Because we need a laugh: the latest from wingnuttery world. A cooking oil shortage caused by a

[niyad]

lack of petroleum for processing.

A friend was telling me this morning that his sister, a trumper who lives in LA, was freaked out because her friend, who knows a guy, who knows a guy in the cooking oil industry, assured him that they were down to their last barrel of cooking oil. Because there is no petroleum to process it. All Biden's fault, of course. Do we laugh, cry, scream, or all three???

Note: in the course of verifying cooking oil processing, I learned not only about how most of the by-products are recycled into things like animal feed and materials for mattresses, and lecithin for chocolate. . .but. . .certain of the oilseed cakes have been discovered to have high levels of protein. Researchers are now working on ways to make them palatable, to serve as protein sources in under resourced areas. So at least her idiot comment was not a total waste.

[ret5hd]

1. Don't ever ever tell her you heard it from me, but...

Quaker State 10-W40 is a great substitute for Canola Oil.

[niyad]

2. You nearly owed me a keyboard!

[genxlib]

4. Does that analogy extend to cooking spray

If I run out of Pam can I just grab my WD-40?

[ret5hd]

6. Of course! I do it all the time!

[Arkansas Granny]

7. I was just about to suggest that.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. It will work in a pinch, but

I prefer the synthetic.

[Ocelot II]

3. So if I run out of Mazola oil to cook with,

all I have to do is run out to the garage and drain my car's crankcase?

Cool. I did not know that.

[Chainfire]

5. I have know about the value of petrol products for years

I gave up coffee for a cup of 93 octane every morning, and I get up and go like a house afire.

[getagrip_already]

9. windex is a lower calorie option....

Great for joint aches as well.