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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I was in a home in Hayward, CA about 1946,
when</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>a pressure cooker went off. A heavy set
woman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>on one side of the ironing board was on the opposite side
following the big bang. The lid and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>pot roast were nicely imbedded in the
ceiling.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=khanjehgil@presys.com href="mailto:khanjehgil@presys.com">Leslie
Chapman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">Oregon List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:41
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Pressure cookers and
canning</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I know all about letting the lid off too soon, I tried that
once, I pulled<BR>the weight and let it blow for a while til it seemed
released, and then<BR>popped the lid; I didn't blow food quite all over the
kitchen or hit the<BR>roof with the lid, but it was a near thing. Somebody in
my family did the<BR>same as Cecil's gram once but I don't remember
who.<BR><BR>I do remember a pressure cooking story of my Dad's and wish I
remembered the<BR>details like who and where, all I can remember is these guys
were camping<BR>out real high in elevation and couldn't get their beans
cooked, as Cecil<BR>said the lid and wieght mechanism raised the water temp
speeding up the<BR>cooking; well unconfined water at a high elevation will
boil at<BR>significantly less than 212 degrees fahrenhiet hence the half
cooked beans.<BR><BR>The were in some kind of construction or mining camp and
folks were whining<BR>about the half cooked beans so much one of the guys said
he'd get some of<BR>them real well done; he took a metal container (don't
remember if it was a<BR>tin can or piece of pipe) and filled it with beans and
water and sealed it<BR>an threw it in the fire.<BR><BR>There may have been
money riding on the beans getting coooked or some such,<BR>don't remember, all
I know is Dad said everybody was real quick to concede<BR>the point that he
"could" get the beans cooked thoroughly and would he just<BR>pull that
container out of the campfire. I believe this story was in the<BR>mountains
somewhere in Arizona, it may even have been the crew my dad worked<BR>with
building a road up Graham mountain.<BR><BR>As to canning, my mom used to can
on a wood stove, so your Mom was living in<BR>the lap of luxury canning on
something so easily regulated as kerosene stove<BR>Cecil.<BR><BR>Les Chapman
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