Would you still use Canola Oil if it was called

[bicentennial_baby]

Rapeseed oil, which it technically is?

:)

:hi:

[Radio_Lady]

1. Whatever they call it, it's a beautiful sight to see it when it's blooming!

In the U.K., we saw lots of it from the trains. It's truly a gorgeous plant!



http://www.biodiesel.de/index.php3?hid=01499&spid=2

[Critters2]

2. Why don't they call it that?

I didn't know rapeseed and canola were the same thing.

See, this is why I come to DU....for the edumicational value.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. The name is still used in other places...

In Europe, iirc. But here, no. Bad connotations, I guess...:shrug:

[GirlinContempt]

3. I don't use it one way or another

[bicentennial_baby]

5. So this question was irrelevant to you

and lacking in the need for reply, no? :)

[GirlinContempt]

6. No thread is complete without my presence.

[TK421]

7. I've been meaning to ask you this for some time now, but just what

the HELL is MegaMan wearing on his head?

[GirlinContempt]

9. Dude, it's devo megaman

+
TOGETHER AT LAST!

[TK421]

10. LOL....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Do you think Dr.Light would approve of this behavior?

[GirlinContempt]

11. He doesn't seem too concerned

[JVS]

14. Why don't you use it?

[GirlinContempt]

17. I prefer corn oil

[JVS]

20. You are unpatriotic. CANola is CANadian, it shows the CAN-do spirit of the great white north!

Fuck that, FREE QUEBEC!

[Gormy Cuss]

8. Yeah, a bit of a marketing problem with that one.

"Canola" cleaned it up nicely.

"Chilean sea bass" sounds tastier than Patagonian toothfish too. ;)

[leeroysphitz]

12. Wasn't Canola oil mostly used as an industrial lubricant until it was genetically

modified to be edible by humans?

[Basileus Basileon]

13. Yes and no.

Rapeseed oil used to mostly be a lubricant, and it was indeed genetically modified. But that was done by selective breeding to remove harsh chemicals, not by gene splicing. This modified version is Canola: Canadian Oil, Low Acid.

[Quantess]

15. So, CANadian rapeseed = CANola?

[pitohui]

16. yes, the seed is called "rape" in bird seed mix, or used to be, and i used it

lots of words have more than one meaning

[EstimatedProphet]

18. Yes, because I know what rapeseed oil is.

[poiuytsister]

25. As long as we are going off subject to ask

about avatars...what is on top of the WH? The picture is too small for me to id, and I am really sure that it isn't what it looks like. Thanks

[EstimatedProphet]

26. The Eye of Sauron

It looks much better full-sized, but it's too big for DU rules.

[KitchenWitch]

19. I do not use canola oil now!

:shrug:

[Tumbulu]

21. It does not seem possible to find non gmo contaminated canola in N. America

Canola or rapeseed is wind pollinated and thus all of it seems to have been contaminated. I avoid it like I avoid any soy products not from Japan where gmo's are forbidden. Corn oil is also lost. Safflower and sunflower oils are about the only safe veggie oils. Olive oil is still safe.

The English have clean rapeseed still as does the rest of Europe.

[TK421]

22. As long as I have the foods consent.....but until then, no still means no

:D

[AwakeAtLast]

23. Only EVOO for me!

:hide:

:D

[Diamond Dave]

24. Not rape, strawberry! n/t

[MissHoneychurch]

27. Well, I use it

and it is called Rapsöl in Germany. It took me ages to find out that canola is Raps :eyes: A look in a dictionary can be so useful sometimes ....

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. i didnt know this about canola. thanks for the info. i prefer safflower anyhow

so thats what we use.