[Sca-cooks] Speaking of Lent -- Ice Axe Report

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> So, why olive oil specifically? Cost? I'm just not sure that olive got 
> up to the Norse regions. They tended to be rather far from olive 
> growing regions. But the alternative oils that I can think of, such as 
> walnut oil, are rather expensive especially for an SCA feast.

We're talking linseed oil, hempseedoil, and possibly walnut and other 
temperate-zone nut oils. Most of these are very difficult to get and 
much more expensive that olive oil, in these modern days.

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