Serene Sprat > wrote in news:64ovvrF2d077uU1
@mid.individual.net:

> Nexis wrote:
>
>> What is black rice? I'm very curious
>
> Also called "forbidden rice". The grains look black, but they're
> really a very dark purple, or at least that's what I assume, because
> the cooking water is obviously purple. It's pretty cool stuff.
>
> See:
>
> http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=forbidden+rice
>
> Serene
>

It has a nutty taste. It doesn't blend well with other rices because it
will bleed it's colour if cooked with other things.

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