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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Remiliera on 2025-04-26 11:15:07+00:00.
TIL a Canadian town Tisdale used to have a motto "The land of rape and honey" which was changed to "Opportunity grows here" in 2016.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/22/canadian-town-tisdale-land-of-rape-and-honey-slogan
30 Comments
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 34 pts · 1y
jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
Isnt that canola?
Dasus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Canola is rapeseed.
Apparently it's etymology is from 70's from "Canada" +"oleum" (from latin).
So I guess someone just thought to rebrand "rapeseed".
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Most rapeseed oil at the time wasn't used for food, too much linoleic(?) acid; canola was rebranding a low-acid cultivar that was more suitable for cooking.
We produce a shitload of the stuff
Dasus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Oh. Yeah never knew about the cultivar thing. It was before I knew about such things. It's just called rapsiöljy in Finland and there's fields of it. Always used that for cooking, only started using olive oil like last year.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 0 pts · 1y
You dont want to cook with olive oil. The smoke point is too low.
Dasus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Depends on what you're making. You don't want to fry with it, no, but it's excellent for marinara and pasta etc etc
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
someguy3@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y
The land of Canola and honey just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Auli@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Canola wasn't around then. Canola is a lo acid version or whatever of rapeseed.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Thatsthejoke.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
The Land of Rape and Honey is a good album
Auli@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1y
The rape was refering to rape seed. Belive Canola is a modified form of it.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The land of the rape seed...
Thanks for clearing that up.
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
So tired of the wokeness
(Am I doing it right?)
MemmingenFan923@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
What does "rape and honey" mean in this context? Is this a metaphor?
As a non native English speaker i would interpret "rape and honey" into the sexual abuse and the bee food.
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 1y
Rapeseed is a plant that is grown for its oil and is called "rape" for short.
As a native English speaker, I'd assume most people have the same first thought as you and is why they changed it.
spongebue@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
That oil is more commonly called canola, by the way. Canadian Oil, Low Acid. Used for the same reason the motto was changed.
EchoCranium@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1y
Having to promote it as "rape oil" would be a marketing department's nightmare.
spongebue@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I think you'd sometimes see it as "rapeseed oil" - still not great, but better.
Auli@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
No Canola is different then rapeseed. I mean it's a modified version of it.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
How is Canola different than Rapeseed when it just comes from a different variety of Rapeseed? It's like saying grape juice isn't grape juice just because it came from a white grape instead of a concord grape.
Skua@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 1y
It's more like it's called rapeseed for long. It used to just be called "rape", but people wanted to distinguish the name from the other meaning and it's mostly the seeds we grow it for
can@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 1y
The unfortunately named rapeseed
Skua@kbin.earth · 14 pts · 1y
Oddly enough it's a total coincidence that they are homonyms. The plant's name comes from the Latin name for turnip, rapum
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
Rapum, I hardly know 'em!
(I'm probably gonna regret posting this)
match@pawb.social · 11 pts · 1y
wait a fucking second, that's a Brassica
YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 1y
Basically everything is
MemmingenFan923@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
Thanks this explains a lot.
match@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y
realitista@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Rapeseed
dwarkent@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
And we're all out of honey... https://9gag.com/gag/aQ3nRBw
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapeseed
That is the plant they where referring to originally.