Spiffing! Nice gnarly tree, too.
That yellow stuff - rape?? - don't half stink, though.
Until fairly recently it was quite difficult to source local Rapeseed oil, most supermarkets sell Spanish stuff.
Now Pratt's Farms (Grately, Hampshire) have their own pressing/bottling operation (so do your bit if you spot it on the shelves).
Either I don't mind the smell of it or I've just become oblivious to it, after cycling past the stuff for 20 years.
Note. I'm not sure a decent Marketing company would stick with the name "Rape" though. I'd change it to "Golden Angel Oil" or similar.
The Canadians went with '
Canola'
Brits generally are very anti-rape, yellow blight and all that... however
It's a good break crop from cereals, yet uses the same machinery so from an agronomy point of view makes sense
It's not as big an allergen as people think- because it smells it gets blamed but the pollen doesn't spread as much as (say) tree pollen
That's where the bio-diesel's going to come from
Locally grown oils are less environmentally damaging than imported