Pressure Cookers Are Not New To New Zealand
Pressure cookers are not new to New Zealand, in fact they are believed to have been in use in the South Island in thd last century, according to a local second-hand dealer, who recently displayed a cast-iron pressure cooker which he estimates to be about 100 years old. Many oldtimers, who saw it could recall seeing it in use and spoke feelingly of the food it cooked.
The cooker is some 14in in diameter and 16in deep. Flanges round the lip of the pot proper engage in ridges on the lid, making an airtight lock between lid and pot. In the centre of the lid is an iron plug lin in diameter and about l£in long, but wider at the top. The weight of this plug makes it a tight fit with the lid of the cooker. Pressure of steam, as is the case with the modern pressure cookers, forces up the plug, providing a safety valve and allowing the steam to escape round the sides of the plug, which tapers from the top.
The handle of the lid is situated over the plug, preventing its complete removal from the hole.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 100, 20 February 1950, Page 8
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199Pressure Cookers Are Not New To New Zealand Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 100, 20 February 1950, Page 8
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