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Cotton seed oil is used in central Asia for making pilaf and other dishes. Are they being unsafe or is that oil something else?

• stevenwoo 8y ago
  The article mentions that processing seeds to make cotton seed oil removes the poisonous element. Also that cows' digestive system can handle the element - that's why the seeds were relegated to cattle feed and cotton seed oil previously.
  • yostrovs 8y ago
    So I don't understand.. is cotton seed naturally edible, just needs processing? Lots of things need processing but we don't call them inedible. Some edible mushrooms have to be boiled to cook out a toxin. Fish needs to be deboned, some fish can kill you if not prepared properly...
    • skinner_ 8y ago
      The seeds contain oil, protein, and a poison. Before the genetic modification, you took the oil, and threw away the valuable protein together with the poison. (Or gave them to cows.) After the modification, you just eat the whole seed.