On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:26:07 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
> wrote:

>"biig" > wrote in message ...
>>
>>
>> Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
>>>
>>> biig wrote on 18 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>>>
>>> > Last summer on our trip "out west", there were many places (along
>>> > the
>>> > highway) advertising wild rice. I wish now that we had bought some.
>>> > Mostly in Manitoba....Sharon
>>> >
>>>
>>> Wild Rice is cheapest at gas stations in these parts. Manitoba has many
>>> wild rice producing lake. We also supply bald eagles to re-stock the US.
>>>
>>
>> I recently bought a cookbook-let at a yard sale for 25 cents. It's
>> all recipes for using wild rice. The dedication states that their
>> father was a pioneer in the wild rice industry, who started marketing
>> wild rice from the Lake of the Woods region 65 years prior (I don't see
>> a date on the booklet). Now off to the grocery store to try to buy
>> some.
>> Sharon
>
>Are you aware of the difference between cultivated wild rice and "wild" wild
>rice? I discovered this recently and there is a major difference. It's the
>same plant, but the cultivated stuff is dried with heat and the grains end
>up really dark. The naturally harvested stuff is more of a medium brown and
>is vastly superior in taste. More expensive too, of course! I order from
>www.christmaspoint.com
>
>Peter Aitken
>
>
Thanks for this information, Peter. I wasn't aware of the difference
and am going to buy from the web site to check it out.

TammyM

biig wrote:
>
> Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
> >
> > biig wrote on 18 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking
> >
> > > Last summer on our trip "out west", there were many places (along
> > > the
> > > highway) advertising wild rice. I wish now that we had bought some.
> > > Mostly in Manitoba....Sharon
> > >
> >
> > Wild Rice is cheapest at gas stations in these parts. Manitoba has many
> > wild rice producing lake. We also supply bald eagles to re-stock the US.
> >
>
> I recently bought a cookbook-let at a yard sale for 25 cents. It's
> all recipes for using wild rice. The dedication states that their
> father was a pioneer in the wild rice industry, who started marketing
> wild rice from the Lake of the Woods region 65 years prior (I don't see
> a date on the booklet). Now off to the grocery store to try to buy
> some.
> Sharon

Back from the grocery....no wild rice, only "long grain and wild", so
tomorrow I go to the bulk food store....Sharon
> > --
> > The eyes are the mirrors....
> > But the ears...Ah the ears.
> > The ears keep the hat up.

biig wrote on 19 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking

> Back from the grocery....no wild rice, only "long grain and wild", so
> tomorrow I go to the bulk food store....Sharon
>

careful at the bulk food stores....the wild rice there is not that
good...loads of broken kernels. My guess is it is all the scooping busts
them up.

--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Mr Libido Incognito wrote on 8/19/2005:

<snip>

> careful at the bulk food stores....the wild rice there is not that
> good...loads of broken kernels. My guess is it is all the scooping busts
> them up.

Where I buy in bulk, there are few products that you scoop. The great
majority, including various rices, are stocked in large plastic
containers with a slideable spout on the bottom - I assume to keep
customers' mitts out of them.

Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
>
> biig wrote on 19 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking
>
> > Back from the grocery....no wild rice, only "long grain and wild", so
> > tomorrow I go to the bulk food store....Sharon
> >
>
> careful at the bulk food stores....the wild rice there is not that
> good...loads of broken kernels. My guess is it is all the scooping busts
> them up.
>
> --

Well I got my rice....5.99 a lb. It looked pretty good..not many
broker kernels. I'll try a couple of recipes with it at the first of
the week......
sharon
> The eyes are the mirrors....
> But the ears...Ah the ears.
> The ears keep the hat up.

biig wrote on 20 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking

>
>
> Mr Libido Incognito wrote:
> >
> > biig wrote on 19 Aug 2005 in rec.food.cooking
> >
> > > Back from the grocery....no wild rice, only "long grain and
> > > wild", so
> > > tomorrow I go to the bulk food store....Sharon
> > >
> >
> > careful at the bulk food stores....the wild rice there is not that
> > good...loads of broken kernels. My guess is it is all the scooping
> > busts them up.
> >
> > --
>
> Well I got my rice....5.99 a lb. It looked pretty good..not many
> broker kernels. I'll try a couple of recipes with it at the first
> of the week......
> sharon
> > The eyes are the mirrors....
> > But the ears...Ah the ears.
> > The ears keep the hat up.
>

Things to remember...Wild rice needs to cook longer than reg rice.

A tasty mixed rice recipe is usually 3 parts of long grain rice to 1 part
wild rice. Cook them seperately and combine after cooking. Add whatever
you like. I like diced onion and mushrooms added to the long grain before
cooking. Some times I like to add sliced pepperoni or crumbled bacon to
the wild after cooking.


--
The eyes are the mirrors....
But the ears...Ah the ears.
The ears keep the hat up.

Kevin_Sheehy wrote:

> Mr Libido Incognito wrote on 8/19/2005:
>
> <snip>
>
> > careful at the bulk food stores....the wild rice there is not that
> > good...loads of broken kernels. My guess is it is all the scooping busts
> > them up.
>
> Where I buy in bulk, there are few products that you scoop. The great
> majority, including various rices, are stocked in large plastic
> containers with a slideable spout on the bottom - I assume to keep
> customers' mitts out of them.


I'd never buy a product that you had to scoop out of a bin, too
filthy...likewise I've never ate out of those bowls of bar snax that some
places have sitting out.

--
Best
Greg