On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:38:20 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2/10/2016 3:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > It's still that nasty cultured wild rice. True wild rice is so
>> > > > much better than those skinny black mouse turds.
>> > > >
>> > > > http://www.mooselakewildrice.com/
>> > > >
>> > > > -sw
>> > >
>> > > How is it better?
>> >
>> > It's hand-harvested wild grass seeds, grows wild in lakes and ponds
>> > in the Northern US and Canada.
>> >
>> > IMHO it tastes better and has a really nice nutty texture. I doubt
>> > you'd appreciate the difference.
>> >
>> > Jill
>>
>> Oops. Sent blank reply. I think I may have had some in the past. I
>> do remember getting some brown stuff but can't remember where I got
>> it. I also remember tossing out half of the packet because it just
>> didn't have much flavor. As for food textures, I am big into that.
>
>Don't be too suprised if the taste of brown doesnt appeal. Some love
>it (I like it for a variation) but some dislike it (Don and Charlotte).
>It's specifically the nutty flavor they feel off putting in a rice.
>
>The texture of brown didnt appeal to me that much but then I am so used
>to medium grain sticky, that singlit grain types do not appeal to me.

This is different. This isn't rice as you are thinking. Although
called rice it is a grass and is much different than traditional rice.
Janet US