On Oct 9, 1:54*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Jecs Dummy wrote:
>
> > Usually wild rice is cooked with long grain rice as well., Because it is
> > so expensive, I make the type that comes in a pkg and sometimes I add
> > 1cup frozen peas when it it is half cooked. It is quite good.

Wild rice takes a long time to cook. Frozen peas take a few minutes.
>
> I remember as a kid having wild rice in which the
> individual grains opened up during cooking. *That
> was really good wild rice. *The stuff I got at
> Trader Joe's didn't open up at all, and I didn't
> think it was very good.
>
> I'm wondering whether the difference may have been
> whether the rice was parched before cooking. *As I
> recall, that's part of the traditional way of preparing
> wild rice.

I've never seen wild rice that didn't open up if cooked long enough.

--Bryan