Objects Database

Pressure Cooker

Accession Number

1693.2022.1

Object Name

Pressure Cooker

Created

08/12/2022

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

08/12/2022

Brief Description

Pressure Cooker with 5 slid screws and carrying handle

Materials

aluminium

Dimensions

16(H) x 20(Diameter) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"CMT UPAL"

Colour

silver

Provenance

Water boils at a lower temperature at altitude which means that whatever you are cooking takes longer and consequently needs more fuel; that in turn means more loads to carry on a high altitude expedition - unless there is plenty of yak dung available!
No surprise then, that Himalyan mountaineers take a pressure cooker with them on expeditions since, logically, pressure is increased in the cooker, food cooks quicker, less fuel is required and dinner is ready in minutes!
Our old friend and mountain guide, Smiler Cuthbertson, took this particular cooker on his various expeditions to the Himalyas and his wife, Clare, kindly passed it on to us when Smiler headed off to the Greater Ranges a few moons ago.

Acquisition Method

Donated by Clare Cuthbertson

Acquisition Date

08/12/2022

Condition Check Date

08/12/2022

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

08/12/2022

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