dagny-hashtaggart:

kontextmaschine:

argumate:

wow it’s really something

“wheat fields, canola crops, Alberta has it all”

“agriculture, lumberjacks, oil derricks, natural gas”

woo

Wait does Canada call it canola (Canadian oil, low acid) because they’re too immature to admit the crop is called “rapeseed”?

My understanding is that the most direct reason is brand differentiation from unrefined rapeseed oil, which emits fumes that can have negative effects on heart and lung health when used in cooking (hence the “low acid;” erucic acid is the dangerous chemical in question), though I can’t imagine they were sorry to have an excuse to switch to a name that didn’t have “rape” in it.

Anyway, the name originated in Canada, and only became a generic term elsewhere later on.

huh!