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To: palmer

So canola oil is not in any way soybean oil? I always thought they were related.


12 posted on 08/10/2015 4:19:15 AM PDT by Ditter ( God Bless Texas!)
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To: Ditter

Canola is probably more related to sunflower than to soy oil.


16 posted on 08/10/2015 4:22:57 AM PDT by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet into FlixNet)
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To: Ditter; palmer

“Canola” was a word made up a couple decades ago to refer to “Canada-Oil” (Can-ola)and the oil is from rapeseed. They didn’t like the sound of “rape” (though it comes from the Latin word “rapum” meaning turnip.) The rapeseed is related to mustard and turnip -— not sunflower: it’s a brassica, also related to cabbage, collards and such.


52 posted on 08/10/2015 6:34:17 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Semper Fi.)
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