Comments on: The Fate of Rapeseed Oil http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Dorothy VS http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208&cpage=1#comment-119314 Dorothy VS Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:25:03 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208#comment-119314 Some years back, I read an article Google published that told about the bad dnews of the Rapeseed plant that was being used to make Canola Oil. That particular article said that the Rapeseed plant was so poisonous that 'not even a Bug would touch it'. According to this article, there are at least, 2 kinds of Rapeseed plants - one being NOT OK for Human Consumption & the other OK and/or useful in more than one way. Personally I will NOT use/or buy any consumeable product that is made with Canola Oil. To use Canola Oil for Industrial purposes is one thing BUT to EAT? any product made with or added to, I absolutely will not. This is MY decision but I still find it hard to believe that there is such a wide difference of opinion when it comes to the consumption of Canola Oil. Some years back, I read an article Google published that told about the bad dnews of the Rapeseed plant that was being used to make Canola Oil. That particular article said that the Rapeseed plant was so poisonous that ‘not even a Bug would touch it’. According to this article, there are at least, 2 kinds of Rapeseed plants – one being NOT OK for Human Consumption & the other OK and/or useful in more than one way. Personally I will NOT use/or buy any consumeable product that is made with Canola Oil. To use Canola Oil for Industrial purposes is one thing BUT to EAT? any product made with or added to, I absolutely will not. This is MY decision but I still find it hard to believe that there is such a wide difference of opinion when it comes to the consumption of Canola Oil.

]]> By: nan http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208&cpage=1#comment-110080 nan Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:57:35 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208#comment-110080 I visited England, from the US, in 1993 and noticed all of the fields of yellow. I asked why they grow so much mustard. I was informed that it was the rapeseed plant and that it could be used as a salad oil or an engine oil. If that is true, why are we not having our farmers plant this, instead of paying them not to plant? If this can be used for engine oil, wouldn't that decrease our dependence on the middle east for oil as far as car engines, and other engines are concerned? How many other uses for this lubricant could be changed over?? I visited England, from the US, in 1993 and noticed all of the fields of yellow. I asked why they grow so much mustard. I was informed that it was the rapeseed plant and that it could be used as a salad oil or an engine oil. If that is true, why are we not having our farmers plant this, instead of paying them not to plant? If this can be used for engine oil, wouldn’t that decrease our dependence on the middle east for oil as far as car engines, and other engines are concerned? How many other uses for this lubricant could be changed over??

]]> By: eduFire » Blogs http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208&cpage=1#comment-108389 eduFire » Blogs Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:35:12 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208#comment-108389 [...] #13 - Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog - More linguistics than foreign language learning, Dr. Goodword is interesting to follow nonetheless. Reading this blog gives you an increased sense of appreciation for the richness of language (e.g., this recent post on rapeseed oil) which is an important thing for all aspiring polyglots to have. [...] [...] #13 – Dr. Goodword’s Language Blog – More linguistics than foreign language learning, Dr. Goodword is interesting to follow nonetheless. Reading this blog gives you an increased sense of appreciation for the richness of language (e.g., this recent post on rapeseed oil) which is an important thing for all aspiring polyglots to have. [...]

]]> By: Brian Johnson http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208&cpage=1#comment-102429 Brian Johnson Fri, 02 May 2008 05:36:17 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=208#comment-102429 The variety of the rape plant that produced seeds low erucic acid was not developed until 1974, and the main motivation in coining the "canola" name for the oil from this variety is to distinguish it from the oil made from all the other rape varieties that produce oil high in erucic acid that is associated with health problems. The negative connotations of the word "rape" appear to me to have been less of a factor in choosing the name than the need to distinguish the product from an otherwise similarly named product that is not a desirable food product. The variety of the rape plant that produced seeds low erucic acid was not developed until 1974, and the main motivation in coining the “canola” name for the oil from this variety is to distinguish it from the oil made from all the other rape varieties that produce oil high in erucic acid that is associated with health problems.

The negative connotations of the word “rape” appear to me to have been less of a factor in choosing the name than the need to distinguish the product from an otherwise similarly named product that is not a desirable food product.

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