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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. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That oil is more commonly called canola, by the way. Canadian Oil, Low Acid. Used for the same reason the motto was changed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

No Canola is different then rapeseed. I mean it's a modified version of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

How is Canola different than Rapeseed when it just comes from a different variety of Rapeseed? It's like saying grape juice isn't grape juice just because it came from a white grape instead of a concord grape.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Having to promote it as "rape oil" would be a marketing department's nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I think you'd sometimes see it as "rapeseed oil" - still not great, but better.