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Default Canned wild rice


"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> > 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

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>> 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.

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> 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.


I assume you are referring to brown wild rice?