flax seed oil?

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Is there anywhere in the immediate Davis Square area where I can get flax seed oil?

edit I mean the kind you put in food; sorry to be unclear.

Comments

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

I may be completely misunderstanding things. Both are indeed products of the flax seed; the only difference of which I am aware is that "boiled" linseed oil has been removed from the seed using a solvent - my understanding is that methanol is what's used for this.

Am I completely off my rocker?

[ceo]

[checks Wikipedia] Ah, I hadn't realized that linseed oil also comes from the flax plant. The difference is that linseed oil uses a solvent extraction process instead of simply being pressed. "Boiled" linseed oil is linseed oil with metallic driers added to make it dry faster.