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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>]

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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