"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:38:20 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> > On 2/10/2016 3:54 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > It's still that nasty cultured wild rice. True wild rice is so
>>> > > > much better than those skinny black mouse turds.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > http://www.mooselakewildrice.com/
>>> > > >
>>> > > > -sw
>>> > >
>>> > > How is it better?
>>> >
>>> > It's hand-harvested wild grass seeds, grows wild in lakes and ponds
>>> > in the Northern US and Canada.
>>> >
>>> > IMHO it tastes better and has a really nice nutty texture. I doubt
>>> > you'd appreciate the difference.
>>> >
>>> > Jill
>>>
>>> Oops. Sent blank reply. I think I may have had some in the past. I
>>> do remember getting some brown stuff but can't remember where I got
>>> it. I also remember tossing out half of the packet because it just
>>> didn't have much flavor. As for food textures, I am big into that.
>>
>>Don't be too suprised if the taste of brown doesnt appeal. Some love
>>it (I like it for a variation) but some dislike it (Don and Charlotte).
>>It's specifically the nutty flavor they feel off putting in a rice.
>>
>>The texture of brown didnt appeal to me that much but then I am so used
>>to medium grain sticky, that singlit grain types do not appeal to me.
>
> This is different. This isn't rice as you are thinking. Although
> called rice it is a grass and is much different than traditional rice.
> Janet US

Yes. I am very familiar with it because as I said, I used to buy the
Sheltons brand chicken and wild rice soup. It was actually very good but it
didn't have much broth in it so to me, it was a stretch to call it soup. At
that point in time, it was one of the few gluten free and dairy free canned
soups I could buy. There are plenty more on the market now as there is a
big demand for them. Sadly, Sheltons quit making it.

I happen to like wild rice and once in a while if my husband is hungry
enough, he will eat a casserole made with it, provided that I add enough
meat and veggies so that he doesn't notice the wild rice. Otherwise, he
doesn't like it.