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Posts: 4 09/09/08 10:08:53 |
I came across this site doing a google search on vintage pressure cookers and just wanted to post a picture of an old pressure cooker/canner from the
1940's. I bought this years ago with the idea of using it as a pot for doing fish boils outside on my fire-pit. (I hope people know what a fish boil is,
if not do a search on Door County Fish Boils and you'll see. Anyways here's a picture of the pot.
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Posts: 1189 09/11/08 15:45:15 Owner |
Oh, my! A pressure canner with rivets... now there's a old curiosity piece. I would caution against using this antique with the pressure lid due safety
hazard posed by the old rivets. Thanks for sharing your find, I think its older than the 40s, but its just amazing how for far things have come since the
earliest days of pressure cookery.
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Posts: 4 09/12/08 07:41:52 |
Gosh, did you really think I'd try using this thing under pressure?
I'm not the brightest person in the world but I do know better than that! I put the "age" on the cooker based on the gauge it has on the lid.
It was made by The La Crosse Guage Company that was in business in the early 40's then changed names after the war. I was going to simply use the
"pot" without the lid outside over a log fire. I wonder if those rivets would leak even without pressure? HHmmmmm I haven't been able to find
anything that looks like this one on the internet so that's why I made my comment and added the photo. I've read many of your recipe's and will
post a couple of my favorites when I find time to dig them out. I can't recall the last time I had to look one up. I've used pressure cookers most of
my adult life, although I have never canned anything. I was a full-time firefighter and the guys loved some of the soups and stews I made, although it is safe
to say most firefighters go for quantity rather than quality. You have
a great site!
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Posts: 246 09/13/08 10:48:27 Moderator |
My son is a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA for short). This looks like some of the equipment one might see at their
events. While this pressure cooker probably doesn't date back to the middle ages, it certainly has the "look" of something midieval. Maybe it
should be in a museum?!
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Posts: 4 09/14/08 10:59:51 |
I found the cooker in the basement of a 100+ year old building that had many tenants over the years. It was an estate I bought out and no one really knew what
was anywhere in the building. If I hadn't known the history of the La Crosse Guage Company I probably would date this around 1900 as the La Crosse Guage
Company was started in early 1900's. It was called National Guage Company when it first opened and later changed their name during the war. It does have a
pretty unique look with the rivets. If the guage had been National Guage, then I would guess this cooker made many a meal for the lumber workers who settled
here in the early years. The phrase "blast from the past" just came to mind.........I wonder how many of these things blew up?
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Posts: 246 09/14/08 12:45:29 Moderator |
Do you suppose the cooker might be older, but with a newer guage? By the 40's hadn't they moved past using rivets to seam even
very large pots?
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Posts: 4 09/14/08 13:07:13 |
I suppose that's possible, who knows? I haven't really inspected the gauge or the pipe it attaches to all that closely as I never planned to use it
with the cover. Gee, when a person thinks about how old this is and the "goodies" that might be impregnated into the metal I should probably forget
even using it for a fish boil! If the gauge was replaced by the common person I would guess there might be distortions to the nut or pipe. I say that as a man
who always over-tightens anything I use a wrench on!
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