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Today was one of cloudy sunshine with April showers in the afternoon. We took an early morning drive into the forest.
When we encountered a piece of heavy plant blocking East Hill in Lymington we wondered why, with the temporary lights at red, no traffic passed it on the way up. This, we discovered, was because there was a queue of vehicles too wide to manage it.
Moving on, the swiftly flowing ford stream at Norleywood did not deter a cheery cyclist.
Further along that road to the east, a black dog trailed behind a young woman leading white one and a horse.
A loaded tractor on Charles’s Lane
gave us plenty of opportunity to admire the flanking forest scenery.
Throughout the New Forest at this time are posted requests to dog owners to keep their animals to the main tracks in order to protect ground nesting birds. This one is at Wootton, where
ponies blend or contrast with the landscape.
The Yellow fields along Hordle Lane are examples of those throughout the country in springtime.
“Selby House is a small farm in the middle of Northumberland.” It has this explanation on its website. “Rapeseed oil comes from oilseed rape, a root vegetable and cousin of mustard cabbage. The name is derived from the Old English term for turnip [the Latin] rapum. And yes, it comes from those yellow fields you can see in late spring.
Cold pressed means that the composition of the oil isn’t altered by heating. It isn’t the most efficient process but this oil isn’t about efficiency it’s about taste and purity.
The seed husk that is left over is called cake and this is mixed with other cereals into a safe and nutritious animal feed or some people use it in their solid fuel burners since it is a very low carbon renewable fuel.
The oil has delicious earthy, nutty taste – try it in dressings, stir fry, roasting, dunking.
Compared to olive oil it has half of the saturated fat and a much higher natural omega 3 content, the one in our diet that is often lacking.”
Becky and Ian arrived this afternoon and we all dined in the evening at Lal Quilla. Food, company, and service were all as excellent as ever. My main course was king prawn Ceylon, with chapatis. We shared onion bhajis. Kingfisher and Diet Coke were imbibed.
I can’t tell you enough how lovely your countryside is!! Thanks for the ponies!
Very many thanks, GP
You are quite right, no heating is the key – so using these oils for cooking alters the chemistry. You are better off using butter or lard, I believe.
Thanks very much, Mary
One of my favorite images
Many thanks, Candy
Fields of oil seed rape my favourite view!
They are stunning aren’t they? Thank you, Chloe
That’s breathtaking, Derrick! I’m happy that the bird nests are protected.
Unfortunately that still depends on dog owners, not all of whom are consider. Thanks very much, Jill
Those yellow fields look like the poppy fields in the movie The Wizard of Oz. But they’re real!
🙂 Many thanks, Cathi
At least you don’t have pillage to go with all that rape! Beautiful sights, but the road obstructions are not.
Trust you, Leslie. 🙂 Thanks very much
Delightful Idyllic photos, and there are many fields here too with the aroma of rapeseed ..
Loved the capture of lady walking horse and dog. 🙂 wishing you an lovely rest of the week Derrick 🙂
Thanks very much, Sue. I forgot to mention the aroma, so glad you did
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We call the rapeseed ‘canola’ over here, Derrick. A sudden encounter with acres of golden yellow can be astounding.
It certainly can, Frank. Many thanks
I love the yellow field. I have come across very positive feedback about rapeseed oil, lately, as you point out in your article (the now fancy name for “canola”).
Thanks very much, Sylvie
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WOW stunning derrick!! I love the information on the seed and the oil etc. My dad always told me that it was something like this and of the same name! I love those fields with the trees right in the middle. Wonderful shots derrick!
Very many thanks, Lynn. I hoped you would like them
They are amazing!
We have grown up frolicking in mustard fields and mango orchards. Rapeseed oil was a staple ingredient in our homes. Thanks for those pictures: they go straight to my heart.
I hoped they would, Uma. Many thanks
That’s what that is. We saw it everywhere as we traveled from London to Scotland years ago. Loved your post as usual my friend. 🙂 <3
Very many thanks, Natalie X
You’re most welcome❣️😘
Wonderful place👌
Thanks very much, Nidhi
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The contrasts in color are gorgeous
Thanks very much, Andrew
The yellow fields are stunning, Derrick, thanks.
And dinner sounds delicious–though I was surprised by the Diet Coke. 😉
Becky drank the Coke 🙂 Many thanks, Merril
Beautiful yellow! In Maine, we have similar signs on our beaches because of nesting birds.
Thanks very much, Laurie
Beautiful fields of gold! We have a lot of that here as well, but it is called canola in our area.
Many thanks, Lavinia. In Australia, too, I think
We have a yellow field opposite our house, it makes a great view first thing in the morning. As well as good there are a lot of bad things said about rape seed oil. Same as with anything in life I suppose!
Thanks a lot, Andrew. Remember ‘Back to Butter’?
I just Googled it!
I loved the yellow fields and your information was very interesting, Derrick. The woman leading a white dog on a leash and holding the reins of the horse was a fun capture!
My favorite shot was the white horse amidst yellow field, under the tree which gave us a great silhouette! 💛
I’m pleased you liked that one, Robin. I wondered whether it was worth taking at first
We have may Rapeseed fields here in Australia, we call them Canola fields as they are the source of our Canola oil, great informative post Derrick, and as usual beaut pics.
Cheers, Ian. The fields are also called Canola in America. It is great that I learn so much from comments 🙂
Hello (from Paris – France)
I like to discover blogs with landscapes different from the one in which I live. To see the daily lives of people who live far from home, to see a nature that I do not know here
Sometimes, however, as for these fields of mustard, one could believe oneself in the French countryside.
Hello and thank you, Yoshimi. This took me to your site which I am now following
I’m surprised we don’t call it Canola in the UK, as it’s a name with some very negative connotations.
Thanks a lot, Quercus. You got me Googling that. I hadn’t really known anything about it
So much knowledge Derrick, so little time. And if you explore the cooking oil section of the supermarket there are so many oils… 🙂
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