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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:13 PM
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Would you still use Canola Oil if it was called
Rapeseed oil, which it technically is?

:)

:hi:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:19 PM
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1. Whatever they call it, it's a beautiful sight to see it when it's blooming!
Edited on Sat Nov-03-07 05:22 PM by Radio_Lady
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
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:21 PM
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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.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:24 PM
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4. The name is still used in other places...
In Europe, iirc. But here, no. Bad connotations, I guess...:shrug:
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:22 PM
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3. I don't use it one way or another
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:25 PM
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5. So this question was irrelevant to you
and lacking in the need for reply, no? :)
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:25 PM
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6. No thread is complete without my presence.
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:28 PM
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7. I've been meaning to ask you this for some time now, but just what
the HELL is MegaMan wearing on his head?
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:32 PM
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9. Dude, it's devo megaman
+
TOGETHER AT LAST!
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:36 PM
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10. LOL....
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Do you think Dr.Light would approve of this behavior?
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:40 PM
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11. He doesn't seem too concerned
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 09:43 PM
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14. Why don't you use it?
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 10:55 PM
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17. I prefer corn oil
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 11:21 PM
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20. You are unpatriotic. CANola is CANadian, it shows the CAN-do spirit of the great white north!
Fuck that, FREE QUEBEC!
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 05:32 PM
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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. ;)
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:21 PM
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12. Wasn't Canola oil mostly used as an industrial lubricant until it was genetically
modified to be edible by humans?
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Basileus Basileon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 06:36 PM
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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.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 09:48 PM
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15. So, CANadian rapeseed = CANola?
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 10:53 PM
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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
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 10:56 PM
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18. Yes, because I know what rapeseed oil is.
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poiuytsister Donating Member (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 06:46 AM
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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
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 07:52 AM
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26. The Eye of Sauron
It looks much better full-sized, but it's too big for DU rules.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 10:57 PM
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19. I do not use canola oil now!
:shrug:
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Tumbulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 11:26 PM
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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.
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 11:28 PM
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22. As long as I have the foods consent.....but until then, no still means no
:D
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-03-07 11:46 PM
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23. Only EVOO for me!
:hide:

:D
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Diamond Dave Donating Member (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-04-07 01:05 AM
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24. Not rape, strawberry! n/t
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 07:54 AM
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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 ....
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 08:58 AM
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28. i didnt know this about canola. thanks for the info. i prefer safflower anyhow
so thats what we use.
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