[asokoloski]

Hmm, you know what, I've been researching this a bit more and it seems like I was wrong. Apparently many cultures did boil seeds to produce oils for cooking or other purposes. I expect that they probably didn't eat as much oil as we do, given that this would have been more labor intensive than what we can do with modern farming and factories. But it makes sense to try to get your calories any way you can.

[arcticbull]

We’ve been making animal fats (butter), rendered animal fats (lard, tallow) and pressed fats (coconut, olive, seed) forever.