Question about vintage "Mirro" pressure cookers.

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You got to also be careful when cooking certain items in a PC. I have heard that rice can foam up and block the pressure regulator valve too. We always make sure that the liquid we are cooking with never goes more that 1/2" above the meat that we are cooking. You have to have room for boiling and liquid exapansion.
 
My Family....

I grew up with a grandfather that was a pressure cooker wiz, and would basically have it on the stove all winter long. He would always have stews, and one pot meals in them. Because of the memories of my childhood I have been on the hunt for a Mirro cooker, and I have finally come up with one. It had a replacement seal, owners manual and looked to be used very little. It also has a safety latch that keeps the lid locked while under pressure.

I had come across many cookers while looking for this one and most of them looked like they had been used to hammer nails, or worse. I must have passed on at least fifty or so before I found this one.

I enjoy using mine and have perfected a beef stew, and porcupine meatballs... I love the speed and flavor that develops in these and the fond memories that come back
with the sound of using these.

I recommend them, there is a learning curve to using them, but that is true with anything.... just start slow and educate yourself about the recommendations and proper use. I have discovered that each unit can very, and it is something that you need to learn the quirks of the cooker that you get.

Mike

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Even my 61' Mirro has a lid interlock to keep the lid on while under pressure.

I didn't think that Mirro made PC's into the 90's. At some point in time they were bought out by Newell company and then closed their factories with anything left being made overseas.

Mirro was considered an Aluminum Novelty Company, maybe that's why they never made a SS model.
 

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