Tom:
>>** Reader comment: flaxseed oil turns rancid in a few hours, other oils take
>>** only a little while longer to turn rancid. All oils are rancid!
>>Some raw fooders are very negative on oils and claim that all oils are
>>rancid. Certainly, your nose and taste buds can readily detect rancid oils and nuts/
>>seeds. The truth is that most extracted oils are stable for months; it takes
>>several months for most oils to actually turn rancid.

Kirt:
>I'm not clear what you think on this Tom. Was the reader comment someone
>else speaking?

Tom:
The reader comment was someone else, who posted a reply on the old veg-raw.
The above was edited/rewritten to make it much shorter than the original
material. Basically, my point is that oils do go rancid, but most oils are
shelf-stable for months. Thus most reasonably fresh oils are not rancid.

A separate note - the system here is scheduled to be down most of today,
Wednesday 26 March. So, I probably won't be able to read/post until tomorrow.

Regards,
Tom Billings
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