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Re:Canada's New Food Guide by freeone3000 on Thursday January 24, 2019 @04:50AM (#18987291)
I'm surprised you don't see that recommendation often. It's a very cheap, versatile cooking oil. I wouldn't say it's anyone's favourite, but it's effectively the default?
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Re:Canada's New Food Guide by RugnirViking on Thursday January 24, 2019 @06:02AM (#18987613)
No? At least where I'm from, the default is sunflower oil and if you want to upgrade its olive oil. I've never heard of canola oil
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Re:Canada's New Food Guide by tom_mellior on Thursday January 24, 2019 @06:51AM (#18987869)
FWIW, you may know it as rapeseed oil. "Canola was originally a trademark name of the Rapeseed Association of Canada, and the name was a condensation of "Can" from Canada and "ola" from other vegetable oils like Mazola,[6][7] but is now a generic term for edible varieties of rapeseed oil in North America and Australia. The change in name serves to distinguish it from natural rapeseed oil, which has much higher erucic acid content." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil
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Re:Canada's New Food Guide by village-idiot on Thursday January 24, 2019 @08:06AM (#18988252)
Because it’s awful for your health?
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