On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, David Karas wrote:

> I do not want to be a test subject for something that is not
> a human food in its natural state.

I think we've discussed this before, but the rape plant from
which rapeseed oil is gotten refers to several varieties of the
wild mustard family, at least some of which *are* edible by
humans, e.g., mustard greens.  The seeds from some of these
plants are ground for mustard.

Todd Moody
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