Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 How to cook wild rice? Greetings, Does anybody know how to cook wild rice, and what it tastes like? Is it really rice or something entirely different? Can I soak it and cook it like regular rice? Any other ideas what to do with it? Thanks, Pratick ================= Pratick, Wild rice is a grass. The taste is a little hard to describe -- not sweet, but not exactly bitter either. It's kind of nutty, though not really nutty either ;-) It can be soaked and boiled like most grains. It takes a while to cook, because the hull is so hard, so it's a good idea to soak it for a long period, say overnight. It's best eaten with regular brown rice, because its taste (and texture) can be overpowering. If you don't soak it for too long, I would use 3 parts water to 1 part wild rice. If you do soak it for a longer period, you can decrease the amount of water used, say 2:1. Whenever I eat wild rice, everything moves nicely out of my intestines. It's the best colon cleaner I've ever used! Best, Nenah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 At 3:21 PM +0000 6/15/05, wrote: >Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 07:44:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: Pratick Mukherjee <pratickmukherjee@...> >Subject: How to cook wild rice? > >Greetings, > >Does anybody know how to cook wild rice, and what it tastes like? >Is it really rice or something entirely different? Different. Regular rice is Oryza sativa , wild rice is Zizania aquatica. Taste is close to rice though. >Can I soak it and cook it like regular rice? Most supermarket WR preparations are combined with regular rice, so they must require similar cooking. >Any other ideas what to do with it? I haven't experimented with it (fairly pricey), but you might want to research Native American recipes, since they are the ones who discovered/spread/harvested it. -- Quick, USUM (ret.) www.en.com/users/jaquick " Every people deserves the regime it is willing to endure. " --the White Rose, leaflet #1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 >Greetings, > >Does anybody know how to cook wild rice, and what it tastes like? >Is it really rice or something entirely different? > > Pratick, it is a grass, not a grain. It has a richer, nuttier flavor than brown rice. >Can I soak it and cook it like regular rice? > > Yes. Cook as for brown rice, longer than white rice. >Any other ideas what to do with it? > > Mix with mushrooms and sausage for dressing. Make 's Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup with leeks, chicken broth, exotic mushrooms, herbs and wine. I personally think wild rice is a cold weather food, rich and hearty with poultry or pork. Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Having cooked lots of wild rice when I worked for a caterer (we made a great wild rice salad), I always cooked it using the pasta method - in lots of boiling salted water and then drained it when it was done. It's done when most of the grains haved just split open. Deanna <hl@...> wrote: >Greetings, > >Does anybody know how to cook wild rice, and what it tastes like? >Is it really rice or something entirely different? > > Pratick, it is a grass, not a grain. It has a richer, nuttier flavor than brown rice. >Can I soak it and cook it like regular rice? > > Yes. Cook as for brown rice, longer than white rice. >Any other ideas what to do with it? > > Mix with mushrooms and sausage for dressing. Make 's Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup with leeks, chicken broth, exotic mushrooms, herbs and wine. I personally think wild rice is a cold weather food, rich and hearty with poultry or pork. Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 --- Nenah Sylver <nenah@...> wrote: > It can be soaked and boiled like most grains. It takes a while to cook, > because the hull is so hard, so it's a good idea to soak it for a long > period, say overnight. It's best eaten with regular brown rice, because its > taste (and texture) can be overpowering. If you don't soak it for too long, > I would use 3 parts water to 1 part wild rice. If you do soak it for a > longer period, you can decrease the amount of water used, say 2:1. I remember reading that wild rice is high[er] in B vitamins. How does that hold when rice is soaked and cooked in water (B vitamins being water-soluble)? And the heat cooking as well - do any B vitamins survive? -Pratick __________________________________ Discover Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover./online.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Pratick, Do you have Nourishing Traditions? There's a good recipe for it in there. It has orange peel and pine nuts. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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