Thanks Graham and Roger. I know what Canola oil is, of course, bnut never
knew what the plant it came from looked like. I grew up in a farm state,
surprised I never saw it growing, but most of Indiana is planted with corn
or soybeans. Mostly corn in the area near the city I grew up in.
--
Chris Crawford
Photography & Graphic Design
Santa Fe, New Mexico
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com
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On 4/19/07 12:45 AM, "geebee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: "Roger Key" <rogerdkey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Subject: [OM] Re: #083
>
>
>>
>> Usually known as Canola in North America I believe.
>>
>> Roger Key
>>
>>> From: "geebee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: #083
>>> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:29:51 +0100
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: #083
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cool landscape. Reminds me of northern Indiana where I grew up, but our
>>>> fields were full of corn. What's that yellow flower that the fields are
>>> full
>>>> of?
>>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ---------------
>>>
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> The crop is Oilseed Rape and is grown for oil that can be extracted from
>>> its ripened pods.
>>>
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>
> It is alleged that the name Canola was invented, by the politically correct,
> from the words Canadian oil low acid because of the
> negativity of the word rape.
>
>
> Definition of Political Correctness.
>
> "Political Correctness (PC) is a doctrine fostered by a
> delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted
> by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth
> the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up
> a turd by the clean end."
>
> :-)
> --Graham
>
>
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