Bad News, Good News

After receiving the replacement gasket and safety valve for my new (old) pressure cooker, I attempted to remove the old gasket. No luck. It was like concrete, and there was no way it would come out cleanly.  Back to square one. My investment of $16 was for naught, to be sent to the thrift.

But yesterday, while we were walking around in Silverton, we went into a 'resale and collectibles' shop. And there I found an older Presto pressure cooker for $15.  I made sure that the gasket could be removed, and it could. So I brought it home and then discovered that the replacement gasket that I had ordered would fit my new one!

So, voila! Now I have a working pressure cooker.