left of the hob plate would have been in order before taking this picture
Gary!
Good eye, yes I was excited --4 in one place that probably hasn't happened since they left the factory in 1957!
I stumbled across these in ebay last month,never had ever heard of them before so I ponied up on one and of course got the manual as well. I tried one of the 1939 recipes in it, "pigs in blankets" = stuffed cabbage, it was DEELISHUS! And quick too so I was hooked!
These rolled out in 1939, and they were introduced by a company in West Bend, called Advance Aluminum Products. The pictured models are 1957 You all maybe familiar with the Miracle Maid line of heavy cast aluminum cookware- same company. Later and I'm not sure which but AAP changed to West Bend or West Bend bought them out as AAP had developed a proprietary smelting of aluminum, silica, magnesium for a very tough heat spreading alloy for cookware.
Anybody know the history of West Bend out there?
Since these are such early models in the pressure cooker field they were tuned to go up to 35 pounds! Twice what any pressure cooker can achieve today. The vessel itself was tested at 250 pounds as safe!!! And I just love the little steam whistle that tells you pressure has been reached so you turn the heat off - unlike today where you turn it down to low enough to maintain pressure these hold the pressure till you release it.
So the method with these is to place food to be cooked, seal, heat and let the air blow out for 2 minutes, then close the valve, set the pressure you want- the valve is marked in 5 pound increments from 5-35 and then once that selected pressure is reached the kettle whistles at you so you don't have to watch it. You take the heat off, turn off the whistle and usually time for 5-10 minutes depending in the recipe you are following. At the end you flip up the beam and release the pressure and eat.
Next meal I made was rack of lamb braised in red wine with potatoes and carrots - it was some of the best lamb I've ever tasted! Complete dinner in 20 minutes!
And what I love about these is the gasket is made from car gasket material so you can always cut yourself a new one.
And for those of you in the dark read the article below about using aluminum cookware, -its back!
[this post was last edited: 4/12/2014-09:50]
Good eye, yes I was excited --4 in one place that probably hasn't happened since they left the factory in 1957!
I stumbled across these in ebay last month,never had ever heard of them before so I ponied up on one and of course got the manual as well. I tried one of the 1939 recipes in it, "pigs in blankets" = stuffed cabbage, it was DEELISHUS! And quick too so I was hooked!
These rolled out in 1939, and they were introduced by a company in West Bend, called Advance Aluminum Products. The pictured models are 1957 You all maybe familiar with the Miracle Maid line of heavy cast aluminum cookware- same company. Later and I'm not sure which but AAP changed to West Bend or West Bend bought them out as AAP had developed a proprietary smelting of aluminum, silica, magnesium for a very tough heat spreading alloy for cookware.
Anybody know the history of West Bend out there?
Since these are such early models in the pressure cooker field they were tuned to go up to 35 pounds! Twice what any pressure cooker can achieve today. The vessel itself was tested at 250 pounds as safe!!! And I just love the little steam whistle that tells you pressure has been reached so you turn the heat off - unlike today where you turn it down to low enough to maintain pressure these hold the pressure till you release it.
So the method with these is to place food to be cooked, seal, heat and let the air blow out for 2 minutes, then close the valve, set the pressure you want- the valve is marked in 5 pound increments from 5-35 and then once that selected pressure is reached the kettle whistles at you so you don't have to watch it. You take the heat off, turn off the whistle and usually time for 5-10 minutes depending in the recipe you are following. At the end you flip up the beam and release the pressure and eat.
Next meal I made was rack of lamb braised in red wine with potatoes and carrots - it was some of the best lamb I've ever tasted! Complete dinner in 20 minutes!
And what I love about these is the gasket is made from car gasket material so you can always cut yourself a new one.
And for those of you in the dark read the article below about using aluminum cookware, -its back!
[this post was last edited: 4/12/2014-09:50]
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ovrphil
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those are some beautifully engineered products...never used a pressure cooker, only sat in one at work for x -amount of years.
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norgeway
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I saw MANY!
Of these in my hometown, there was a ton of Miracle Maid sold in the 50s!
Of these in my hometown, there was a ton of Miracle Maid sold in the 50s!
wringer_clean
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Hmmmm ....
This post brings back some memories.
I remember playing with that cooker as a little kid.
Taking it out of a cupboard (it was very heavy and bulky), putting the cover on and twisting it tight.
However, I don't ever remember my mother using it.
She might have but as a little kid crawling on the floor, the stove top was not a part of my universe.
Now mind you, I'm at the tail end of a large family of 6 kids, 19 years between the youngest and oldest.
It might have been something mom used when my older siblings were younger.
I just remember finding this big cast aluminum pot in the back of a cupboard and playing with it.
Pressure cookers are a great time saving device.
My X mother-in-law loved hers and used it all the time.
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This post brings back some memories.
I remember playing with that cooker as a little kid.
Taking it out of a cupboard (it was very heavy and bulky), putting the cover on and twisting it tight.
However, I don't ever remember my mother using it.
She might have but as a little kid crawling on the floor, the stove top was not a part of my universe.
Now mind you, I'm at the tail end of a large family of 6 kids, 19 years between the youngest and oldest.
It might have been something mom used when my older siblings were younger.
I just remember finding this big cast aluminum pot in the back of a cupboard and playing with it.
Pressure cookers are a great time saving device.
My X mother-in-law loved hers and used it all the time.
psf
washerboy
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I had my grandmothers and used it for a number of years. I used it until the fuse blew on day while trying to pressure sweet potato..it was cool to use but I also used it to can green beans. The shrill whistle blowing for 55 minutes was a killer. The instruction book (which I still have) said something about wrapping a rubber band around something. I was afraid that would make it blow up so I never did it. The story was: my grandmother purchased the cooker from a door to door salesman sometime between the end of WWII and 1950. She used it one time to cook a roast and it scared her so bad she never used it again. I liked it because it had a rack inside..you could cook meat on the bottom, then release the steam, place the rack inside with the veggies on top. I used to love pressured carrots. All the years I used it to can beans I don't think there was ever a time when the jars didn't seal and remain sealed. The one I had used a cork type seal...it was a heavy mother. I pushed it around for several years and then finally gave it away. Happy pressuring!!!
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great cooker. I had 2 week old french green beans in the fridge, I was just about to toss them when I wheeled around and spied my Minitmaid. I love canned green beans so I thought what the heck give it a go. My Fagor only reaches 15 pounds not heavy enough I thought so I put the fresh beans in the MM with water and some sea salt- whoosh up to 35 pounds for 10 minutes. When I opened the cooker the beans were perfect like canned! Tender and flavorful! That 35 pounds broke down all the lignens and made them tender and sweet again!
I'm hooked on this baby!
Vegetable racks installed>
great cooker. I had 2 week old french green beans in the fridge, I was just about to toss them when I wheeled around and spied my Minitmaid. I love canned green beans so I thought what the heck give it a go. My Fagor only reaches 15 pounds not heavy enough I thought so I put the fresh beans in the MM with water and some sea salt- whoosh up to 35 pounds for 10 minutes. When I opened the cooker the beans were perfect like canned! Tender and flavorful! That 35 pounds broke down all the lignens and made them tender and sweet again!
I'm hooked on this baby!
Vegetable racks installed>
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