Debbie Deutsch wrote:

Ah, it reminds me of my mother's old Mirro pressure cooker. However, if
you really do intend to get a new one, you might wish to investigate the
newer designs that don't use a weight to regulate pressure. They are safer
to use. I have a Kuhn-Rikon that I like very much.

What's safer than a 40 year life span with no accidents? Just my
experience, knowing my mother's, which is also just like this (same make
and everything) as well as my own. Experience elsewhere in the family
suggests the others available to us here in the UK are nothing like so
reliable and long lasting.
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