[Sca-cooks] Devilled Eggs (was: Out of the food topic altogether rant Authenticitypolice)

[Bill Fisher]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:19:43 -0500, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
<adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> Rapeseed oil? Which is, I believe, a period cooking fat in Northern Europe?
> 
> Adamantius

Heh, rapeseed is otherwise known as canola oil,  Rapes are a member  of 
the mustard family.   Rape oil was toxic until the crafty Canadians in Canadia
bred a much less toxic version of the plant in recent history. 
Apparently erucic
acid causes huge fatty deposits in and around the heart and kills you quickly.

Brassicaceae, Cruciferae is the varietal.

Cadoc
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