On Oct 9, 11:54*am, Mark Thorson > wrote:

> 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've occasionally bought TJ's wild rice. It has always opened.