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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>
  • To: Homestead List <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Homestead] Canning advice
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:31:50 -0400

I haven't used my big pressure canner in several years, maybe as many as five years. Y'all know how I am with pressure cookers/canners. I read that you can put a little vegetable oil on the gasket before you store it, but I did not do that. I did replace the gasket the last time I used it, so it was new then. The gasket LOOKS okay-no sign of dry rot, but it is not as supple as it could be. It was stored with the pot on a shelf in my hall, normal house temps and humidity. (remember I do have a woodstove for heat in the winter which affects heat extremes and humidity more than a central heat/air unit)
I intend to use the canner on Friday. Do you think it would be okay to oil up the gasket now? Wouldn't oil help the seal?
BTW, it is a 22qt Presto, Model 0178005

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