C Craft
Well-Known Member
This question arose out of a discussion I was having with a fellow knife maker. I was just discussing the purchase of Parks 50 I recently made and he was saying money was tight and he was going to have to stay with Canola Oil. That is when this question came up.
How stable is Canola Oil when it comes to longevity? Let me rephrase that as too what was told to me and I have no clue if it is true or not, so don't kill the one posing the question!
The fellow maker I was talking to said something about Canola not being real cheap either and that's when I said something about and to my understanding there is the storage problem. I was told here in Florida where the summers are killers at time and there is constant heat and humidity. To get long term use-age of Canola oil it needs to be stored in a refrigerated area, when not in use. In other words it can't set in a unairconditioned garage in the heat for long before it goes rancid!:what!:
So is there truth to this?
Or is another urban myth that has gotten started. After I repeated this to my fellow maker I sit back and said I am not sure how much truth there is too that. And it has been on my mind every since!:les:
Anyone got a tank of Canola that has been sitting for long periods of time in your hot garage?
How stable is Canola Oil when it comes to longevity? Let me rephrase that as too what was told to me and I have no clue if it is true or not, so don't kill the one posing the question!
The fellow maker I was talking to said something about Canola not being real cheap either and that's when I said something about and to my understanding there is the storage problem. I was told here in Florida where the summers are killers at time and there is constant heat and humidity. To get long term use-age of Canola oil it needs to be stored in a refrigerated area, when not in use. In other words it can't set in a unairconditioned garage in the heat for long before it goes rancid!:what!:
So is there truth to this?
Or is another urban myth that has gotten started. After I repeated this to my fellow maker I sit back and said I am not sure how much truth there is too that. And it has been on my mind every since!:les:
Anyone got a tank of Canola that has been sitting for long periods of time in your hot garage?