WTF in America
#8762
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Re: WTF in America
later than ...? Obviously, BBC2 came later than BBC1 but it was the third major channel to arrive on the scene ... before the rather aptly named 'Channel 4'.
BBC2 was launched in 1964. ITV was launched in 1955. Channel 4, 1982. Holy crap - I left the UK in 83 so I pretty much missed it!
BBC2 was launched in 1964. ITV was launched in 1955. Channel 4, 1982. Holy crap - I left the UK in 83 so I pretty much missed it!
#8763
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Re: WTF in America
Field behind my flat in Norfolk, for instance, has had the following in it over the last few years;
peas
potatoes
oil seed rape
sugar beet
grass
barley
wheat
(and probably some others I’m forgetting)
Same with most of the others in the vicinity. Oh, and there’s always a small part of the field given over to maize, for the pheasants, I believe.
#8764
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Re: WTF in America
Where in Norfolk are you?
Sister lives in Thorpe St Andrew just outside Norwich
I've spend many happy hours in the county....
Sister lives in Thorpe St Andrew just outside Norwich
I've spend many happy hours in the county....
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Re: WTF in America
I should add, I love San Diego too! I love the museums there. (And the weather.)
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#8766
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Re: WTF in America
Crop rotation is still common practice. It has been since the introduction of agriculture in prehistoric times.
Field behind my flat in Norfolk, for instance, has had the following in it over the last few years;
peas
potatoes
oil seed rape
sugar beet
grass
barley
wheat
(and probably some others I’m forgetting)
Same with most of the others in the vicinity. Oh, and there’s always a small part of the field given over to maize, for the pheasants, I believe.
Field behind my flat in Norfolk, for instance, has had the following in it over the last few years;
peas
potatoes
oil seed rape
sugar beet
grass
barley
wheat
(and probably some others I’m forgetting)
Same with most of the others in the vicinity. Oh, and there’s always a small part of the field given over to maize, for the pheasants, I believe.
#8768
Re: WTF in America
BTW in the US it is known as "canola", not AFAIK generally as "rape" or "rapeseed".
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#8769
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Re: WTF in America
https://www.canolacouncil.org/oil-an...hat-is-canola/
To be labelled as Canola it must also meet these standards.
"Seeds of the genus Brassica (Brassica napus, Brassica rapa or Brassica juncea) from which the oil shall contain less than 2% erucic acid in its fatty acid profile and the solid component shall contain less than 30 micromoles of any one or any mixture of 3-butenyl glucosinolate, 4-pentenyl glucosinolate, 2-hydroxy-3 butenyl glucosinolate, and 2-hydroxy- 4-pentenyl glucosinolate per gram of air-dry, oil-free solid."
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Ever wonder where Canola got it's name?
https://www.canolacouncil.org/oil-an...hat-is-canola/
To be labelled as Canola it must also meet these standards.
"Seeds of the genus Brassica (Brassica napus, Brassica rapa or Brassica juncea) from which the oil shall contain less than 2% erucic acid in its fatty acid profile and the solid component shall contain less than 30 micromoles of any one or any mixture of 3-butenyl glucosinolate, 4-pentenyl glucosinolate, 2-hydroxy-3 butenyl glucosinolate, and 2-hydroxy- 4-pentenyl glucosinolate per gram of air-dry, oil-free solid."
https://www.canolacouncil.org/oil-an...hat-is-canola/
To be labelled as Canola it must also meet these standards.
"Seeds of the genus Brassica (Brassica napus, Brassica rapa or Brassica juncea) from which the oil shall contain less than 2% erucic acid in its fatty acid profile and the solid component shall contain less than 30 micromoles of any one or any mixture of 3-butenyl glucosinolate, 4-pentenyl glucosinolate, 2-hydroxy-3 butenyl glucosinolate, and 2-hydroxy- 4-pentenyl glucosinolate per gram of air-dry, oil-free solid."
#8772
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I used to be that Saskatchewan was known principally for wheat and barley ("Canada's Breadbasket") but now we grow an awful lot of canola (and the global market is huge), and we dominate in production of mustard. Specialty mustard crops are grown in Saskatchewan, shipped to France, and turned into finished product.
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I used to be that Saskatchewan was known principally for wheat and barley ("Canada's Breadbasket") but now we grow an awful lot of canola (and the global market is huge), and we dominate in production of mustard. Specialty mustard crops are grown in Saskatchewan, shipped to France, and turned into finished product.
Cherries sound like a total pain to grow, no wonder they cost so much.
and they need to be dried by helicopter when it gets too wet, fragile things they are. This video if from inside the chopper, and looks like it's in the US, but they do the same thing in BC. I wouldn't mind being a pumpkin farmer, well a small scale one, if I had the land, I love growing pumpkins, and then sell them for Halloween, this years crop of pumpkins showing up in stores looks good, nice big and orange, last year they were in rough shape.
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#8774
Re: WTF in America
Man killed from liquorice OD.
Apparently he had recently switched from the red "fruit flavoured" twists (which is understandable, because they taste terrible), to liquorice, but he was eating so much that the amount of lycyrrhizic acid, (the active ingredient in liquorice - who even knew that liqorice even has an "active ingredient"? ) that he was ingesting, killed him.
Apparently he had recently switched from the red "fruit flavoured" twists (which is understandable, because they taste terrible), to liquorice, but he was eating so much that the amount of lycyrrhizic acid, (the active ingredient in liquorice - who even knew that liqorice even has an "active ingredient"? ) that he was ingesting, killed him.
#8775
Re: WTF in America
Man killed from liquorice OD.
Apparently he had recently switched from the red "fruit flavoured" twists (which is understandable, because they taste terrible), to liquorice, but he was eating so much that the amount of lycyrrhizic acid, (the active ingredient in liquorice - who even knew that liqorice even has an "active ingredient"? ) that he was ingesting, killed him.
Apparently he had recently switched from the red "fruit flavoured" twists (which is understandable, because they taste terrible), to liquorice, but he was eating so much that the amount of lycyrrhizic acid, (the active ingredient in liquorice - who even knew that liqorice even has an "active ingredient"? ) that he was ingesting, killed him.