Ham, lentil, and carrot stew that my wife made a big batch of

I had that same one, my Gram have it to me when I moved out on my own in the 80s. I finally got rid of it 2 years ago, my husband insisted. It still worked, but the plastic was all busted & it would cause a power surge when I used it lol

This is a pressure canner, not a cooker (though we use one of those as well). In this one, you put glass canning jars with food that you want to preserve in it and it will cook, sterilize, and seal them so they're shelf stable for 1-5 years or more. In the early-mid 1900s, many (the majority?) of American families would can some of their own vegetables, meat, sauces, jellies and jams, etc. It's getting more popular again now.

As long as you can replace the gasket, dont get aliminum rot, can on!

Canning; jams, jellies, veges, fruits allnsorts of foods

That’s the thing tho, cows are sacred, buffaloes aren’t.

Also India has huge populations of every type of people including those that do not revere cows (e.g. a Muslim population of 200 million).

If you’re not familiar with that scale and diversity, trying to extrapolate from knowledge of other places is not very effective.

Wow. Just googled these guys. Was this bag seriously less than a hundred dollars?!

Man, I'm all for BIFL, but I'm not sure I'd extend that to a pressure cooker....

There are no BIFL nonstick coated pans. Buy a pan at a restaurant supply store for $40, use it for omelettes and maybe fish, replace it every 3-5 years, use cast iron and carbon steel for most everything.

What do people usually cook in these? I’ve only heard of these when people were using them to make bombs.

You can take it to your local Extension office and they can check it for you.

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Cast iron that is well taken care of. Or I use a ceramic coated Heritage Rock set I got for $200 about 5 years ago, cook with it daily. A dream to clean.

That thing is so cool looking! Love the art deco style!

What you got canning?

We’ve been extremely happy with the Kirkland Signature set from Costco. Not truly BIFL and not suitable for a gourmet chef, but very adequate for a home cook and something like $125.

We love our instapot for cooking and use it 4+ times a week but you can't beat these big old canners for canning (my wife just canned a bunch of soup, broth, and tomatos from our summer garden that we froze until we had time to process them).

I've got one that I think is from the 50s. Still works perfectly. We usually use the instant pot now but I can't bring myself to get rid of it.

I find this hard to fathom as I watched my 90 year old grandmother use cast iron !

What exactly are you doing with it that makes it hard to handle ?

I'm not sure. If any engineers or metallurgists see this and want to weigh in I'd be interested. This is super thick cast aluminum, not anything like modern stamped metal pressure canners/cookers. But I don't know how that bears on metal fatigue.

Fantom wallets.

Love mine.

Nice! I wonder at what point metal fatigue becomes an issue, if ever? That's a lot of heating and cooling under pressure.

Yes I have experience with Gotham, it’s terrible. Highly recommend all clad stainless steel. It works better for non stickiness than nonstick pans. Easier to clean and no nasty chemicals to worry about.

Go clean your grandma's cast iron skillet and get back to us

I went through a cast iron phase and rarely pull them out because they are just too heavy to handle.