TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

realitista@lemm.ee · 3 days ago

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

Dasus@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Canola is rapeseed.

Apparently it’s etymology is from 70’s from “Canada” +“oleum” (from latin).

So I guess someone just thought to rebrand “rapeseed”.

Revan343@lemmy.ca · 3 days ago

Most rapeseed oil at the time wasn’t used for food, too much linoleic(?) acid; canola was rebranding a low-acid cultivar that was more suitable for cooking.

We produce a shitload of the stuff

Dasus@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

Oh. Yeah never knew about the cultivar thing. It was before I knew about such things. It’s just called rapsiöljy in Finland and there’s fields of it. Always used that for cooking, only started using olive oil like last year.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 3 days ago

You dont want to cook with olive oil. The smoke point is too low.

Dasus@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Depends on what you’re making. You don’t want to fry with it, no, but it’s excellent for marinara and pasta etc etc

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.

Canadian town drops 'land of rape and honey' slogan

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