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"Woodborg" wrote: (clip) Can you tell me what constitutes mineral oil, i
assume its not car oil.
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Car oil is not food safe, of course. It is "mineral" oil, since it comes
out of the ground, but with lots of additives. What you want is also from
the oilfields, but highly purified--available in drug stores, commonly used
as a laxative.