You call canola 'oil seed rape' or just 'rape' in the US don't you?

[dug777]

As i understand it when they initially introduced it in Australia under the name 'rape' they hadn't bred the appropriate varieties for our conditions, so it was a disaster. When they reintroduced it, after getting the characteristics right, they called it canola instead so as to not associate it with the previous embarassment...

 

[mattocs]

it comes from the rape seed.


Rape seed oil...but most people call it Canolla oil.

 

[Mrvile]

Wow Australia = teh ness.

 

[imported_malcontent]

I had no idea that is where Canola oil came from . I knew that rape was a type of greens, like turnip greens, etc.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: malcontent
I had no idea that is where Canola oil came from . I knew that rape was a type of greens, like turnip greens, etc.

learn something everyday eh

perhaps you were thinking of kale?

 

[SagaLore]

I'm sure calling it "rape oil" in any country isn't a great marketing plan.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I'm sure calling it "rape oil" in any country isn't a great marketing plan.

Lies!

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: OBW96
it comes from the rape seed.


Rape seed oil...but most people call it Canolla oil.

i know..but when we grow and harvest it, we call it canola, and canola seed

It's got the nastiest stubble (really thick and tough, scratches you legs something cruel) and a particularly nasty variety of insect life

 

[imported_Phil]

It's just called Rape Seed or Oil Seed Rape over here in the UK.
Wacky Australians :beer:

 

[LuNoTiCK]

Wow. I never knew this.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Wow Australia = teh ness.

:lips:

 

[RU482]

just be glad it doesn't come from the Bung plant

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
I'm sure calling it "rape oil" in any country isn't a great marketing plan.

Depends on who you're marketing to I guess.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: malcontent
I had no idea that is where Canola oil came from . I knew that rape was a type of greens, like turnip greens, etc.

learn something everyday eh

perhaps you were thinking of kale?

Or "rapini" which is a leafy broccoli.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: malcontent
I had no idea that is where Canola oil came from . I knew that rape was a type of greens, like turnip greens, etc.

learn something everyday eh

perhaps you were thinking of kale?

Or "rapini" which is a leafy broccoli.

aha

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: malcontent
I had no idea that is where Canola oil came from . I knew that rape was a type of greens, like turnip greens, etc.

learn something everyday eh

perhaps you were thinking of kale?

Or "rapini" which is a leafy broccoli.

aha

Yup.

 

[0roo0roo]

most probably just know it as canola...rape what? lol

 

[rabiesdvm]

Canola is not the name of a natural plant but a made-up word, from the words "Canada" and "oil". Canola is a genetically engineered plant developed in Canada from the Rapeseed Plant, which is part of the mustard family of plants.

Canola oil link